Article 15A Identification of equidae for purposes of travel to the European Union or Northern IrelandF1

On an application made in accordance with paragraph 3, the competent authority may issue an EU travel identification document for the purposes of exporting an equine animal from Great Britain to the Union, or for the purposes of moving an equine animal from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, whether or not for a temporary period.

An EU travel identification document may be issued where—

(a)

the equine animal does not fall within the categories referred to in Article 14(a)(i) or (ii);

(b)

at the date of the application, the equine animal is identified by a valid single identification document in accordance with Article 9, 14, 29, 30 or 32, and

(c)

that identification document was issued by an issuing body referred to in Article 5(1)(c)(ii).

An application to the competent authority for an EU travel identification document must be—

(a)

made by the owner or keeper of the equine animal, and

(b)

accompanied by the identification document referred to in paragraph 2(b).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 15A inserted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 20 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(17)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Notes on Chapter III

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Ch. 3 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Equine (Records, Identification and Movement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/591), regs. 1, 17 (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1388, regs. 1(2)(a), 27(14)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)