{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-3.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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application",
  "text": "(1) This Order (except as provided for in paragraph (3)) shall not apply—\n(a) to transport which is not of a commercial nature;\n(b) to the transport of an individual animal where each animal is accompanied by a person who has responsibility for it during transport; and\n(c) subject to sub-paragraph (a), to the transport of pet animals accompanying their owner.\n(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), “person” shall not include a body corporate.\n(3) Articles 4(1) and 10 shall apply to the transport of all animals and Article 6 insofar as it relates to horses, cattle, sheep, goats and pigs shall apply to all transport of such animals.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 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/3",
    "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."
}