{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2006/606",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-scotland-regulations-2006",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transport",
  "text": "(1) A person who fails to comply with the following provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 is guilty of an offence under the Act–\n(a) Article 3 (general conditions for the transport of animals);\n(b) Article 4(1) (Article 4 relates to transport documentation);\n(c) Article 5(1) (Article 5 relates to planning obligations for the transport of animals);\n(d) Article 6(1) and (1A) (transporters);\n(e) from 5 January 2008, Article 6(5) and (5A);\n(f) Article 7 (prior inspection and approval of means of transport);\n(g) Points 1.8, 1.9 and 1.11 of Chapter III of Annex I to that Regulation.\n(2) Copies of the documentation referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1/2005 must be kept for 6 months from the date of completion of the journey.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1)(d) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/34), regs. 1, 4(2)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 3(1)(e) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/34), regs. 1, 4(2)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/606/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:16:47.736248+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."
}