Animal welfare: Transport - Documentation
Transporter authorisation application forms
Since 5 January 2007 if you transport animals in connection with an economic activity over 65 km (approx 40 miles) you must have a valid transporter authorisation. The application forms and guidance notes are below:
- Guidance notes on the application
forms
(68 KB)
- Welsh version (114 KB)
- Welsh version
- Authorisation application form for journeys over 65km and up to 8 hours
- Authorisation application form for journeys of any length including those over 8 hours
Applicants for transporter authorisations are required to declare any Home Office Simple Cautions or convictions under legislation on the protection of animals (as listed in the Guidance Notes attached to the Authorisation application form) that they or anyone transporting animals under the authority of their Authorisation have, or any current Court Orders restricting them from ownership, keeping or being in control of any animals. Anyone who has been convicted or given a Home Office Simple Caution under such legislation, in the three years prior to their application, will generally be refused an Authorisation.
Further information on the action that will be taken if it is discovered that a person granted an authorisation had failed to disclose such information on their application (35 KB), is available here.
From 1 May 2008 transporters applying for a UK long journey (Type 2) Transporter authorisation for journeys of any length including those over 8 hours will where required, have to submit additional information along with their application form.
Those that transport Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Goats, Horses & Ponies need to submit:
- Copies of valid competence assessment certificates
- Copies of valid vehicle approval certificates.
Those that transport Poultry need to submit:
- Copies of valid competence assessment certificates
- Copies of valid vehicle approval certificates only if required by the Member State of intended destination, and transiting Member States.
Those that transport other species outside of those listed above need to submit:
- Copies of valid vehicle approval certificates only if required by the Member State of intended destination, and transiting Member States.
Copies of ceritificates will not be returned.
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Journey Logs
Since 5 January 2007 anyone exporting farm livestock or unregistered horses is required to complete a Journey Log (WIT 7). This will need to be approved by the relevant Animal Health Divisional Office for the place of departure. The journey log replaces the existing route plan form (ERA 20).
Journey Log Translations
Dual language versions of the journey log form are available in English-French, English-German, English-Italian, English-Spanish and English-Dutch. These have been produced to aid statutory completion and return of journey logs by transporters where the drivers are not from the United Kingdom.
WIT 7 (EF); WIT 7 (EG); WIT7 (EI); WIT 7 (ES) and WIT 7 (ED).
Also available are versions of the journey log in which only section 3 has been translated into French, German, Italian and Spanish, which can be used if the drivers are English but the keeper at the destination premises does not read English.
WIT 7 (F); WIT 7 (G); WIT 7 (S) and WIT 7 (I).
These forms can be mixed and matched if needed, provided all five sections of the Journey Log are present.
Extension sheets
Because some journeys involve a number of rests and transfer points, extension sheets to sections 1 and 4 of the journey log are available and should be used to help record the full journey. If using the extension sheets, these should include the journey log reference number and be returned to the Animal Health Divisional Office in the area the journey is starting, along with your completed journey log.
WIT 7 (S1 ext) and WIT 7 (S4 ext).
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Animal Transport Certificates
These are required for journeys of any species of animals over any distance or duration EXCEPT journeys involving involving farm livestock and unregistered horses on export journeys over 8 hours which require a Journey Log instead.
The Animal Transport Certificate is required to inform the following: origin and ownership of animals; place of departure and destination; date and time of departure and expected duration of journey. NB Farmers transporting their own animals in their own means of transport on journeys of up to 50km from their holding are exempt from this requirement.
We refer to the provision of this information as an Animal Transport
Certificate (ATC). This is not a new requirement and as previously there
is no prescribed format for the information required to be presented. Any other document containing the required information - such as an Animal
Movement Licence - may be used, if preferred. For convenience, we have
produced an ATC template (15 KB).
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- EU welfare in transport regulation homepage
- Guidance on the rules
- Vehicle inspection and approval scheme
- Training and competence certification
- Publicity
Page last modified:
June 12, 2008