12.—(1) A passport issuing organisation that fails to mark a passport as a duplicate, or classify the horse as being not intended for slaughter for human consumption, in accordance with Article 16(1) is guilty of an offence.
(2) The derogation in Article 16(2) may not be exercised.
(3) A passport issuing organisation that issues a replacement passport other than in accordance with Article 17 (issuing replacement documents) is guilty of an offence.