2009 No. 1611

Animals, England

The Horse Passports Regulations 2009 (revoked)
Made
30th June 2009
Laid before Parliament
6th July 2009
Coming into force
1st August 2009
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PART 1

Introduction

Citation, application and commencement
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Meaning of “horse” and “passport”
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART 2

Enforcement of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008

Competent authority for Commission Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sale of horses
4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Passports
5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Application for duplicate and replacement passports
6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Importation
7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Detecting previous active marking of horses
8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Transponders
9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Accompanying documentation
10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Movement to slaughter
11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Issue of duplicate and replacement passports
12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Procedure on death
13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Procedure by the passport issuing organisation on death
14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Treatment with a veterinary medicinal product
15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Databases
16. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Prohibitions
17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dartmoor, Exmoor and the New Forest
18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PART 3

Powers and penalties

Enforcement
19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Powers of entry
20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Obstruction
21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Penalties
22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences by bodies corporate
23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations
24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Revocations
25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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SCHEDULE

Dartmoor, Exmoor and the New Forest
Regulation 18

Application of this Schedule
1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Veterinary treatment
2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Movement off the designated area
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations enforce Commission Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008 in England. They provide for identification of horses, and replace the Horse Passports (England) Regulations 2004.
Part 2 of the Regulations create offences for breach of provisions of the Commission Regulation, and provide for the administration of veterinary medicinal products for horses intended for human consumption. The Schedule makes special provisions for Dartmoor, Exmoor and the New Forest.
Part 3 provides that the Regulations are enforced by the local authority, and gives powers to inspectors of those authorities.
Breach of the Regulations is an offence punishable— a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . b. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A full impact assessment has been prepared and placed in the libraries of both Houses of Parliament. It is available on the Defra website at www.defra.gov.uk
Regulations revoked (1.10.2018) by The Equine Identification (England) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/761), regs. 1(1), 50