5.—(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.