CHAPTER VIIIRECORDS AND PENALTIES
Article 39Set up of a central database
1.
F1The appropriate authority shall set up a central database for the purposes of this Regulation.
2.
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, a central database shall not be required in F2a constituent territory of Great Britain which has a single database for registered equidae and a single database for equidae for breeding and production, provided that:
(a)
both databases can effectively communicate with each other and can cooperate with central databases in F3the other constituent territories of the United Kingdom and in member States to update the identification details for equidae changing their status to either registered equidae or equidae for breeding and production;
(b)
the competent authority has direct access to any of those databases.
F43.
The appropriate authority must make the name, address and contact details of the central database of a constituent territory available to member States, the other constituent territories of the United Kingdom and to the public.