CHAPTER IV U.K. CHECKS REQUIRED PRIOR TO ISSUING OF IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS AND METHODS OF IDENTITY VERIFICATION

Article 16 U.K. Verification of single identification documents issued for equidae

1. Before issuing an identification document, the issuing body, or the person acting on its behalf, shall take all appropriate measures to:

(a) verify that no such identification document has already been issued [F1 (by an issuing body either in the United Kingdom or in a member State)] for the equine animal concerned;

(b) prevent the fraudulent issuing of multiple identification documents for an individual equine animal.

2. The measures provided for in paragraph 1 shall include:

(a) consulting the appropriate documentation and electronic records available;

(b) estimating the age of the equine animal;

(c) checking the equine animal, as provided for in Article 17, for any signs or marks indicative of any previous identification.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Art. 16(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 21; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)