Transporting animals in Great Britain
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Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 5
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Find out what documents you need, and records you must keep, to meet animal welfare in transport requirements. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Transporter authorisation
- Certificate of competence
- Recognition of qualifications from other countries
- Certificate of vehicle approval
- Transport by road
- Transport by air
- Animal transport certificate
- Navigation system
- Animal welfare in transport
Source and licence
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
AttributionDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ‘Transporting animals in Great Britain’ (updated 5 June 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026