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3.—(1) This article shall apply in relation to the transport of—
(a)hoofed animals, other than horses;
(b)racing pigeons; and
(c)the following, if they are reared or kept in captivity for breeding, the production of meat or eggs for consumption or for restocking supplies of game: domestic fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea-fowls, quails, pigeons, pheasants, partridges and ratites,
and references in this article to “animal” shall be construed accordingly.
[F1(1A) This article shall not apply in the circumstances set out in Schedule 1A.]
F2(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) The user of any means of transport which has been used to transport any animal, or anything which may give rise to a risk of transmission of disease, shall, as soon as reasonably practicable and not more than 24 hours after the journey is completed, ensure that it and any equipment are cleansed and disinfected in accordance with Schedule 2 or (in the case of a container) destroyed.
(4) No person shall use, or cause or permit the use of, any means of transport to transport any animal unless the means of transport and any equipment have been cleansed and disinfected in accordance with Schedule 2 since they were last used to transport any animal, or anything which may give rise to a risk of transmission of disease.
(5) If a means of transport or any equipment has become soiled so that it may give rise to a risk of transmission of disease since last being cleansed and disinfected, no person shall load, or cause or permit to be loaded, any animal into the means of transport unless the soiled parts of the means of transport or the equipment have been again cleansed and disinfected in accordance with paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 of Schedule 2.
F3(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 3(1A) inserted (24.4.2007) by The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1020), arts. 1, 2(a)
F2Art. 3(2) omitted (5.1.2007) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3260), arts. 1(b), 30(2)
F3Art. 3(6) omitted (24.4.2007) by virtue of The Transport of Animals (Cleansing and Disinfection) (England) (No. 3) (Amendment) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1020), arts. 1, 2(b)
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