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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2005 No. 231 (W.21)
ANIMALS, WALES
ANIMAL HEALTH
The Horse Passports (Wales) Regulations 2005

	Made	8 February 2005
	Coming into force	9 February 2005

ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

1.	Title, application and commencement

2.	Interpretation

3.	Organisations authorised to issue passports

4.	Powers and duties of passport-issuing organisations

5.

Records

6.	Application for a passport

7.	Time limits for obtaining a passport

8.	Issue of a passport

9.	Section IX pages for existing passports

10.	Identification

11.	Language of passports

12.	Horses entering Wales

13.	Declaration concerning slaughter for human consumption

14.	Prohibitions

15.	Replacement of a lost or damaged passport

16.	Restrictions on the use of horses without passports

17.	Requirements on persons administering veterinary medicinal products

18.	Duties on owners

19.	Slaughter for human consumption

20.	Powers of entry

21.	Obstruction

24.	Enforcement

25.	Revocation

SCHEDULE

Identification Document For Registered Equidae

The National Assembly for Wales, being designated[1] for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972[2] in relation to the common agricultural policy of the European Community, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that section, makes the following Regulations:

Title, application and commencement
     1. - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Horse Passports (Wales) Regulations 2005.

    (2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales and come into force on 9 February 2005.

Interpretation
     2. In these Regulations -

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ceidwad

awdurdod lleol

y Cynulliad Cenedlaethol

pasbort

and "Section IX pages" means those pages;

corff sy'n dyroddi pasbortau

gwerthu

Organisations authorised to issue passports
3. - (1) The following organisations (referred to in these Regulations as "passport-issuing organisations") are authorised to issue passports -

(a) organisations authorised in writing by the National Assembly under these Regulations to issue passports;

(b) organisations that maintain or establish stud-books for registered horses and are recognised by the National Assembly under regulation 3 of the Horses (Zootechnical Standards) Regulations 1992[

(d) international associations or organisations that manage or regulate horses for competition or racing and are registered with the National Assembly to issue passports or registered under equivalent statutory provisions in force in any other part of the United Kingdom.

    (2) The National Assembly may by notice in writing withdraw authorisation under paragraph (1)(a) or registration under paragraph (1)(d) if it is satisfied on reasonable grounds that an association or organisation is not complying with the provisions of these Regulations.

    (3) No person shall issue a document which falsely purports to be a passport.

Powers and duties of passport-issuing organisations
     4. - (1) The passport-issuing organisation is "the competent authority" for the purposes of the passport.

    (2) A passport-issuing organisation may cancel a passport issued by it if it is satisfied on reasonable grounds that -

(a) the provisions of these Regulations have not been or are not being complied with, or

(b) the passport has not been properly completed or has been falsified in any way.

(3) When a passport is returned because a horse has died, the passport-issuing organisation must mark the passport accordingly but may then return it to the owner if permitted by its rules.

Records
5. - (1) A passport-issuing organisation must maintain a record of -

(a) information contained in applications for passports and Section IX pages;

(b) any change of ownership of a horse; and

(c) the death of a horse.

    (2) It must keep this record until three years after the death of the horse.

    (3) A passport-issuing organisation must supply to the National Assembly information from its records in such form and at such intervals as the National Assembly may require by notice in writing.

Application for a passport
     6. - (1) An application for a passport must -

(a) be made by the owner of the horse;

(b) be made in writing to a passport-issuing organisation; and

(c) be in the format specified by that organisation.

    (2) No person may apply for more than one passport (other than a replacement passport) for a horse.

Time limits for obtaining a passport
     7. - (1) The owner of a horse that was born on or before 30 November 2004 who does not already have a passport for that horse must apply for a passport for it before 14 February 2005, or by six months after its birth, whichever is the later.

    (2) The owner of a horse that was born after 30 November 2004 must obtain a passport for it on or before 31 December of the year of its birth, or by six months after its birth, whichever is the later.

Issue of a passport
     8. - (1) On application, provided all its requirements are complied with, the passport-issuing organisation must issue a passport duly completed in the format set out in the Schedule.

