Publication - Advice and guidance

Horse passports: guidance for owners, keepers, veterinarians and local authorities 2020

Published: 6 July 2020
Directorate: Agriculture and Rural Economy Directorate
Part of: Economy, Farming and rural, Public sector
ISBN: 9781839607585

This guidance is designed to assist in understanding the requirements for horse passports and specifically the duties/roles each of horse owners/keepers, veterinarians and Scottish local authorities in ensuring a horse is correctly identified throughout its lifetime.

Supporting documents

Footnotes

1 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2019/30/contents/made

2 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32015R0262

3 It is advisable that Local Authority Inspectors familiarise themselves with the document in its entirety.

4 https://www.gov.scot/publications/horse-passports-operating-standards-for-issuing-organisations/

5 https://www.cosla.gov.uk/councils

6 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/225

7 https://www.scotequine.com/p/about.html

8 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:31990L0427&from=en

9 https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32009L0156&from=EN

10 https://www.gov.uk/horse-passport/apply-for-a-horse-passport

11 The silhouette can be completed by an appropriate person authorised to do so by the PIO, so long as the location of the microchip is marked with an Ⓜ and the silhouette as a whole confirmed by the vet.

12 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/importing-horses-if-theres-a-no-deal-brexit

13 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/export-horses-and-ponies-special-rules

14 https://www.equineregister.co.uk/home

15 https://www.rcvs.org.uk/setting-standards/advice-and-guidance/code-of-professional-conduct-for-veterinary-surgeons/

16 https://www.equineregister.co.uk/home

17 https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/veterinary-medicines-directorate