Health of Animals Regulations

141 (1) No person shall load, confine or transport livestock, camelids or cervids of eight days of age or less in or unload such an animal from a conveyance or container or cause one to be so loaded, confined, transported or unloaded, unless

• (a) the animal is loaded and unloaded individually without having to negotiate any ramps within the conveyance;

• (b) sufficient space is provided to allow the animal to lie down without lying on top of another animal;

• (c) measures are taken that are necessary to prevent the animal’s suffering, injury or death during loading, confinement, transport and unloading;

• (d) the animal is segregated from animals that are not livestock, camelids or cervids of eight days of age or less;

• (e) the expected period of time between the beginning of the animal’s loading and the end of the animal’s unloading is not longer than 12 hours;

• (f) stops during transport are made only to load other livestock, camelids or cervids of eight days of age or less; and

• (g) the animal is transported to a final destination that is other than an assembly centre.

(2) No person shall reload an animal referred to in subsection (1) after it has been unloaded at its final destination.

(3) Paragraph (1)(d) does not apply to livestock, camelids or cervids of eight days of age or less who are loaded, confined or transported in or unloaded from a conveyance or container with their dam if to do so is unlikely to cause either animal suffering, injury or death.