| Description | Horse Passports: Guidance for All Horse Owners |
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| Website Publication Date | May 31, 2005 |
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The Horse Passports (Scotland) Regulations 2005 which came in to force on 16 May 2005, revokes and
replaces the existing Horse Passports Order 1997 (as
amended). This legislative change is necessary in order to
implement Commission Decision 2000/68/
EC, the objective being to prevent
horses, which have been administered with medicines that
have not been authorised for use in food producing animals,
being slaughtered for human consumption. The new
Regulations will be more extensive in their scope than the
1997 Order in that they require all equines to be
accompanied by a passport.
All horses in Scotland which were born before 16 May
2005 should have passports in place before 16 August 2005.
Any that do not will be subject to movement restrictions.
Full details of these restrictions and timetables for
obtaining horse passports are contained in the Horse
Passports:
Guidance for all horse owners.
The Guidance also explains how to obtain a horse passport.
(
This Guidance is also available in
PDF format)
Further information on any point contained in the
Guidance can be obtained from Animal Health and Welfare
(Tel: 0131 244 6174).
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