Horse Passports Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Multiple registration and cancellation of registration

10.—(1) Where the owner of a horse –

(a) which is registered with a passport-issuing organisation; and

(b) in respect of which a passport has been issued,

wishes to register that horse with another passport-issuing organisation, he shall send that passport to the other passport-issuing organisation and, upon receipt thereof, the other organisation shall, if it registers the horse with it, endorse the fact thereon.

(2) Where the owner of a horse –

(a) which is registered with one or more passport-issuing organisations; and

(b) in respect of which a passport has been issued,

wishes to cancel the registration of that horse with a passport-issuing organisation, he shall send the passport for that horse to that organisation and that organisation shall, upon receipt thereof, endorse on the passport the fact that the registration of that horse with that organisation has been cancelled and return the passport to the owner of the horse.

(3) Where a passport-issuing organisation issues a passport to the owner of a horse, that owner shall within 30 days of receipt of that passport send it to any other passport-issuing organisation with which that horse is registered and upon receipt of that passport that other organisation shall endorse on it the fact that the horse is registered with that organisation.