    (2) In the case of a horse either registered or eligible for entry in a studbook of a recognised organisation in accordance with Article 2(c) of Council Directive 90/426/EEC on animal health conditions governing the movement and import from third countries of equidae[7], the passport must contain all the Sections specified in the Schedule.

    (3) In any other case the passport must contain at least Sections I to IV and IX but may contain more Sections or all the Sections.

Section IX pages for existing passports
     9. - (1) In the case of a horse born before these Regulations come into force that already has an identification document issued by a passport-issuing organisation containing all the information required by regulation 8(2) or 8(3) except for the Section IX pages, a passport may consist of that identification document together with the Section IX pages obtained by the owner from a passport-issuing organisation, provided that the applicant -

(a) applies for them before 14 February 2005, and

(b) attaches them to the identification document.

    (2) Regulation 6 applies to an application for Section IX pages as it applies to an application for a passport.

    (3) The Section IX pages must contain the same number or alphanumeric code as in Section II of the original identification document.

Identification
     10. - (1) The passport-issuing organisation when issuing a passport must identify the horse with a number or alphanumeric code not previously used by that organisation.

    (2) It must record the number or alphanumeric code in Section II of the passport.

Language of passports
     11. - (1) Sections I to VIII of passports issued in Wales must be in English and French.

    (2) Section IX must be in English.

    (3) A passport or any part of it may also be in an additional language.

Horses entering Wales
     12. - (1) The owner (or, in the case of an owner living outside Wales, the keeper) of a horse brought into Wales without a passport (or with a document that would be a passport but for the fact that it does not contain Section IX) must apply for a passport or the Section IX pages within 30 days of the horse being brought into Wales.

    (2) A passport or Section IX pages issued following an application made under paragraph (1) must state that the horse is not intended for slaughter for human consumption.

    (3) This regulation will not apply in relation to a horse that remains in Wales for less than 30 days.

Declaration concerning slaughter for human consumption
     13. - (1) The owner of a horse or the owner's representative, on receipt of a passport or Section IX pages must sign the declaration in Section IX, Part II or III-A, as to whether or not the horse is intended for slaughter for human consumption.

    (2) When the horse is sold, the declaration must be signed by each subsequent owner or the owner's representative.

    (3) If the declaration referred to in paragraph (1) is that the horse is not intended for slaughter for human consumption, that declaration cannot be changed.

Prohibitions
     14. - (1) No person may -

(a) destroy or deface a passport;

(b) alter any entry made in Section I of the passport;

(c) alter any of the details in Section II or III of the passport unless authorised in writing to do so by a passport-issuing organisation;

(d) make an entry in Section IV of the passport except in accordance with the rules and regulations of a passport-issuing organisation, and no person may alter any entry; or

(e) alter any details in Section V, VI, VII, VIII or IX of the passport; or

(f) change a declaration in Section IX that a horse is not intended for slaughter for human consumption (but if the declaration shows that the horse is intended for slaughter for human consumption, an owner may subsequently declare that the horse is not intended for slaughter for human consumption, in which case the horse will not be intended for slaughter for human consumption).

    (2) No person may be in possession of a document which falsely purports to be a passport.

    (3) In proceedings against a person for an offence of failing to comply with paragraph (2) it is a defence for that person to prove that he or she was not aware that the document was not a passport.

Replacement of a lost or damaged passport
     15. - (1) Where a passport has been lost or damaged the owner of the horse must, within 30 days of the loss or damage being discovered, apply for a replacement passport for that horse -

(a) where the passport-issuing organisation of issue is known to the owner, to that organisation; or

(b) where the passport-issuing organisation of issue is not known, to any passport-issuing organisation.

    (2) The passport-issuing organisation applied to in accordance with paragraph (1) must issue a replacement passport marked with the word "Duplicate".

    (3) If all the original information in the Section IX is legible the replacement passport must repeat that information.

    (4) If any information in Section IX is illegible the passport issuing organisation must indicate in the replacement passport that the horse is not intended for slaughter for human consumption by completing Part II of that Section.

Restrictions on the use of horses without passports
     16. If a passport should have been issued for a horse, after 28 February 2005 no person may -

(a) use the horse for the purposes of competition or breeding;

(b) move the horse out of the United Kingdom; or

(c) move the horse on to the premises of a new keeper,

unless the horse is accompanied by its passport.

