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.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 39(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 41(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in Art. 39(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 41(b)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(32)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 39(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 41(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Art. 39(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 41(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)