European Communities (Animal Transport and Control Post Regulations) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 675 of 2006).

These Regulations concern the transport of live animals and related operations, insofar as they relate to the Department of Agriculture and Food. The Regulations prohibit the transportation of animals if not authorized: (a) for the purposes of Article 10(1) of the Animal Transport Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No 1/2005); or (b) in the case of a long journey, for the purposes of Article 11(1) of the Regulation. The Regulations also require a person who drives or acts as an attendant on a vehicle transporting an equine, bovine, ovine, caprine, or porcine animal or poultry to hold a certificate of competence granted by the Minister for the purposes of Article 17(2) of the Animal Transport Regulation.