Requirements on persons administering veterinary medicinal products
17. - (1) Where a veterinary medicinal product is to be administered to a horse, the person in possession of its passport must make it available to the veterinary surgeon or other person administering the product.

(2) The veterinary surgeon or other person administering the veterinary medicinal product must -

(a) satisfy himself or herself 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 carried out for transmissible diseases; and

(c) if the passport shows that the horse is intended for slaughter for human consumption, complete Part III - B of Section IX of the passport if the product administered contains a substance not included in Annexes I, II, III or IV of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90 [

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(3) In the case of a horse in relation to which a passport has not yet been obtained or is unavailable for any reason, or in relation to which the veterinary surgeon or other person administering the veterinary medicinal product is not satisfied that the horse is the one described in the passport, the veterinary surgeon or other person administering the veterinary medicinal product must give to the keeper -

    (4) The keeper must enter any information received under paragraph (3) in the passport when the keeper receives the passport.

Duties on owners
     18. - (1) After 28 February 2005 no person may sell a horse without a passport.

    (2) On the sale of a horse, the seller must give the passport to the buyer or, at auction sales, the auctioneer must give the passport to the buyer.

    (3) The new owner or the owner's representative must, within 30 days of purchase send to the passport-issuing organisation that issued the passport -

(a) the name and address of the new owner; and

(b) the name and identification number or alphanumeric code of the horse as entered in Section II of the passport,

and must complete Section I of the passport in accordance with the rules of the passport-issuing organisation.

    (4) A person in possession of a passport must produce it on reasonable demand to the passport-issuing organisation that issued it, and must surrender it on reasonable demand to that organisation.

    (5) An owner of a horse that dies or is slaughtered must send the passport to the passport-issuing authority within 30 days of the death.

Slaughter for human consumption
     19. After 28 February 2005 no person may slaughter a horse for human consumption or consign it for such slaughter unless it is accompanied by its passport and the declaration in Section IX shows that the animal is intended for slaughter for human consumption.

Powers of entry
     20. - (1) An inspector shall, on producing a duly authenticated document showing his or her authority, have a right at all reasonable hours, to enter any premises (excluding any premises not containing any horse and used only as a dwelling) for the purpose of administering and enforcing these Regulations; and in this regulation "premises" includes any vehicle or container.

    (2) An inspector may -

(a) require the production of a passport;

(b) carry out any inquiries;

(c) have access to, and inspect and copy any records (in whatever form they are held) kept under these Regulations;

(d) remove such records to enable them to be copied;

(e) have access to, inspect and check the operation of any computer and any associated apparatus or material that is or has been in use in connection with the records; and for this purpose may require any person having charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer, apparatus or material to afford him or her such assistance as he or she may reasonably require and, where a record is kept by means of a computer, may require the records to be produced in a form in which they may be taken away;

(f) mark any animal or other thing for identification purposes; and

(g) take with him or her -

    (3) No person may deface, obliterate or remove any mark applied under paragraph (2) except under the written authority of an inspector.

    (4) If an inspector enters any unoccupied premises the inspector must leave them as effectively secured against unauthorised entry as he or she found them.

    (5) In this regulation "inspector" means a person appointed as such by a local authority or the National Assembly for the enforcement of these Regulations.

Obstruction
     21. No person may -

(a) intentionally obstruct any person acting in the execution of these Regulations;

(b) without reasonable cause, fail to give to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations any assistance or information that that person may reasonably require of him or her for the performance of that person's functions under these Regulations;

(c) knowingly furnish to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations any information which he or she knows to be false or misleading; or

(d) fail to produce a record when required to do so to any person acting in the execution of these Regulations.

