{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-poultry-transport-order-1988/article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-poultry-transport-order-1988/article-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/851",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Poultry (Transport) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-of-poultry-transport-order-1988",
  "path": "article/16",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Exemptions",
  "text": "(1) Articles 5(2)(e) (labelling of receptacles), 13 and 14 (records in respect of poultry carried by road and rail) shall not apply—\n(a) to the transport of any consignment of less than 50 birds; or\n(b) to the transport of poultry within the boundaries of any farm, holding or agricultural premises by the owner or person in charge of the farm, holding or agricultural premises, his employees or by any other person authorised in that behalf by the owner or person in charge.\n(2) Article 13 shall not apply to the transport of any poultry within the boundaries of a railway station, port or airport.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1992/3304",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare of Animals during Transport Order 1992"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/851/article/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:06:50.833288+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."
}