{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-order-northern-ireland-1997/article-7.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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Treatment of sick animals",
  "text": "(1) Where an animal falls ill or is injured during transport, the person in charge of that animal shall ensure that it receives first-aid treatment as soon as possible; is given appropriate veterinary treatment and, if necessary, slaughtered in a way which does not involve unnecessary suffering.\n(2) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), where an animal which is being transported by sea or air falls ill or is injured during the voyage or flight, the master of the vessel or the commander of the aircraft shall, if he considers it necessary and having regard to the availability of appropriate veterinary treatment or of landing the animal without causing it unnecessary suffering, cause it to be slaughtered in a way which does not involve unnecessary suffering.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 7 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/7",
    "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."
}