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Livestock => Cattle => Topic started by: st425 on February 06, 2022, 09:57:47 am

Title: Transport
Post by: st425 on February 06, 2022, 09:57:47 am

Hi

I am wondering if the transport legislation applies if a friend (for no financial gain) is moving a cow for me from Shropshire to Scotland?

Title: Re: Transport
Post by: harmony on February 06, 2022, 02:36:59 pm

If you are referring to the Type 1 and 2 authorisations then as this isn't part of a business then they wouldn't need one. If they are selling you the cow then one could argue that they have in fact had a financial gain but they are unlikely to be challenged on the journey unless they are unlucky enough to caught in an accident or a Vosa stop and check.


They will need to travel with the hauliers section of the movement licence and keep that in their records.


How long is the journey?

Title: Re: Transport
Post by: st425 on February 06, 2022, 06:25:59 pm

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If you are referring to the Type 1 and 2 authorisations

- yes I was, thank you.

The journey is roughly 550 miles

Title: Re: Transport
Post by: SallyintNorth on February 07, 2022, 02:11:13 pm

And I am pretty sure there must be two people travelling if unlicensed hauliers are taking livestock that distance, whether for business or not.  The regs about rest stops and so on apply whether you are licensed or not. 

All from my memory, best to check the exact wording on the Defra website.