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PART 2N.I.Administrative and procedural provisions and requirements

Competent Authority for the [F1Commission Delegated Regulation] N.I.

3.  The Department is the competent authority for the purposes of the [F1Commission Delegated Regulation] .

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 3 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1

Identification of horsesN.I.

4.  A person must not keep a horse unless it is identified in accordance with the [F2Commission Delegated Regulation] and these Regulations.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 4 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1

Transfer of ownership of horsesN.I.

5.—(1) A person who transfers the ownership of a horse to another person (the “transferee”) must give its passport to the transferee at the time of the transfer.

(2) Before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the transfer took effect, the transferee must —

(a)notify the issuing body of —

(i)the transfer of ownership; and

(ii)the transferee’s name, address and contact details; and

(b)send the passport for the horse concerned to the issuing body.

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 5 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1

Application for passportsN.I.

6.—(1) In accordance with [F3Article 58(3)] it is the responsibility of the owner of a horse located in a holding in Northern Ireland to ensure that an application for a passport is submitted to an issuing body on or before the date set out in paragraph (2).

(2) The date is the last day of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the horse was born.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 6 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1

Provision of information to an issuing bodyN.I.

7.  The keeper must provide to the issuing body all information necessary to allow the body to complete an existing passport for the purposes [F4of Title IV of Part III of the Commission Delegated Regulation] .

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I5Reg. 7 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1

TranspondersN.I.

8.—(1) The minimum qualification for the purposes of Article 18(3) (implantation of a transponder) is membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.

(2) F5... The owner of a horse or, if different, the keeper who has primary responsibility for it, must arrange for a veterinary surgeon to implant a transponder into a horse that is deemed to be identified F6... if a previously implanted and recorded transponder ceases to function.

(3) A veterinary surgeon who implants a transponder into a horse must ensure that it displays a code unique to that transponder.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I6Reg. 8 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1

Detecting previous active markings of horsesN.I.

9.  A veterinary surgeon who is implanting a transponder into a horse must carry out [F7sufficient measures] (measures to detect previous identification of equidae).

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I7Reg. 9 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1

Accompanying documentationN.I.

10.  The owner of a horse or, if different, the keeper who has primary responsibility for it must comply with [F8Article 66(1)] to ensure that a horse’s passport accompanies the horse at all times except –—

(a)when not required in accordance with [F9Article 66(2)] ; or

(b)when the horse is accompanied by a smart card F10...; or

(c)when the horse is accompanied by a temporary document F11....

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I8Reg. 10 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1

Modification of identity details in passportsN.I.

11.  If the owner believes that any identity details contained in the horse’s passport require modification or updating, F12... the owner must ask the issuing body to modify or update the passport.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I9Reg. 11 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1

Slaughter or death of a horseN.I.

12.  On the slaughter or death of a horse an official veterinarian or a person acting under the supervision of an official veterinarian, F13... must return an invalidated passport to the issuing body as soon as is reasonably practicable.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I10Reg. 12 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1

DatabasesN.I.

13.—[F14(1) An issuing body must incorporate the information falling within Article 109(1) (d) (i) to (iii) of Regulation EU 2016/429 in to the database established under that Article.]

(2) The Department may issue guidance to issuing bodies about the central database and how to enter information into it.

(3) The Department may share any data or information held or stored in, or which is to be held or stored in, the central database with the Secretary of State in England, the Scottish Ministers, or the Welsh Ministers.

F15(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I11Reg. 13 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1