CHAPTER VI

MANAGEMENT, DUPLICATION, REPLACEMENT AND SUSPENSION OF IDENTIFICATION DOCUMENTS

Obligations of keepers as regards the management of identification documents to ensure the continuity of identity during the lifetime of the equine animal
Article 27
1
The keeper of an equine animal shall ensure that the following identification details in the identification document are at all times up-to-date and correct:
a
the status of the equine animal as regards its eligibility for slaughter for human consumption;
b
the readable transponder code ...;
c
the status as either a registered equine animal or an equine animal for breeding and production;
d
the information on the ownership of the equine animal;.
2
Irrespective of the issuing body which issued the identification document in accordance with Article 9(1), 14, 29 or 32, the keeper of an equine animal shall ensure that the identification document is lodged with the issuing body referred to in Article 5(1) appropriate for the category of equine animal in the constituent territory of Great Britain where the holding of the equine animal is located in order to provide the identification details referred to in Article 38(1) within 30 days of:
a
issuing of the identification document in accordance with Article 9(1) by an issuing body outside the United Kingdom;
b
the introduction of the equine animal into Great Britain from a member State, with the exception of
1. equidae participating in competitions, races, shows, training and hauling for a period not exceeding 90 days;
2. stallions based in Great Britain for the breeding season;
3. mares based in Great Britain for breeding for a period not exceeding 90 days;
4. equidae accommodated in a veterinary facility for medical reasons;
5. equidae destined for slaughter within 10 days of their introduction.
3
Where the need arises to update the identification details referred to in Article 38(1) in the identification document, the keeper shall lodge the identification document within 30 days of the event that affected the identification details:
a
in the case of registered equidae referred to in point (e)(i) of Article 2, with the issuing body referred to in Article 5(1)(a) which
1. either issued the identification document for the registered equine animal concerned; or
2. is approved in accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012 in the United Kingdom and has established a studbook in which the equine animal may be entered or registered in accordance with Annex II of Regulation (EU) 2016/1012; or
b
in the case of registered horses referred to in point (e)(ii) of Article 2, with the issuing body referred to in Article 5(1)(b) in accordance with the rules of that issuing body which issued the identification document for the registered horse concerned; or
c
with the competent authority of the constituent territory where the holding of the equine animal is located or with any of the issuing bodies designated in accordance with this Regulation by that competent authority.

Obligations of issuing bodies as regards the management of identification documents to ensure the continuity of identity during the lifetime of the equine animal
Article 28
The issuing body referred to in Article 27(3) shall:
1. carry out the necessary updates of identification details in the identification document;
2. enter in Part C of Section I of the identification document the required information on the issuing body, which must consist at least of the UELN-compatible number of the database, where it did not initially issue the identification document in accordance with Article 9(1);
3. complete the entries in Section IV of the identification document ...;
4. enter or complete in the database it has established in accordance with Article 38 the records of the identification details contained in the lodged identification document;
5. submit the information to the central database in accordance with Article 39.

The issuing of duplicate identification documents
Article 29
1
A duplicate identification document shall be issued by the issuing body referred to in Article 5(1)(a)(iii) or (iv), (b) or (c) where:
a
the original identification document is lost, and the identity of the animal can be established, notably through the code transmitted by the transponder or the alternative method of identity verification in accordance with Article 21 of the EU Regulation; or
b
the animal has not been identified within the time limits set out in Article 12, Article 14 or Article 43(2), provided that the covering certificate is available and the biological dam or, in case of embryo transfer, the foster dam, is identified in accordance with this Regulation; or
c
the competent authority has proof that certain identification details in the existing identification document do not match the corresponding equine animal and the provisions in Article 12(3)(a) cannot be applied.
2
In the cases described in paragraph 1, the issuing body referred to in that paragraph shall on application by the keeper or at the request of the competent authority:
a
apply to the animal, where necessary, a transponder in accordance with Article 18 ...;
b
issue a duplicate identification document clearly marked as such (‘duplicate identification document’) with a reference to the unique life number recorded in the database of the issuing body which:
1. carried out the first identification of the animal and issued the lost original identification document; or
2. issues the duplicate identification document for an animal referred to in paragraph 1(b);
c
classify the equine animal in Part II of Section II of the duplicate identification document as not intended for slaughter for human consumption.
3
Details of the duplicate identification document issued in accordance with paragraph 2, shall be entered with a reference to the unique life number in the database, as referred to in Article 38 and forwarded to the central database in accordance with Article 39.
4
Where the lost identification document was issued in accordance with Article 9(1) by an issuing body referred to in paragraph 1 which is no longer in existence, the duplicate identification document shall be issued in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article by an issuing body referred to in paragraph 1 in the constituent territory of Great Britain where the holding of the equine animal is located.

The issuing of duplicate identification documents for equidae imported into Great Britain
Article 30
By way of derogation from Article 29(2), where the lost original identification document was issued by an issuing body referred to in Article 14(a) in a third country, a new identification document may be issued by that issuing body in the third country, provided that the new identification document is:
1. sent from the issuing body referred to in Article 14(a) to the issuing body referred to in Article 29(2), where it is marked as duplicate identification document, the animal is classified in accordance with Article 29(2)(c) and the information is entered in the database in accordance with Article 29(3);
2. forwarded to the keeper or, where specifically required by law in the constituent territory of Great Britain where the equine animal is located, to the owner, by the issuing body or competent authority in the constituent territory of Great Britain where the holding of the equine animal is located.

