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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1480",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-1997",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Tying",
  "text": "When animals are tied, the ropes or other attachments used shall be—\n(a) strong enough not to break during normal transport conditions;\n(b) designed in such a way as to eliminate any danger of strangulation or injury, and\n(c) long enough to allow the animals, if necessary, to lie down and to eat and drink.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1480/schedule/2/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:07:16.167162+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}