The Equine Identification (England) Regulations 2018 No. 761

PART 4 U.K. Criminal offences

Offences relating to implantation of transponder U.K.

29.  A person is guilty of an offence if the person knowingly—

(a) implants, or attempts to implant, into an equine, a device which—

(i) is not a genuine transponder; or

(ii) has previously been inserted into, or used for, another animal; or

[F1 (b)] tampers with, or otherwise alters, a transponder with intent to deceive.

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 29(b): reg. 29(a)(iii) renumbered as reg. 29(b) (11.1.2019) by The Equine Identification (England) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1409), regs. 1, 2(6)