The Goods Vehicles (International Road Transport Permits and Haulage Within the EU) Regulations 2024

Meaning of “livestock vehicle”

2.—(1) A “livestock vehicle” is a goods vehicle—

(a) being used for the transport of livestock, and

(b) in respect of which a certificate of approval of means of transport by road has been granted under Article 18 of EUR 2005/1.

(2) In this paragraph—

“EUR 2005/1” means—

(a)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97(1), or

(b)

Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 of 22 December 2004 on the protection of animals during transport and related operations and amending Directives 64/432/EEC and 93/119/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1255/97(2) as it has effect under section 7A of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018(3);

“livestock” includes the following domesticated animals—

(a)

bovids, which includes buffalo, cattle, goats, sheep and yaks;

(b)

camelids, which includes alpacas and llamas;

(c)

cervids, which includes deer and elk;

(d)

equids, which includes asses, hinnies, horses and mules;

(e)

fowl, which includes chickens, ducks, geese, pheasants and turkeys;

(f)

pigs.

(1)

EUR 2005/1, amended by S.I. 2019/58 and 802, 2020/1590, 2022/846, 1090 and 1315 and 2023/287 and 261.

(2)

OJ No. L 3, 5.1.2005, p. 1, amended by OJ No. L 95, 7.4.2017, p. 1.

(3)

2018 c. 16. Section 7A was inserted by section 5 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) and gives legal effect to Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005 in accordance with Article 5(4) of, and paragraph 40 of Annex 2 to, the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland (which is part of the withdrawal agreement as defined in section 39(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020).