Horse Passports Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Requirements on persons administering veterinary medicinal products

18.—(1) Where a veterinary medicinal product is to be administered to a horse, the person in possession of its passport shall make it available to the veterinary surgeon or other person administering the product.

(2) The veterinary surgeon or other person administering the veterinary medicinal product shall –

(a) satisfy himself that the horse is the one described in the passport;

(b) if the passport contains Sections V and VI, record in the appropriate section any vaccine given, and if it contains Section VII, record the results of any laboratory health tests carried out for transmissible diseases;

(c) if the passport shows that the horse is intended for slaughter for human consumption, complete Part III-B of Section IX of the passport if the product administered contains a substance not included in Annexes I, II, III or IV to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90(1) for administration to horses; and

(d) if the product contains any substance listed in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90, ensure that Part II of Section IX of the passport is signed to indicate that the horse is not intended for human consumption.

(3) In the case of a horse in relation to which a passport has not yet been obtained or is unavailable for any reason, or in relation to which the veterinary surgeon or other person administering the veterinary medicinal product is not satisfied that the horse is the one described in the passport, the veterinary surgeon or other person administering the veterinary medicinal product shall give to the keeper –

(a) a written record of the treatment of any product containing a substance not included in Annexes I, II, III or IV to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90 for administration to horses, and written notification that these must be recorded in the passport; and

(b) if the product administered contains a substance specified in Annex IV to that Council Regulation, written notification to that effect and also that the declaration at Section IX, Part II must be signed to indicate that the horse may not be slaughtered for human consumption,

and the keeper shall give the information to the owner.

(4) Following the receipt of a written record or notice by the keeper of treatment under paragraph (3), the owner shall, as soon as the passport becomes available –

(a) enter any information received under paragraph (3)(a) in the passport unless he immediately signs the declaration in the passport that the horse is not intended for slaughter for human consumption; and

(b) if a product containing a substance specified in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90 has been administered, immediately sign the declaration in the passport that the horse is not intended for slaughter for human consumption.

(1)

A list of veterinary medicinal products authorised for administration to horses and listing the active substances under the product name is available on the website of the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, www.vmd.gov.uk