The Equine Identification (Wales) Regulations 2009

Made: 7 September 2009

Laid before the National Assembly for Wales: 9 September 2009

Coming into force: 1 October 2009

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PART 1 — Introduction

Title, application and commencement

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Interpretation

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PART 2 — Enforcement of the Commission Regulation

Competent authority for the Commission Regulation

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Sale of horses

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Identification of horses within time limits

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Application for duplicate and replacement identification documents

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Importation

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Detecting previous active marking of horses

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Transponders

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Restriction on movement of horses without an identification document

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Movement for slaughter

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Issue of duplicate and replacement identification documents

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Return of identification document upon death of a horse

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Procedure by the issuing body upon death of a horse

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Permitted treatment for horses intended for human consumption

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Databases

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Prohibitions

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Certain horses living on specified commons

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PART 3 — Powers and penalties

Enforcement

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Powers of inspectors

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Obstruction

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Penalties

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Offences by bodies corporate

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Offences by partnerships and unincorporated associations

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Revocations

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Signed

Elin Jones — Minister for Rural Affairs, one of the Welsh Ministers — 7 September 2009

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 2005/2766. By virtue of sections 59(1) and 162 of, and paragraphs 28 and 30 of Schedule 11 to, the Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), functions conferred on the National Assembly for Walesare exercisable by the Welsh Ministers.

[^f00002]: 1972 c. 68.

[^f00003]: OJ No L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 3.

[^f00004]: 1981 c. 22.

[^f00005]: 1925 c. 86. Subsections (1) and (2) of section 33 were repealed by the Magistrates' Courts Act 1952 (c. 55), section 132 and Schedule 6; subsection (3) was amended by the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), section 56(1) and Schedule 8, Part II, paragraph 19; subsection (4) was amended by the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39), section 109(1) and (3), Schedule 8, paragraph 71 and Schedule 10; subsection (5) was repealed by the Magistrates' Court Act 1952, section 132, Schedule 6.

[^f00006]: 1980 c. 43. Sub-paragraph 2(a) was amended by the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25), section 47, Schedule 1, paragraph 13, and was repealed by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), sections 41 and 332, Schedule 3, Part 2, paragraph 51, sub-paragraphs (1), (13)(a), and Schedule 37, Part 4 (with effect from a date to be appointed); paragraph 5 was repealed by the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), sections 25(2) and 101(2) and Schedule 13; paragraph 6 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003, section 41, Schedule 3, Part 2, paragraph 51, sub-paragraphs (1) and (13)(b) (with effect from a date to be appointed).

[^f00007]: S.I. 2005/231 (W. 21).

Editorial notes

[^key-6eb9525750c177f15e974d8191caf96b]: Regulations revoked (12.2.2019) by The Equine Identification (Wales) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/57), regs. 1(1), 46

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