{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-5.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/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Space allowance",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to the generality of Article 4(1), a person shall not transport any animal on a journey of over 50 kilometres in a way which is likely to cause injury or unnecessary suffering because of the amount of space available to each animal.\n(2) In deciding whether or not the space available is adequate, a transporter shall—\n(a) have regard to the limits set out in Chapter VI of Council Directive 91/628/EEC (on the protection of animals during transport and amending Directives 90/425/EEC and 91/496/EEC); and\n(b) consider the animals' weight, size, physical condition and temperament, the means of transport, the weather and road conditions and the likely journey time.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 5 in operation at 1.9.1997, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "O.J. No. L340, 11.12.91, p. 17 as amended by Council Directive 95/29/EC (O.J. No. L148, 30.6.95, p. 52)"
    }
  ],
  "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/5",
    "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."
}