Offences
22. - (1) It shall be an offence for any person or organisation to fail to comply with -

(a) regulation 3(3) (issue of a document purporting to be a passport);

(b) regulation 6(2) (applying for more than one passport for a horse);

(c) regulation 7 (time limits for obtaining a passport);

(d) regulation 12(1) (bringing a horse into Wales);

(e) regulation 13(1), 13(2) or 13(3) (signing the declaration relating to slaughter for human consumption);

(f) regulation 14(1) (alteration of a passport) or 14(2) (possession of a document purporting to be a passport);

(g) regulation 15(1) (application for a replacement passport);

(h) regulation 16 (restrictions on the use of a horse without a passport);

(i) regulation 17 (administration of veterinary medicinal products);

(j) regulation 18 (duties on owners);

(k) regulation 19 (slaughter for human consumption);

(l) regulation 21 (obstruction).

(2) Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under these Regulations, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of -

(a) any director, manager, secretary or other similar person of the body corporate, or

(b) any person who was purporting to act in any such capacity,

that director, manager, secretary or person as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty of the offence and may be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

    (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2), "director", in relation to a body corporate whose affairs are managed by its members, means a member of the body corporate.

    (4) Where an organisation that is not a body corporate is guilty of an offence under these Regulations, and that offence is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of any officer of that organisation, that officer, as well as the organisation, shall be guilty of the offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly.

Penalties
     23. - (1) A person guilty of an offence of failing to comply with regulation 3(3) (issue of a document purporting to be a passport), regulation 17(2)(c) or 17(4) (completion of the passport following administration of a veterinary medicinal product) or regulation 19 (slaughter for human consumption) shall be liable -

(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both; or

(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.

    (2) A person guilty of any other offence under these Regulations shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

Enforcement
     24. - (1) These Regulations shall be enforced by the local authority.

    (2) The National Assembly may direct, in relation to cases of a particular description or any particular case, that an enforcement duty imposed on a local authority by this regulation shall be discharged by the National Assembly and not by the local authority.

Revocation
     25. The Horse Passports Order 1997[9] and the Horses Passports (Amendment) Order 1998[10] are hereby revoked so far as they apply to Wales.

Signed on behalf of the National Assembly for Wales under section 66(1) of the Government of Wales Act 1998[11]

D. Elis-Thomas
The Presiding Officer of the National Assembly

8 February 2005

SCHEDULERegulation 8

Identification Document For Registered Equidae

PASSPORT
General instructions
     I. Passports must contain all instructions needed for their use and the details of the competent authority which issued them.

     II. Information shown on passports.

A. Passports must contain the following information -

     1. Section I:

Owner

The name of the owner or his agent must be stated.

     2. Sections II and III:

Identification

The equid must be identified by the competent authority.

     3. Section IV:

Recording of identity checks

Whenever laws and regulations so require, checks conducted on the identity of the equid must be recorded by the competent authority.

     4. Sections V and VI:

Vaccination record

All vaccinations must be recorded in Section V (equine influenza only) and in Section VI (all other vaccinations).

     5. Section VII:

Laboratory health tests

The results of all tests carried out to detect transmissible diseases must be recorded.

     6. Section IX:

Medicinal Treatment

Part I and Part II or Part III of this Section must be duly completed in accordance with the instructions provided for in this Section.

B. Passports may contain the following information -

Section VIII:

Basic health requirements

Section VIII states the basic health requirements.

It lists the diseases which must be noted on the health.

SECTION I

Details of ownership	Détails de droit de proprieté
1. For competitive purposes, the nationality of the horse is that of its owner.	1. Pour les compétitions, la nationalité du cheval est celle de son propriétaire.
2. On change of ownership the passport must immediately be lodged with the issuing organisation, association or official agency, giving the name and address of the new owner, for re-registration and forwarding to the new owner.	2. En cas de changement de propriétaire, le passeport doit être immédiatement déposé auprés de l'organisation, l'association ou le service officiel l'ayant délivré avec le nom et l'adresse du nouveau proprietaire afin de le lui transmettre aprés réenregistrement.
3. If there is more than one owner or the horse is owned by a company, then the name of the individual responsible for the horse must be entered in the passport together with his nationality. If the owners are of different nationalities, they have to determine the nationality of the horse.	3. S'il y a plus d'un propriétaire ou si le cheval appartient a une société, le nom de la personne responsable pour le cheval doit être inscrit dans le passeport ainsi que sa nationalité. Si les propriétaires sont de nationalités différentes, ils doivent préciser la nationalité du cheval.
4. When the Federation equestre internationale approves the leasing of a horse by a national equestrian federation, the details of these transactions must be recorded by the national equestrian federation concerned.	4. Lorsque la Fédération equestre internationale approuva la location d'un cheval par une Fédération equestre nationale, les détails de ces transactions doivent étre enregistrés par la Fédération equestre nationale interessée.

