{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-1997/schedule-2/paragraph-9.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/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Approval of receptacles and pens on vessels",
  "text": "(1) In the case of journeys beginning in Great Britain receptacles or pens used on an exposed deck of a vessel shall have been approved by the Minister before the animals are loaded.\n(2) The Minister shall not grant an approval under this paragraph unless he is satisfied that, having regard to the weather and sea conditions likely to be encountered during the voyage, the receptacle or pen provides adequate protection against the sea and weather.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}