The Welfare of Animals (Transport) Order 1997

Application

2.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) below, this Order shall apply to the transport of—

(a) the following domestic animals: cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and horses;

(b) poultry, domestic birds and domestic rabbits;

(c) domestic dogs and domestic cats;

(d) all other mammals (except man) and birds;

(e) other vertebrate animals and cold-blooded animals,

and for the purposes of the Animal Health Act 1981 in its application to this Order the definition of animals and poultry in section 87 of that Act shall be extended to cover all the above.

(2) This Order (except as provided for in paragraph (3) below) shall not apply:

(a) to transport which is not of a commercial nature;

(b) to the transport of any individual animal accompanied by a natural person who has responsibility for the animal during transport;

(c) to the transport of pet animals accompanying their owner on a private journey.

(3) Article 4(1) shall apply to all transport of animals, and article 6 insofar as it relates to cattle, sheep, pigs, goats and horses shall apply to all transport of such animals.

(4) The Secretary of State for Scotland may, if he thinks fit, exempt any person transporting animals within The Highlands and Islands Enterprise area from any of the provisions of this Order other than article 4(1) and article 6.

(5) An exemption under the preceding paragraph may be granted subject to conditions, and may be varied, suspended or revoked at any time.

(6) For the purposes of this article “the Highlands and Islands Enterprise area” has the meaning assigned to it by section 21(1) of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990(1).

(1)

1990 c. 35.