{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equine-identification-england-regulations-2018/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equine-identification-england-regulations-2018/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2018/761",
  "legislation_title": "The Equine Identification (England) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equine-identification-england-regulations-2018",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Transponders",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Article 18(3), a person may only implant, or knowingly participate in the implantation of, a transponder into an equine if the person possesses the minimum qualification, and for this purpose the “minimum qualification” is that the person concerned is a current and registered member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.\n(2) For the purposes of Article 18(5), the responsible person must arrange for a veterinary surgeon to implant a transponder into an equine that is deemed to be identified in accordance with Articles 4(2) or 43(1) if—\n(a) a previously implanted and recorded transponder ceases to function;\n(b) the equine arrives in England having been subject to an alternative method of identity verification authorised by a member State or Northern Ireland under Article 21; or\n(c) the equine—\n(i) does not fall within sub-paragraphs (a) or (b);\n(ii) has not already had a transponder implanted in compliance with the requirements or specifications as to transponders set out in the EU Regulation or Commission Regulation (EC) No 504/2008 of 6 June 2008 implementing Council Directives 90/426/EEC and 90/427/EEC as regards methods for the identification of equidae; and\n(iii) was born on or before 30th June 2009.\n(3) A veterinary surgeon who implants a transponder into an equine must ensure that the transponder displays a code that is unique to the transponder.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 13(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine Identification (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1409), regs. 1, 3(5) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 26(3)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "OJ No. L 149, 7.6.2008, p. 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "OJ No. L 224, 18.8.1990, p.42. The directive was repealed by Council Directive 2009/156/EC of 30 November 2009."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 13(1)(2)(a)(b)(3) coming into force 1.10.2018 and reg. 13(2)(c) coming into force 1.10.2020, see reg. 1(1)(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/761/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:56:21.740111+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}