The Horse Passports (Scotland) Regulations 2005

Declaration concerning slaughter

14.  Where a passport has been issued for a horse, the owner of the horse shall sign the declaration in Section IX of the passport concerning whether or not a horse is intended for slaughter for human consumption–

(a) if the horse was located in Scotland on the date when the passport was issued, before the first movement of the horse from the premises on which it was located as at that date;

(b) if the horse has been brought into Scotland on or after 16th May 2005 in terms of regulation 13, before the first movement of the horse from the premises within Scotland on which it is located on the date when the passport was issued (in which case the declaration must state that the horse is not intended for human consumption);

(c) before the horse is consigned for human consumption (in which case the declaration must state that the horse is intended for slaughter for human consumption); and

(d) before any veterinary medicinal product containing a substance specified in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 2377/90 (laying down a Community procedure for the establishment of maximum residue limits of veterinary medicinal products in foodstuffs of animal origin(1)) is administered to a horse (in which case the declaration must state that the horse is not intended for human consumption).

(1)

O.J. No. L 224, 18.8.1990, p.1 as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 324/2004, O.J. No. L 58, 26.2.2004, p.16.