http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1480/article/11/madeThe Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997Animal healthAnimal rights and welfareAnimalsRestKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2021-06-02ANIMALS;ANIMAL HEALTH This Order revokes and re-enacts with modifications the Welfare of Animals during Transport Order, 1994, as amended, and other animal welfare legislation, which together with that Order implemented Council Directive 91/628/EEC on the protection of animals during transport (OJ No. L340, 11.12.91, p.17). IATA and CITES 11 1 No person shall transport an animal by air except in compliance with the standards set by the International Air Transport Association. 2 No person shall transport an animal to which the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species refers except in compliance with the CITES guidelines for transport and preparation for shipment of live wild animals or in compliance with the standards set by the International Air Transport Association. Published by the International Air Transport Association, 2000 Peel Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3A 2R4. Copies of CITES can be obtained from the Department of the Environment, Tollgate House, Houlton Street, Bristol BS2 2DJ.
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