TranspondersN.I.
8.—(1) The minimum qualification for the purposes of Article 18(3) (implantation of a transponder) is membership of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons.
(2) F1... The owner of a horse or, if different, the keeper who has primary responsibility for it, must arrange for a veterinary surgeon to implant a transponder into a horse that is deemed to be identified F2... if a previously implanted and recorded transponder ceases to function.
(3) A veterinary surgeon who implants a transponder into a horse must ensure that it displays a code unique to that transponder.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 8(2) omitted (31.8.2022) by virtue of The Equine Identification (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/200), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(a)
F2Words in reg. 8(2) omitted (31.8.2022) by virtue of The Equine Identification (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/200), regs. 1(1), 2(6)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 8 in operation at 29.3.2019, see reg. 1