Replacement of a lost or damaged passport
16.—(1) Where a passport has been lost or damaged, the owner of the horse to which it relates shall, within 30 days of the loss or damage being discovered, apply for a replacement passport for that horse –
(a)where the passport-issuing organisation which issued the passport is known, to that organisation; or
(b)where the passport-issuing organisation which issued the passport is not known, to any passport-issuing organisation.
(2) The passport-issuing organisation applied to under paragraph (1) shall issue a replacement horse passport marked with the word “Replacement”.
(3) If all the original information in Section IX is legible, the replacement passport shall repeat that information.
(4) If any information in Section IX is illegible, the passport-issuing organisation shall indicate in the replacement passport that the horse is not intended for slaughter for human consumption by completing Part II of that Section.
(5) A passport-issuing organisation which issues a replacement passport under paragraph (2) shall ensure, in so far as the information is available or legible, that all the details relating to the identity of the horse and its veterinary treatment contained in Sections II to VII of the original passport are included in the replacement passport.