The Horse Passports Regulations 2009

Application of this Schedule

1.—(1) The derogation in Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008 applies in relation to horses—

(a) identified in the lists kept by the Verderers of the New Forest(1) or entered in the stud book of the New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society(2);

(b) identified in the lists kept by the Dartmoor Commoners’ Council(3); or

(c) entered in the stud book of the Exmoor Pony Society.

(2) Dartmoor, Exmoor and the New Forest, are designated for the purposes of Article 7 of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 504/2008 (“designated areas”) as areas containing defined populations of horses living under wild or semi-wild conditions that do not need to be identified with passports while they remain within the designated area.

(3) For the purposes of this Schedule these are the areas designated in maps marked as such(4) and deposited at the offices of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR.

(1)

The Verderers of the New Forest is a body corporate incorporated under section 22 of the New Forest Act 1977 (c. cxxi).

(2)

The New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society and the Exmoor Pony Society are passport issuing organisations recognised by the Secretary of State under Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2008.

(3)

The Dartmoor Commoners’ Council was established by section 3(1) of the Dartmoor Commons Act 1985 (c. xxxvii).

(4)

These maps, for illustrative purposes only, can be accessed on - http://www.defra.gov.uk/animalh/id-move/horses/legislation.htm, but the version deposited at the offices of the Secretary of State is the definitive version.