Horse Passports Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999

Made: 12th March 1999

Coming into operation: 21st April 1999

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Citation and commencement

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Interpretation

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Application

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Horses for competition or racing

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Issue of a horse passport

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Multiple registration and cancellation of registration

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Keepers

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Movement of a horse

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Completion of the horse passport by a veterinary surgeon

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Sale of a horse

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Prohibition on holding more than one horse passport

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Replacement of a lost or damaged horse passport

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Powers of recognised organisations

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Identification of horses born before 1st January 1998

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Offences

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Power of inspectors

16

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Obstruction

17

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SCHEDULE — Identification document for horses

General Instructions

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B

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Section I

Section II

Section III

Section IV

Section V

Section VI

Section VII

Section VIII

Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on

R. S. Johnston — Assistant Secretary — 12th March 1999.

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1972/1811

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68

[^f00003]: S.R. 1992 No. 539

[^f00004]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00005]: O.J. No. L224, 18.8.90, p. 55

[^f00006]: O.J. No. L298, 3.12.93, p. 45

Editorial notes