The Equine Identification (England) Regulations 2018 No. 761

PART 3 U.K. Wild and semi-wild equines

Exceptions in respect of certain wild or semi-wild equines U.K.

17.—(1) The derogation in Article 13 applies in relation to equines that are—

(a) identified in the lists kept by the Dartmoor Commoners' Council M1 ;

(b) entered in the stud book kept by the Exmoor Pony Society M2 ;

(c) identified in the lists kept by the Verderers of the New Forest M3 or entered in the stud book kept by the New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society M4 ; or

(d) identified in the lists kept by the National Trust M5 as Konik equines located at Wicken Fen M6 .

(2) For the purposes of Article 13, Dartmoor, Exmoor the New Forest and Wicken Fen are designated as areas (“designated areas”) containing defined populations of equines living under wild or semi-wild conditions that do not need to be identified with IDs while they remain within the designated area.

F1 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) For the purposes of this Part, a designated area is an area marked as such in a map deposited and available for inspection at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs M7 .

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 17(3) omitted (11.1.2019) by virtue of The Equine Identification (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1409), regs. 1, 2(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 The Dartmoor Commoners' Council, 1 Canal Road, Tavistock, Devon PL19 8AR (tel: [phone]; email: [e-mail]).

M2 The Exmoor Pony Society, Woodmans, Brithem Bottom, Cullompton, Devon EX15 1NB (tel: [phone]; email: [e-mail]).

M3 The Verderers of the New Forest, The Queen's House, Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7NH (tel: [phone]; email: [e-mail]).

M4 The New Forest Pony Breeding and Cattle Society, Deepslade House, Ringwood Road, Bransgore, Hampshire BH23 8AA (tel: [phone]; email: [e-mail]).

M5 The National Trust, PO Box 574, Manvers, Rotherham, South Yorkshire S63 3FH (tel: [phone]; email: [e-mail]).

M6 A copy of the lists and stud books of wild or semi-wild equines referred to in this paragraph can be inspected by contacting the Equine ID Team, Animal Public Health and Traceability Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London SW1P 3JR (tel: [phone]).

M7 See footnote immediately above for relevant contact details.