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Regulations 2 and 3

SCHEDULE 1SCircumstances in which regulation 3 applies

Journey made on a single farming enterpriseS

1.  Regulation 3, rather than regulation 2, shall apply in relation to the transport of all animals if the journey is made within a single farming enterprise in one ownership.

Journeys between the same two pointsS

2.—(1) If a means of transport is used exclusively in the course of a single day for the transport of animals between the same two points, regulation 3, rather than regulation 2, shall apply, except before the first journey and after the last journey of the day.

(2) In this paragraph, the transport of animals takes place in the course of a single day even if–

(a)the last journey is begun but not completed before midnight on the day in question; and

(b)in the case of a hoofed animal which has been participating in an event taking place during, or continuing into, the evening of the day in question, the last journey begins as soon as practicable after the end of that event, whether or not it begins before midnight.

(3) This paragraph shall not apply to journeys between two sets of sale premises.

Journeys to and from livestock shows not in the course of a single dayS

3.  If a means of transport is used for the transport of animals from their premises of origin to a livestock show and back, and paragraph 2 does not apply, regulation 3 rather than regulation 2 shall apply, except before the journey to the show and after the journey from the show, provided that–

(a)the means of transport goes directly from the premises of origin to the show;

(b)the means of transport does not leave the show before the return journey;

(c)the only animals on the means of transport while it is at the show are animals that it transported to the show;

(d)the means of transport only transports on the return journey animals that it transported to the show; and

(e)the means of transport returns from the show directly to the premises of origin.

Temporary unloadingS

4.  Regulation 3, rather than regulation 2, shall apply in the case of a means of transport from which animals have been unloaded solely to be fed or watered, or for some other temporary purpose, and then reloaded.