Date d'enregistrement par l'organisation, l'association ou le service official	Nom du propriétaire	Adresse du propriétaire	Nationalité du propriétaire	Signautre du propriétaire	Cache de l'organisation, association ou service officiel et signature
Date of registration, by the organisation, association or official agency	Name of owner	Address of owner	Nationality of owner	Signature of owner	Organisation, association or official agency stam and signature

SECTION II

(1) No d'identification: Identification No:
(2) Nom: Name:	(3) Sexe: Sex:	(4) Robe: Colour:
(5) Race: Breed:
(6) par: by:	(7a) et: and:
	(7b) par: by:
(8) Date de naissance: Date of foaling:
(11) Certificat d'origine valide le par: Origin certificate validated on by:
(9) Lieu d'élevage: Place where bred:	- Nom de l'autorité compétente: Name of the competent authority:
	- Adresse: Address:
	- No de téléphone: Telephone number:
(10) Naisseur(s): Breeder(s):	- No de télécopie: Fax number:
	- Signature: (nom en lettres capitales et qualite du signataire Signature: (Name in capital letters and capacity of signatory)
	- Cachet: Stamp:

SECTION III

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(2) Nom - Name :

(5) Race - Breed :

(3) Sexe - Sex:

(4) Robe - Colour:

(19) Signalement relevé sous la mère par: Description taken with dam by:	(20) Cironscription: District:
Tête: Head:
Ant. G: Foreleg L:
Ant. D: Foreleg R:
Post G: Hindleg L:
Post D: Hindleg R:
Corps: Body: Marques: Markings: Le: On:	(21) Signature et cachet du vétérinaire agréé (ou de l'autorité competente) Signature and stamp of qualified veterinary surgeon (or competent authority) (en lettres capitales) (in capital letters)

SECTION IV

Contrôles d'identité du cheval décrit dans ce passeport	Identification of the horse described in this passport
L'identité du cheval doit être controlée chaque fois que les lois et réglements l'exigent: signer cette page signifie que le signalement du cheval présenté est conforme à celui de la page du signalement.	The identity of the horse must be checked each time this is required by rules and regulations and certified that it conforms with the description given on the diagram page of its passport.

Date	Ville et pays	Motif du contrôle (concours, certificat sanitaire etc)	Signature, nom en capitales et qualité de la personne ayant vérifié l'identité
	Town and country	Purpose of control (event, health certificate, etc)	Signature, name (printed) and status of official verifying the identification

SECTION V

Grippe équine seulement	Equine influenza only
Enregistrement des vaccinations	Vaccination record
Toute vaccination subie par le cheval doit être portée dans le cadre ci-dessous de façon lisible et précise avec le nom et la signature du vétérinaire.	Details of every vaccination which the horse undergoes must be entered clearly and in detail, and certified with the name and signature of veterinarian.

Date	Lieu	Pays	Vacin/Vaccine		Nom en capitales et signature du véterinaire
	Place	Country			Name (printed) and signature of veterinarian
			Nom	Numéro du lot
			Name	Batch number

SECTION VI

Maladies autres que la grippe équine	Diseases other than equine Influenza
Enregistrement des vaccinations	Vaccination record
Toute vaccination subie par le cheval doit être portée dans le cadre ci-dessous de façon lisible et précise avec le nom et la signature du vétérinaire.	Details of every vaccination which the horse undergoes must be entered clearly and in detail, and certified with the name and signature of veterinarian.

Date	Lieu	Pays	Vacin/Vaccine			Nom en capitales et signature du véterinaire
	Place	Country				Name (printed) and signature of veterinarian
			Nom	Numéro du lot	Maladie(s)
			Name	Batch number	Disease(s)

SECTION VII

Contrôles sanitaires effectués par des laboratoires	Laboratory health test
Le résultat de tout contrôle effectué par un vétérinaire pour une maladie transmissible ou par un laboratoire agrée par le service vétérinaire gouvernmental du pays doit être noté clairement et en détails par le vétérinaire qui représente l'autorité demandant le contrôle.	The result of every test carried out for a transmissible disease by a veterinarian or a laboratory authorised by the government veterinary service of the country must be entered clearly and in detail by the veterinarian acting on behalf of the authority requesting the test.

