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Regulation 29 Offences relating to implantation of transponder

England and Wales

A person is guilty of an offence if the person knowingly—

(a)

implants, or attempts to implant, into an equine, a device which—

(i)

is not a genuine transponder; or

(ii)

has previously been inserted into, or used for, another animal; or

F1(b)

tampers with, or otherwise alters, a transponder with intent to deceive.

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Textual amendments

F1

Reg. 29(b): reg. 29(a)(iii) renumbered as reg. 29(b) (11.1.2019) by The Equine Identification (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1409), regs. 1, 2(6)