# Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997, Article 15: Exceptions

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to Article 4(1), where horses, cattle, sheep, goats or pigs are transported—
(a) for a distance of 50 kilometres or less, to and from or within land used for agricultural purposes;
(b) in a vehicle which has an internal length of not more than 3.7 metres available for the carriage of animals,
then the following provisions shall not apply—
(i) Article 14;
(ii) paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 2 (provision of barriers or straps); and
(iii) paragraph 11 of Part II of Schedule 2 (internal ramps and lifting gear).
(2) In this Article “land used for agricultural purposes” shall not include a slaughterhouse, market or saleyard.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/346/article/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-15
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