# The Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997, Paragraph 5: Special provisions for road vehicles


Vehicles shall be equipped, on each floor on which animals are carried (other than in receptacles), with barriers, or, in the case of a vehicle exclusively used for the transport of horses, with straps, so constructed and maintained as to prevent any animal from falling out of the vehicle when any door used for loading and unloading is not fully closed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1480/schedule/2/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-5
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