S.L. 439.10 Art. 1Title, application and scope. Cap. 439.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Animals Transport

(Protection) Regulations.

(2) These regulations apply to the transport of -

(a) domestic solipeds and domestic animals of the bovine, ovine, caprine and porcine species;

(b) poultry, domestic birds and domestic rabbits;

(c) domestic cats and domestic dogs;

(d) other mammals and birds;

(e) other vertebrate animals and cold-blooded animals.

These regulations do not apply -

(a) to transport which is not of a commercial nature or to any individual animal accompanied by a natural person who has responsibility for the animal during transport;

(b) to the transport of pet animals accompanying their owner on a private journey;

(c) without prejudice to further national provisions which may be laid down according to article 22 of the Animal Welfare Act, to the transport of a commercial nature of animals not intended for trading partners and carried out inside the Maltese islands and from the territory of Malta to the territory of Gozo.

(3) The scope of these regulations is to implement the provisions found under European Union Council Directive 91/628/ EEC on the protection of animals during transport.