Date	Maladie transmissibles concernées	Nature de l'examen	Résultat de l'examen	Laboratoire officiel d'analyse du prélèvement	Nom en capitales et signature du vétérinaire
	Transmissible disease tested for	Type of Test	Result of test	Official laboratory to which sample is sent	Name (printed) and signature of veterinarian

SECTION VIII
Exigences sanitaires de base

Les exigences ne sont pas valables pour l'introduction dans la Communauté

Basic health requirements

These requirements are not valid to enter the Community

Je soussigné [12] certifie que l'équidé décrit dans le passeport No . . . . . . . . . . . délivré par . . . . . . . . . . . satisfait aux conditions suivantes:

I, the undersigned [13], hereby certify that the equid described in passport No . . . . . . . . . . . issued by . . . . . . . . . . . satisfies the following conditions:

LA PRéSENTE CERTIFICATION EST VALABLE 10 JOURS À COMPTER DE LA DATE DE SA SIGNATURE PAR LE VéTéRINAIRE OFFICIEL.

THIS CERTIFICATION IS VALID FOR 10 DAYS FROM THE DATE OF SIGNATURE BY THE OFFICIAL VETERINARIAN.

Date Lieu Pour des raisons épidémiologiques partulières, un certificat sanitaire separé accompagne le présent passeport Nom en capitales et signature du vétérinaire officiel

Date Place For particular epidemiological reasons, a separate health certificate accompanies this passport Name in block letters and signature of official veterinarian

          Oui/non (barrer la mention inutile)

Yes/no (delete as appropriate)



          Oui/non (barrer la mention inutile)

Yes/no (delete as appropriate)



          Oui/non (barrer la mention inutile)

Yes/no (delete as appropriate)



          Oui/non (barrer la mention inutile)

Yes/no (delete as appropriate)



          Oui/non (barrer la mention inutile)

Yes/no (delete as appropriate)



          Oui/non (barrer la mention inutile)

Yes/no (delete as appropriate)



Maladies dont l'inclusion dans le certificat zoosanitaire joint au passeport doit être envisageé

Diseases for which an endorsement must be made on the health certificate attached to the passport

     1. Peste équine - African horse sickness.

     2. Stomatite vésiculeuse - vesicular stomatitis.

     3. Dourine - dourine.

     4. Morve - glanders.

     5. Encéphalomyelites équines (tous types) - equine encephalomyelitis (all types).

     6. Anéamie infectieuse - infectious anaemia.

     7. Rage - rabies.

     8. Fièvre charbonneuse - anthrax.

SECTION IX
MEDICINAL TREATMENT
IDENTIFICATION NUMBER OF ANIMAL ⁽¹⁾ ⁽⁹⁾

. . . . . . . . . . .

Part 1

Date and place of issue of this section: . . . . . . . . . . .

Competent authority issuing this section of the identification document: . . . . . . . . . . .

Part II (excludes the animal definitively from slaughter for human consumption, must be reconfirmed when the animal changes ownership)

I, the undersigned owner ⁽²⁾/ representative of the owner ⁽²⁾ declare that the animal described in this identification document is not intended for slaughter for human consumption⁽³⁾
Date and Place	Name in capitals and signature of the owner of the animal or his/her representative	Name in capitals and signature of representative of competent authorities

Part III - A (only valid in connection with information in Part III - B)

I, the undersigned owner ⁽²⁾ / representative of the owner ⁽²⁾ declare that the animal described in this identification document is intended for slaughter for human consumption⁽⁴⁾
Date and Place	Name in capitals and signature of the owner of the animal or his/her representative	Name in capitals and signature of representative of competent authorities

Part III - B (information compulsory for equidae identified in accordance with Part III - A)

MEDICATION RECORD
			Veterinary surgeon applying and/or prescribing medicinal treatment
Date of last treatment with a medicinal product containing substances not included in Annex I, II, III or IV of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 [dd/mm/yyyy]	Place - Country Code - Postcode - Place	Substance(s) incorporated in the medicinal product which is/are not included in Annex I, II, III or IV of Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Name: . . . . . ⁽⁷⁾ Address: . . . . . ⁽⁷⁾ Postcode: . . . . . ⁽⁷⁾ Place: . . . . . ⁽⁷⁾ Tel: . . . . . ⁽⁸⁾	Signature

⁽¹⁾ Identification number as indicated in Section II (1) of the identification document.

