The Horse Identification (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Horses living under wild or semi-wild conditions

19.—(1) The derogation in Article 7 is exercised.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation, “designated areas” are areas notified by the Scottish Ministers to the Commission by 31st December 2009 containing defined populations of horses living under wild or semi-wild conditions that do not require to be identified with identification documents while they remain within the designated area.

(3) If a horse without an identification document in a designated area is treated with any veterinary medicinal product the owner must ensure that it is fully identified and microchipped in accordance with the Commission Regulation within 30 days of treatment, and failure to do so is an offence.

(4) It is an offence to move a horse without an identification document off the designated area unless it is marked with a sticker issued by an issuing body dated with the date on which it was attached to the horse and bearing a unique identification number.

(5) Unless the horse is aged under 12 months and is being taken for slaughter for human consumption it must also be accompanied by an application for an identification document containing its silhouette and the number of the identifying sticker.

(6) Subject to paragraph (7), the owner must apply for an identification document for a horse within 30 days of its departure from the designated area and failure to do so is an offence.

(7) Paragraph (6) does not apply in the case of a horse taken to a slaughterhouse for slaughter for human consumption but it is an offence to slaughter such a horse more than 2 days after the date on the identifying sticker.