CHAPTER I

SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE, DEFINITIONS, GENERAL PRINCIPLES

General principles and obligation to identify equidae
Article 3
1
Equidae living in Great Britain shall be identified in accordance with this Regulation.
2
Where the keeper is not the owner or one of the owners of the equine animal, it shall act in accordance with this Regulation on behalf of and in agreement with the owner.
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4
The appropriate authority shall ensure, where appropriate through official controls in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2017/625, that keepers of equine animals and issuing bodies fulfil their obligations under this Regulation.
Words in Art. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 5(a) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(4)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 3(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 5(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 3(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 5(c)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(4)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 3(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 5(c)(ii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(4)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)