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Articles 3(2) and 4(1)
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1 omitted (5.1.2007) by virtue of The Welfare of Animals (Transport) (England) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3260), arts. 1(b), 30(6)
Article 3(1A)
Textual Amendments
F2Sch. 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(c)
1. The transport of animals within a single farming enterprise in one ownership.
2.—(1) The transport of animals—
(a)between the same two points;
(b)over the course of a single day; and
(c)in a means of transport used exclusively for that purpose,
if article 3 is complied with in relation to the first and last journeys of the day.
(2) In this paragraph, the transport of animals takes place over the course of a single day even if—
(a)the last journey is begun but not completed 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.
3. The transport of animals from their premises of origin to a livestock show and back, in circumstances other than those set out in paragraph 2, if—
(a)the means of transport used to transport those animals goes directly from the premises of origin to the show and does not leave the show before the return journey;
(b)the only animals on the means of transport at the show are the animals it transported to the show;
(c)the means of transport is only used to transport on the return journey animals that were transported in it to the show; and
(d)the means of transport is returned from the show directly to the premises of origin.
4. Where animals have been unloaded from a means of transport solely to be fed or watered, or for some other temporary purpose, and then reloaded.]
Articles 3(3), (4) and (5), 4(4), 5(4) and 9(3) and (4)
1. All cleansing and disinfection shall be carried out so as to reduce so far as reasonably practicable the risk of transmission of disease.
2.—(1) In the case of animals not transported in a container—
(a)the following shall be cleansed whether or not they are soiled: all the inside surfaces of those parts of the means of transport in which the animals are transported, all parts of the means of transport to which the animals may have had access during the journey; and
(b)the following shall be cleansed if they are soiled—
(i)any detachable fittings not used during the journey;
(ii)any other part of the means of transport; and
(iii)any equipment.
(2) In the case of animals transported in a container, the interior of the container shall be cleansed whether or not it is soiled, and the exterior of the container and any parts of the means of transport carrying the container shall be cleansed if they are soiled.
(3) The wheels, mudguards and wheel arches of the means of transport shall be cleansed whether or not they are soiled and whether or not the animals were transported in a container.
(4) For the purposes of article 3, every part of a means of transport required to be cleansed shall also be disinfected.
3. Cleansing shall be by removing any feedingstuffs to which animals have had access, litter, excreta and other material of animal origin, mud and other contaminants using any appropriate means, and then cleansing with water, steam or where appropriate chemicals or chemical compounds (or, if necessary, any combination of these) until free of dirt.
4. Anything to be disinfected under this Order shall be disinfected after cleansing has been completed, using a disinfectant approved under the Diseases of Animals (Approved Disinfectants) Order 1978(1) at the concentration required under that Order for “General Orders”.
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