Passports
HAVE YOU GOT YOUR HORSES PASSPORT?
Deadline - 28th February 2005
The British Show Jumping Association is a DEFRA approved Passport
Issuing Agency (PIO). The European Commission requires all
equines to have a passport as a means of safeguarding the food
chain. The Government has ruled that all owners of
equines must have an identity passport for each animal by 28th
February
2005. Equines includes all members of the horse family i.e.
horses, ponies, donkeys and mules.
Each equine must have a passport with its own Universal Equine
Life Number (UELN). An Identity Sketch, pages for ownership,
vaccination records, medicine administration, and importantly,
Section 1X, i.e. a declaration whether or not that equine will
be sent to slaughter for human consumption. Equines must be
registered under their respective owner’s name and address.
Owners of equines without passports risk being fined by Trading
Standards.
It is illegal for equines to have more than one passport.
If your horse already holds UK breed papers/passport with an
existing UELN number, then this paper/passport must be returned
to its issuing body for a passport, or the insertion of the
Section 1X pages if they are not already present. If your horse
has a foreign passport with a UELN, then this can be sent to
the BSJA (as a PIO) for the insertion of Section 1X. Horses
with foreign breed papers not contained in a passport can be
issued with an UK passport and cross-referenced to their original
UELN number.
The cost for BSJA members registering their own horses/ponies
is £15.00 (inc. VAT) per passport. Applications for 10
passports or more reduces to £10.00 per passport. For
non BSJA members the cost is £27.00 (inc. VAT) per passport.
For yards/livery stables making an application for 10 passports
or more, this price will be reduced to £20.00 per passport.
Pony Club members can apply for passports at £16.00 each.
On application and receipt of the appropriate costs, a booklet
will be sent by the BSJA for the completion of the Identity
Sketch. The sketch may be completed by either a Veterinary
Surgeon or BSJA Identity Panelist. If your horse has an existing
Identification Certificate already completed by a Veterinary
Surgeon or a BSJA Panelist, then the original can be sent with
the application for scanning into the Passport. Please note
that if an FEI Passport may be required at a later date for
international competitions, or for export, the Identity Sketch
must be done directly into the booklet by a Veterinary Surgeon,
as a scanned ID may not be acceptable. For an FEI Covered passport
Veterinary completion of the Identity Sketch would be mandatory.
After completion the booklet is to be returned to the BSJA
for the issuing of the passport.
BSJA identity passports must be returned to the BSJA offices
for a change of address/ownership.
Please click here to download
Stallion Rules as a pdf
Please
click here to download Stallion Jumping Rules as a pdf
Please
click here to download Equine Passport Change of Address Form as a pdf
Download
Attention all Passport Holders as a pdf
Please click here for application forms
For further information please contact the
BSJA on 02476 698800 option 3 or passports@bsja.co.uk
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