Article 5 TransportI1

England and Wales

(1)

A person who fails to comply with any of the following provisions of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 is guilty of an offence against the Act—

(a)

Article 3 (general conditions for the transport of animals);

(b)

Article 4(1) (Article 4 relates to transport documentation);

(c)

Article 5(1) (Article 5 relates to planning obligations for the transport of animals);

(d)

Article 6(1) (Article 6 relates to transporters);

(e)

from 5 January 2008, Article 6(5);

(f)

Article 7 (prior inspection and approval of means of transport);

(g)

points 1.8, 1.9 or 1.11 of Chapter III of Annex I (Chapter III relates to transport practices).

(2)

No person is to remove, deface, obliterate or alter a mark made under paragraph (3) of article 24 (powers of inspectors).

(3)

Copies of the documentation referred to in Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 must be kept for 6 months from the completion of the journey.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 5 in force at 30.3.2007, see art. 1