# The Equine Identification Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019, Regulation 17: Offences in relation to passports

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person is guilty of an offence if the person, otherwise than in accordance with any entitlement, obligation or requirement to do so in these Regulations or the Commission Delegated Regulation —
(a) destroys or defaces a passport;
(b) alters any entry in a passport;
(c) makes a forged passport; or
(d) is knowingly in possession of a forged passport.
(2) Paragraph 1(d) does not apply if the person, at the time concerned, holds a forged passport simply for the purpose of destroying it or providing it to an authorised officer, the police or the Department.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2019/67/regulation/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/equine-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2019/regulation-17
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