Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order (Northern Ireland) 1997

Animal transport certificate

14.—(1) A transporter shall ensure that, except where a route plan is required, all animals which he is transporting are accompanied throughout the journey (subject to the provisions of Part II of Schedule 7 relating to markets) by documentation stating—

(a) the name and address of the transporter;

(b) the name and address of the owner of the animals;

(c) the place that the animals were loaded, and their final destination;

(d) the date and time the first animal was loaded;

(e) the date and time of departure; and

(f) the time and place where the requirements for resting periods laid down in Schedule 7 were met.

(2) The provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to the transport of poultry and domestic birds for a distance of 50 kilometres or less where—

(a) the number of poultry and domestic birds so transported is less than 50; or

(b) the entire journey is on land occupied by the owner of the poultry and domestic birds.

(3) In the case of animals other than horses, cattle, sheep, goats, pigs or poultry and domestic birds, the provisions in paragraph (1) shall not apply in relation to journeys of 50 kilometres or less.

(4) The transporter shall keep a copy of the documentation for a period of six months from completion of the journey, and shall produce it at the request of an inspector and allow copies to be taken.

(5) Where a copy of the documentation required to be kept in accordance with paragraph (4) is kept in electronic or magnetic form, references in that paragraph—

(a) to production of the copy are, if the inspector so requires, references to its production in a written form; and

(b) to allowing copies to be taken are references to the taking thereof in a written form.