{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-10.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/346",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Duties on transporters",
  "text": "(1) Any person transporting animals shall—\n(a) ensure that the animals are transported without delay to their place of destination; and\n(b) not leave them at any place unless there is a person there to take charge of them.\n(2) In the case of animals which are to be transported in a receptacle, any person in charge of the animals shall ensure that they are not caused injury or unnecessary suffering while they are in the receptacle either waiting to be loaded on to the means of transport or after they have been unloaded.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 10 in operation at 1.9.1997, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/346",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/346/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:27:55.925817+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."
}