Animal Health Act 1981

41 Restriction on export of ponies

(1) It is an offence against this Act to ship or attempt to ship any pony in any vessel or aircraft from any port or aerodrome in Great Britain to any port or aerodrome outside the British Islands unless—

(a) the appropriate Minister is satisfied that the pony is intended for breeding, riding or exhibition and—

(i) it is not of less value than £300, or

(ii) in the case of a pony not exceeding 122 centimetres in height other than a pony of the Shetland breed not exceeding 107 centimetres in height, it is not of less value than £220, or

(iii) in the case of such a pony of the Shetland breed, it is not of less value than £145, or

(iv) such other value in any of those cases as may be prescribed by order of the Ministers ; and

(b) immediately before shipment the pony has been individually inspected by a veterinary inspector and has been certified in writing by the inspector to be capable of being conveyed to the port or aerodrome to which it is to be shipped, and disembarked, without unnecessary suffering.

(2) Without prejudice to paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above, a veterinary inspector shall not certify a pony to be capable of being conveyed and disembarked as described in that subsection if—

(a) being a mare, it is in his opinion heavy in foal, showing fullness of udder or too old to travel; or

(b) being a foal, it is in his opinion too young to travel.