The Horse Passports Order 1997

UK Statutory Instrument 1997 No. 2789 — creates 2 criminal offences.

2offences created

0recorded in force

2revoked

Made: 20 November 1997
In force from: 1 January 1998
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Dogs, animals, hunting and wildlife
Made under: Animal Health Act 1981

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order establishes a system of identification documents (horse passports) for horses registered with recognised organisations and born in Great Britain. The Order specifies the form of those passports (Schedule). The Order implements article 8 of Council Directive 90/427/EEC on the zootechnical and genealogical conditions governing intra-Community trade in equidae (OJ No. L224, 18.8.90, p.55), and Commission Decision 93/623/EEC establishing the identification document (passport) accompanying registered equidae (OJ No. L 298, 3.12.93, p.45). The Order is enforced by the local authority (article 17). A Regulatory Appraisal has been prepared and placed in the library of each House of Parliament. Copies can be obtained from the Animal Health (Disease Control) Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Government Buildings, Hook Rise South, Tolworth, Surbiton, Surrey KT6 7NF.

Offences created by this instrument

It shall be an offence against the Act for any person other than a person authorised by the recognised organisation to… article 16(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
It shall be an offence against the Act for any person other than a veterinary surgeon to make an entry in sections V… article 16(2) · Revoked · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

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Horses Lords · Lords Chamber · 2 June 2003 · Lord Whitty
My Lords, it is one of the options put forward in order to meet the criteria of the directive, but it was not one that was favoured by the industry. Therefore we have a double responsibility: first, not to gold plate legislation and secondly, to take into account the views of the industry in our drafting of the legislation. A number of questions were raised on our proposals, many of which are covered in the consultation. I am sure that remarks in this House, including the points raised by the noble Viscount, Lord Ullswater, on the administration of the passport system, can be taken into…

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