⁽²⁾ Delete what is not applicable.

⁽³⁾ The animal may be treated with medicinal products containing substances listed in Annex I, II, III or IV to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and other substances. Recording of medicinal treatment in Part III - B is optional. The animal shall never be slaughtered for human consumption.

⁽⁴⁾ The animal may be treated with medicinal products containing substances listed in Annex I, II or III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 and other substances excluding those listed in Annex IV to that Regulation. The animal can only be slaughtered for human consumption after the completion of the general withdrawal period of six months following the date of the last treatment, certified obligatory in Part III - B, with medicinal products containing substances other than those listed in Annex I, II or III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.

⁽⁵⁾ Verify through published Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90.

⁽⁶⁾ This information is optional. However, this information may allow the reduction of the withdrawal period, if the specified substance is included in Annex I, II or III to Regulation (EEC) No 2377/90 after it was administered. The minimum withdrawal times would then be those established in Article 4(4) or Directive 81/851/EEC.

⁽⁷⁾ Name, address, postcode and place in printed letters.

⁽⁸⁾ Telephone number including country code and regional code.

⁽⁹⁾ Not required where this Section is issued together with the identification document.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations, which apply in Wales, implement Council Directive 90/426/EEC (OJ No. L224, 18/8/1990, p. 42), Council Directive 90/427/EEC (OJ No. L224, 18/8/1990, p. 55) and Commission Decisions 92/353/EEC (OJ No. L192, 11/07/1992, p. 63), 93/623/EEC (OJ No. L298, 3/12/93, p. 45) and 2000/68/EC (OJ No. L23, 28.1.2000, p. 72). They revoke and replace the Horse Passports Order 1997 and the Horse Passports (Amendment) Order 1998 in so far as they apply to Wales.

The Regulations specify which organisations are authorised to issue passports and give them powers and duties (regulations 3 to 5), make provision for application and issue of passports (regulations 6 to 11 and the Schedule) and make provision for horses entering Wales (regulation 12).

They make requirements concerning the declaration to be made on the passport relating to slaughter for human consumption (regulation 13).

They prohibit defacement of passports, make it an offence to possess a false passport and make provision for the replacement of lost passports (regulations 14 and 15)

Horses must be accompanied by their passports when used for certain purposes (regulation 16).

They impose duties on veterinary surgeons to mark the passport when they administer veterinary medicines (regulation 17).

They make provision relating to the sale of a horse (regulation 18) and relating to the slaughter of a horse (regulation 19).

They contain provisions relating to powers of entry and obstruction (regulations 20 and 21).

Under regulations 22 and 23, breach of the Regulations is an offence punishable -

They are enforced by the local authority (regulation 24).

A regulatory appraisal has been prepared and is available from the Animal Health Division, National Assembly for Wales, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NQ.

Notes:

[1] S.I.1999/2788.back

[2] 1972 c. 68.back

[3] S. I. 1992/3045.back

[4] OJ No. L224, 18.8.1990, p. 55 - 59.back

[5] OJ No. L 192, 11.7.92, p. 63.back

[6] OJ No. L23, 28.1.2000, p. 72.back

[7] OJ No. L224, 18.9.90, p. 42.back

[8] 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.back

[9] S.I. 1997/2789.back

[10] S.I. 1998/2367.back

[11] S.I. 1998 c.38.back

[12] Ce document doit étre signé dans les 48 heures précédant le déplacement international de l'équidé.back

[13] This document must be signed within 48 hours prior to international transport of the equid.back

Cymraeg (Welsh)

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Prepared 16 February 2005

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