{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-animals-transport-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-9.json",
  "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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Control posts",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence under the Act for any person to operate a control post as referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97 of 25 June 1997 concerning Community criteria for staging points and amending the route plan referred to in the Annex to Directive 91/628/EEC unless that post is approved by the Scottish Ministers for that purpose.\n(2) An operator of a control post who fails to comply with the following provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/97 is guilty of an offence under the Act–\n(a) Article 4 (use of control posts);\n(b) Article 5 (the operation of control posts); or\n(c) Article 6(1) (confirmation an animal is fit to continue its journey).",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 9(1) substituted (13.11.2009) by The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009 (S.S.I. 2009/339), regs. 1, 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 9(1) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Animal Welfare (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/34), regs. 1, 4(4); 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/9",
    "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."
}