PART 2Transport of Animals
Transport5.
(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 shall 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.