{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-18.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/18",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Production of plans",
  "text": "(1) The owner or charterer of any vessel to be used for the transport of animals shall—\n(a) produce to an inspector, on demand, such plans of the vessel (including details of its ventilation and any fittings for livestock); and\n(b) subject to paragraph (2), provide such information concerning the vessel,\nas the inspector considers necessary to enable him to ascertain whether the provisions of this Order will be complied with during the proposed journey.\n(2) A person shall not be obliged, by virtue of paragraph (1), to provide any information which he can not, with the exercise of reasonable diligence, obtain.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 18 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/18",
    "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."
}