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Article 3 Exemption of certain horses from examination before export

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Section 37(1) of the Act, as adapted to air transport by section 11 of the Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1954 and as amended by section 1 of the Ponies Act 1969 (which as so adapted and amended requires any horse over 14½ hands in height and a foal travelling with its dam if the dam is over that height shipped from any port or aerodrome in Great Britain to any port or aerodrome outside the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man to be examined by a veterinary inspector immediately before being shipped), shall not apply to—

(a)

any horse shipped to any port or aerodrome which is in the Republic of Ireland or which is not in Europe, and any foal travelling with its dam if the dam is such a horse;

(b)

any horse which the Minister is satisfied is intended for exhibition, breeding, racing, jumping, riding or polo; or

(c)

a foal travelling with its dam if the dam is any such horse as is referred to in paragraph (b) of this Article.

Provided that in every case in which paragraph (b) or (c) of this Article shall apply, a permit authorising the shipment of the horse shall be obtained before shipment takes place.