CHAPTER II U.K. IDENTIFICATION OF EQUIDAE BORN IN [F1 Great Britain]

Article 8 U.K. Obligations of the competent authority as regards the issuing of identification documents for equidae born in [F2 Great Britain]

The zootechnical authority and the competent authority shall ensure that on their territory the issuing bodies under their respective responsibility:

(a)

issue identification documents which comply with the requirements provided for in Article 7(1), (2) and (3);

(b)

have the necessary systems in place to verify, when required by the competent authority, whether an identification document declared to be issued by them:

(i)

is unique, genuine and authentic;

(ii)

includes, where blank identification documents are printed on stock, a serial number printed at least on the pages containing Sections I, II and III of the identification document.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Art. 8 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 11 (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(10)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Ch. 2 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 7 (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(6)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)