# The Horse Passports (Scotland) Regulations 2005, Regulation 5: Powers and duties of passport-issuing organisation

Extent: S

(1) The passport-issuing organisation is “the competent authority” for the purposes of the passport.
(2) A passport-issuing organisation may cancel a passport issued by it if it is satisfied on reasonable grounds that–
(a) the provisions of these Regulations have not been or are not being complied with; or
(b) the owner has left the passport incomplete or it has been falsified in any way.
(3) When a passport is returned because a horse has died, the passport issuing organisation shall mark the passport accordingly but may then return it to the owner if permitted by its rules.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2005/223/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/horse-passports-scotland-regulations-2005/regulation-5
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