Regulation 17 Exceptions in respect of certain wild or semi-wild equines

England and Wales

(1)

The derogation in Article 13 applies in relation to equines that are—

(a)

identified in the lists kept by the Dartmoor Commoners' Council M1;

(b)

entered in the stud book kept by the Exmoor Pony Society M2;

(c)

identified in the lists kept by the Verderers of the New Forest M3 or entered in the stud book kept by the New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society M4; or

(d)

identified in the lists kept by the National Trust M5 as Konik equines located at Wicken Fen M6.

(2)

For the purposes of Article 13, Dartmoor, Exmoor the New Forest and Wicken Fen are designated as areas (“designated areas”) containing defined populations of equines living under wild or semi-wild conditions that do not need to be identified with IDs while they remain within the designated area.

F1(3)

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(4)

For the purposes of this Part, a designated area is an area marked as such in a map deposited and available for inspection at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs M7.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 17(3) omitted (11.1.2019) by virtue of The Equine Identification (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1409), regs. 1, 2(3)

Marginal citations

M1: The Dartmoor Commoners' Council, 1 Canal Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8AR (tel: 01822 618892; email: [email protected]).
M2: The Exmoor Pony Society, Woodmans, Brithem Bottom, Cullompton, Devon EX15 1NB (tel: 01884 839930; email: [email protected]).
M3: The Verderers of the New Forest, The Queen's House, Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7NH (tel: 023 8028 2052; email: [email protected]).
M4: The New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society, Deepslade House, Ringwood Road, Bransgore, Hampshire BH23 8AA (tel: 01425 672775; email: [email protected]).
M5: The National Trust, PO Box 574, Manvers, Rotherham, South Yorkshire S63 3FH (tel: 0344 800 1895; email: [email protected]).
M6: A copy of the lists and stud books of wild or semi-wild equines referred to in this paragraph can be inspected by contacting the Equine ID Team, Animal Public Health and Traceability Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR (tel: 0208 026 2729).
M7: See footnote immediately above for relevant contact details.