Horse passports: Minimum Operating Standards (MOpS) for Passport Issuing Organisations (PIOs)

Importation of Horses

75. This applies to horses imported from any country outside of the UK.

76. If a horse is imported with a valid passport (issued by a recognised body, national branch of an international organisation/association or competent authority), the PIO should:

• register the horse on your database and upload it to ScotEquine as a ‘New’ record within 1 week; and
• record the original food chain status of the horse.

77. If a horse is imported without a valid passport the PIO should:

• register the horse on their database and upload it to ScotEquine as a ‘new reissue’ record within 1 week. The keeper will need to apply for a duplicate or replacement passport and arrange microchipping; and
• ensure that the horse is be signed out of the food chain on both ScotEquine and at Part II Section II (or Section IX Part II in pre-2016 issued passports) of the passport.

78. PIOs creating records for imported horses should communicate the changes made to the PIO in the country with whom the horse is registered.