{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-4.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/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "General provisions on the protection of animals during transport",
  "text": "(1) A person shall not transport any animal in a way which causes or is likely to cause injury or unnecessary suffering to that animal.\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), a master of a vessel shall not transport any animal by sea, and a commander of an aircraft shall not transport any animal by air, if in his judgement the animal is likely to be caused injury or unnecessary suffering in the course of the transport due to adverse weather, sea or air conditions likely to be encountered during the voyage or flight.\n(3) Any person transporting horses, cattle, sheep, goats or pigs shall do so in accordance with Schedule 1 and Schedule 2.\n(4) Any person transporting poultry and domestic birds or domestic rabbits shall do so in accordance with Schedule 1 and Schedule 3.\n(5) Any person transporting domestic dogs or domestic cats shall do so in accordance with Schedule 1 and Schedule 4.\n(6) Any person transporting mammals or birds other than those mentioned in the preceding paragraphs shall do so in accordance with Schedule 1 and Schedule 5.\n(7) Any person transporting other vertebrate animals or cold-blooded animals not mentioned in the preceding paragraphs, shall do so in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 6.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 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/4",
    "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."
}