The Equine Animal (Identification) (Scotland) Regulations 2019

Issue of identification document by issuing body

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6.  An issuing body must, following receipt of an application submitted in accordance with Article 11 and regulation 5, and subject to payment to the issuing body of a reasonable fee, set under and in accordance with their rules, issue an identification document in accordance with Article 9, by the later of either—

(a)31 December in the calendar year of the equine animal’s birth, or

(b)the end of the month that is 6 months following the date of its birth.