UK Offence Report

The Export of Horses (Protection) Order 1969

UK Statutory Instrument 1969 No. 1784 — creates 1 criminal offence.

1offences created
0recorded in force
0revoked
Made
12 December 1969
In force from
1 January 1970
Extent
Not stated
Subject
Dogs, animals, hunting and wildlife
Made under
Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954, Diseases of Animals Act 1950, Ponies Act 1969

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This order revokes and re-enacts with amendments the Exported Horses Protection Order 1966. Horses (other than ponies) exempted from the veterinary examination required by section 37 of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950 and which are exported from Great Britain to any place in Europe outside the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are required immediately before export to undergo inspection by a veterinary inspector and to be certified by him to be capable of being conveyed to their destination and disembarked without unnecessary suffering. In the case of ponies intended for export (further to section 37(4A) of the Diseases of Animals Act 1950) administrative arrangements for a veterinary inspection etc. are also laid down. The order further empowers a veterinary inspector to prohibit the carriage of any horse or to require removal of any horse from a vessel or aircraft if it is likely to be exposed to unnecessary suffering during transit. All these provisions take effect from 1st January 1970. From 1st June 1970, the order also requires horses (including ponies) exported from Great Britain outside the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man to be rested at approved premises for at least 10 hours before loading into the vessel or aircraft in which they are to be exported. It requires the provision of adequate and accessible food and water and shelter and bedding, and limits the number of horses which may be put at one time into any one pen or enclosure. An exemption is made in respect of horses (other than ponies) shipped to the Republic of Ireland or outside Europe.

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