OpenLegislation

Regulation 3 Organisations authorised to issue passportsI1

Scotland

The following organisations are authorised to issue passports (and any such organisation is referred to in these Regulations as a “passport issuing organisation”)–

(a)

organisations which maintain or establish stud-books for registered horses and which are recognised by the Scottish Ministers or by any other authority in the United Kingdom competent to recognise such organisations under regulation 3 of the Horses (Zootechnical Standards) Regulations 1992f1;

(b)

organisations recognised in another part of the United Kingdom or another Member State under legislation which implements either–

(i)

Commission Decision 92/353/EC (laying down the criteria for approval or recognition of organisations and associations which maintain or establish stud-books for registered equidaef2); or

(ii)

Commission Decision 2000/68/EC (amending Commission Decision 93/623/EEC and establishing the identification of equidae for breeding and productionf3); and

(c)

international associations or organisations which manage or regulate horses for competition or racing and which are registered with the Scottish Ministers under regulation 4.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 3 in force at 16.5.2005, see reg. 1(1)

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1992/3045.

f2

O.J. No. L 192, 11.7.92, p. 63.

f3

O.J. No. L 23, 28.1.00, p.72.