Suspension of the status of equidae for slaughter for human consumption
Article 31
1
By way of derogation from Article 29(2)(c) and Article 30, and except in the case described in Article 43(2), the competent authority may decide to suspend the status of an equine animal as intended for slaughter for human consumption for a period of 6 months where:
a
the keeper can satisfactorily substantiate within 30 days of the declared date of loss of the identification document that the equine animal's status as intended for slaughter for human consumption has not been compromised by any medicinal treatment;
b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2
In the case described in paragraph 1, the competent authority shall enter the date of commencement of the 6-month suspension period in the first column of Part III of Section II of the duplicate identification document, and complete the third column thereof.

The issuing of replacement identification documents
Article 32
1
A replacement identification document shall be issued by the issuing body referred to in Article 5(1)(a)(iii) or (iv), (b) or (c) where:
a
the original identification document is lost, and:
1. the identity of the animal cannot be ascertained;
2. there is no indication or evidence that for this animal an identification document had been issued previously by an issuing body as referred to in Article 5(1)(a)(iii) or (iv), (b) or (c);
b
the animal has not been identified within the time limits set out in Article 12(1) or (2), Article 14 or Article 43(2).
2
In the cases described in paragraph 1, an issuing body as referred to in Article 5(1)(c) responsible for the area where the holding of the equine animal is located shall on application by the keeper or at the request of the competent authority:
a
implant a transponder in the animal in accordance with Article 18 ...;
b
issue a replacement identification document clearly marked as such (‘replacement identification document’) with a reference to a newly assigned unique life number corresponding to the record in the database on the issuing of this replacement identification document;
c
classify the equine animal in Part II of Section II of the replacement identification document as not intended for slaughter for human consumption.
3
Details of the replacement identification document issued in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article, shall be entered by reference to the unique life number in the database as referred to in Article 38 and forwarded to the central database in accordance with Article 39.

Suspension of the validity for movement purposes of the identification document
Article 33
1
The official veterinarian shall suspend the validity for movement purposes of the identification document by making an appropriate entry in Section III thereof where an equine animal is kept on or comes from a holding which is:
a
referred to in paragraph 1A;
b
situated in—
i
a country or region that is not free from African horse sickness;
ii
a constituent territory of Great Britain that is not free of African horse sickness.
c
subject to an order under section 1 of the Animal Health Act 1981 preventing the introduction into or spreading of disease within Great Britain or any of the constituent territories of Great Britain.
1A
The holdings referred to in paragraph 1(a) are those where:
a
equidae suspected of having contracted dourine are or have been located, unless it has been at least six months since the last actual or possible contact with a sick animal. This paragraph does not apply where the animal referred to in paragraph 1 has been castrated;
b
equidae suffering from glanders or equine encephalomyelitis are or have been located, unless it has been at least six months since the day on which the equidae suffering from the disease in question was slaughtered;
c
animals suffering from infectious anaemia are or have been located, unless the infected animals have been slaughtered and the remaining animals have shown a negative reaction to two Coggins tests carried out three months apart;
d
cases of vesicular stomatitis have been recorded, unless it has been at least six months since the last recorded case;
e
cases of rabies have been reported, unless it has been at least one month since the last recorded case;
f
cases of anthrax have been reported, unless it has been at least 15 days since the last recorded case.
1B
If all the animals of a species susceptible to the disease located on the holding referred to in paragraph 1A have been slaughtered and the premises disinfected, the period referred to in paragraphs 1A(a) to (e) shall be 30 days, beginning on the day on which the animals were destroyed and the premises disinfected.
2
For the purposes of paragraph 1(b), a constituent territory of the United Kingdom is not free of African horse sickness if—
a
clinical, serological (in unvaccinated animals) or epidemiological evidence has revealed the presence of African horse sickness in that country, region or constituent territory in the past two years;
b
vaccination against African horse sickness has been carried out in that country, region or constituent territory in the past 12 months.
Words in Art. 27(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 31(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 27(1)(d) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 31(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 27(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 31(b)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(23)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 27(2)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 31(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 27(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 31(b)(iii) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(23)(a)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 27(2)(b)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 31(b)(iv) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(23)(a)(iii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 27(2)(b)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 31(b)(iv) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(23)(a)(iii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 27(3)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 31(c)(i)(aa) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(23)(b)) 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 27(3)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 31(c)(i)(bb) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(23)(b)) 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 27(3)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 31(c)(i)(cc) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(23)(b)) 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 27(3)(c) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 31(c)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 28(c) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 32; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 29(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 29(1)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 29(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 29(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 29(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(c)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 29(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 33(c)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(24)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 30 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 34(a) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(25)(a)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 30(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 34(b) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(25)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 31(1)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 34A (as inserted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(26)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 32(1)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 35(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 32(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 35(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 32(2)(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 35(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 33 renumbered as Art. 33(1) (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 36(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 33(1)(c) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 36(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(27)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 33(1A)(1B)(2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 36(c) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(27)(b)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Words in Art. 33(1)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 36(b)(i) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(27)(a)(i)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Art. 33(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 36(b)(ii) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(27)(a)(ii)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)