# The Horse Passports (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Regulation 19: Duties on owners

Extent: S

On or after 16th August 2005–
(a) no person shall sell a horse without a passport;
(b) on the sale of a horse, the seller shall give the passport to the buyer or, at auction sales, the auctioneer shall give the passport to the buyer;
(c) the new owner of a horse shall, within 30 days of purchasing it, return the passport to the passport-issuing organisation which issued it, together with details of the name and address of the new owner, and the passport-issuing organisation shall complete Section I of the passport in accordance with its rules for issuing passports;
(d) a person in possession of a passport shall produce it on reasonable demand to the passport-issuing organisation that issued it, and shall surrender it on reasonable demand to that organisation; and
(e) an owner of a horse that dies other than at a slaughterhouse shall send the passport to the passport-issuing organisation which issued it within 30 days of the death.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/223/regulation/19 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/horse-passports-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-19
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