The Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2004

Regulation 13

SCHEDULE 2 SPECIAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEW FOREST AND DARTMOOR

Exemption for listed New Forest and Dartmoor horses

1.—(1) Where a horse is individually identified in the lists kept by the New Forest Verderers, or Dartmoor Commoners Council, an owner shall not be required to apply for a passport provided that the horse is not moved from the area regulated by one of those bodies, other than temporarily for welfare reasons.

(2) In the case of a horse born before the coming into force of these Regulations, this exemption shall only apply if the horse is identified in the lists before 1st July 2004.

(3) In the case of a horse born after the coming into force of these Regulations, this exemption shall only apply if the horse is identified in the lists by 31st December of the year of its birth; or by six months after its birth, whichever is the later.

Information recorded in a passport

2.  If the owner of a horse that has been identified in the lists kept by the New Forest Verderers, or Dartmoor Commoners Council applies for a passport, the passport-issuing organisation shall record in the passport all the information kept in those lists for that horse.

Exemption from the prohibition on sale without a passport

3.—(1) Notwithstanding regulation 19, an owner may sell a foal without a passport if the provisions of this paragraph are complied with.

(2) The foal must be sold in its year of birth through the Beaulieu Road Pony Sales held in the New Forest at Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Hampshire SO42 7YQ.

(3) The foal must have been born in the crown lands of the New Forest out of a mare which —

(a) has been lawfully depastured on those lands, and

(b) in relation to which the marking fees have been paid to the verderers.

(4) The owner must provide to the auctioneer at the sale a completed passport application for a passport addressed to the New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society including a silhouette of the horse, and the passport fee charged by that society.

(5) The auctioneer must—

(a) stamp the original application form with the lot number and photocopy it;

(b) give the photocopy to the buyer; and

(c) immediately submit the application form and the fee to the New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society.

(6) If the conditions of this paragraph are complied with the buyer may move the foal out of the New Forest using the photocopied application form instead of a passport, but may not sell the horse, slaughter it for human consumption or use it for any of the purposes in regulation 17 until he receives the passport.