The Horse Passports (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Requirements on persons administering veterinary medicinal products

18.—(1) Where a veterinary medicinal product is to be administered to a horse, the owner or keeper shall show the passport to the person administering it.

(2) The person administering the veterinary medicinal product shall–

(a) ensure that the horse is the one described in the passport;

(b) if the passport contains Sections V and VI, record in the appropriate section any vaccine given, and if it contains Section VII, record the results of any laboratory health tests requested and the treatments administered; and

(c) if the passport shows that the horse is intended for slaughter for human consumption, or if the declaration relating to slaughter for human consumption has not yet been completed, and if the product administered contains a substance not included in Annexes I, II, III or IV of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90(1) for administration to horses, complete Part IIIB of Section IX of the passport.

(3) In the case where a veterinary medicinal product is administered to a horse in relation to which a passport has not yet been obtained or is not available, the person administering the product shall give to the owner or keeper a written record of treatment administered and the owner or keeper shall upon receipt of the passport–

(a) enter this information in the passport in accordance with paragraph (2)(b) and (c) above; and

(b) if a veterinary medicinal product containing a substance specified in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90 has been administered to the horse, sign the declaration in the passport that the horse is not intended for slaughter for human consumption.

(4) In the case where the person administering the veterinary medicinal product is not satisfied that the horse is the one described in the passport, that person shall give to the owner or keeper a written record of treatment administered and the owner or keeper shall–

(a) keep the written record of treatment administered with the passport; and

(b) if a veterinary medicinal medicinal product containing a substance specified in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90 has been administered to the horse, sign the declaration in the passport that the horse is not intended for slaughter for human consumption.

(1)

A list of veterinary medicinal products authorised for administration to horses and listing the active substances under the product name is available on the website of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, www.vmd.gov.uk.