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New Passports are issued strictly in the order in which the applications arrive. The majority are processed and returned to the applicant within five days, however please allow at least 14 days for your passport to be issued. They are returned to the owner using standard second class mail.

Transfers of ownership are normally processed on the day of arrival and returned the following day. Please enclose a return, stamped, self addressed envelope, with the correct ‘Large Letter rate’ postage applied.

Mandatory Microchipping of all Horses, Donkey and Mules

Owners will need to retrospectively microchip any equine born before 30th June 2009 and not already microchipped. This should be done by a vet, and the detail added to their Passport Document.

A copy of the microchip registration or a completed copy of the Retrospective Microchip Declaration downloaded from the link below should be submitted to the Donkey Breed Society Passport administrator or the organisation who issued the passport.

Retrospective Microchip Declaration (1)

The deadlines are different for each of the home nations:

England: all equines to be microchipped by 1st October 2020.
Wales: all equines to be microchipped by 12th February 2021.
Scotland: all equines to be microchipped by 28th March 2021.

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Horse Passports Regulations in England and Wales

The passport is:

A bound document containing an identification silhouette of your animal, its name, date of birth and description.
Details of the owner are held, together with the breeder, where known.
The animal is registered and allocated a unique reference number.
There are also pages where records of vaccinations and any other form of veterinary treatment should be kept.

The prime purpose of the document is to ensure that any equine that has been treated with medicines not intended for use on food producing animals cannot enter the food chain.

In the United Kingdom most people are horrified at the thought of their beloved horse or donkey being eaten, but in the rest of Europe, this is commonplace and, being a member of the European Community, these laws affect us all.

Once you have your passport, it is held by the animal for life, although should be returned to the issuer for updating whenever any details alter e.g. change of ownership, castration, etc. There will be a charge made for applying these amendments.

Passport Application Forms

Can be downloaded as a PDF document or are available in printed form from: Balcarres Farm, Crawford, Skelmersdale, Lancs WN8 9QP

If the horse (donkey/mule/hinny) is not accompanied by a valid passport it is now an offence for an owner to:

Export a horse (donkey/mule/hinny)
Use a horse (donkey/mule/hinny) for the purposes of competitions
Move a horse (donkey/mule/hinny) to the premises of a new keeper
Present for slaughter for human consumption
Sell a horse (donkey/mule/hinny)
Use a horse (donkey/mule/hinny) for breeding purposes.

The Statutory Instrument for Horse Passports (England) Legislation 2004 can be read in full on-line or downloaded from DEFRA.

Legal Responsibilities of Owners in relation to Equine Passports (PDF)

Proposed changes to the way equines will have to be identified are under discussion and any changes to current legislation will be notified here as it becomes available.

Registration of Donkeys

It is worth noting that for the purposes of donkeys, registration and passport issuing are inter-linked and the donkey will be assigned a registration number in the correct register for its status.

The Studbook rules are currently under review to ensure that they conform to the most recent government legislation, but in brief:

A donkey with parents that are themselves registered in the Pedigree Stud Book will be registered as progeny within the Pedigree Stud Book. Those breeding conforms to Studbook rules for entry to the Pedigree Studbook, i.e. a pedigree showing four immediate generations clear from any inbreeding, where the parents were aged four years or older at the time of conception, and who have no other obvious barrier to progressing within the Pedigree Studbook may at four years of age be inspected by a veterinary surgeon appointed by the Donkey Breed Society for freedom from hereditary diseases and if passed will be elevated from the Pedigree Stud Book progeny section.

Imported donkeys who are themselves already registered in a Pedigree Studbook for their type in Europe will be accepted into the Donkey Breed Society Pedigree Studbook with their entry marked as European, whilst imported donkeys registered in a stud book from outside the EU will be entered onto the Foreign Bred register.

Other donkeys will be entered into the most appropriate register according to their status, with all donkeys attaining at least the minimum entry level which is the General Register.

Miniature donkeys will be placed in the General Register at birth and where their pedigree and breeding conforms to the general rules for entry with regard to pedigree and age of parents at conception, may be measured at maturity and if they are still under 36 inches in height will be assigned a Miniature Register Number and an entry in the Miniature Register.

The Donkey Breed Society is unable to transfer ownership or issue replacement passports on behalf on any other PIO. Each document must be returned to the appropriate organisation for its administration; contact details can normally be found inside or on the cover.

Please note that you must download, complete and verify the application form with a vet before any payment is made. Forms can be downloaded in the ‘Equine Application Forms’ below.

Payment options:

Cheque sent to the passport administrator along with completed forms
Online payment using the buttons below (but you still need to send your completed forms to the passport administrator along with printed evidence of payment)

Current Fees applied to Donkey Breed Society Members:

New passport for horse/pony £30.00
New passport for donkey £30.00 (please quote membership number)
Transfer of ownership £15.00
Replacement of lost passport £50.00. (Proof of ownership must be submitted with the application)
Notification of death – No Charge

Current Fees applied to Non Members whose equines have Donkey Breed Society Passports:

New passport for horse/pony or donkey £35.00
Transfer of ownership £15.00
Richard Steel (Horse Passports) Ltd £15.00 (Administered by the Donkey Breed Society)
Replacement of lost passport £50.00 (Proof of ownership must be submitted with the application)
Notification of death – No Charge

Buy or renew a passport online

If you are choosing an option for members only, please add your membership number to the order notes otherwise we will not be able to process your order.

Please note that you must download, complete and verify the application form with a vet before any payment is made. Forms can be downloaded in the ‘Equine Application Forms’ below.

Donkey Passport Application Form Horse & Pony Application Form Ownership Transfer Form (DBS)Ownership Transfer Form (Richard Steel)The Donkey Pedigree

Donkey/Horse Passport – Owner’s Guide to Completing the forms

Please read before starting, as any errors or omissions will regrettably result in the forms being returned to you.

Instructions

Please complete the application form for a passport in accordance with the instructions given.

All equines must now have a microchip inserted in the neck prior to application and the details included on the form, so have the form present when the veterinary surgeon comes to carry out the procedure. If you do not understand what is required, please contact the Administrator – phone no: 01691 648168.
Once the form is completed, please send it, together with a cheque for the correct amount, made payable to Donkey Breed Society, or pay online and send proof of payment along with your form to The Passport Administrator, Nicola Stuart, Balcarres Farm, Crawford, Skelmersdale, Lancs WN8 9QP 07917 681666 dbspassports@outlook.com
Please include a large stamped self addressed envelope with stamps to the value of £1.64.

Section A – Equine’s Basic Details

Name – Name must be not more than 25 characters. If you wish to add a prefix, it must be registered with the Central Prefix Register for use through the Donkey Breed Society. Duplicate, misleading or distasteful names are not permitted. A distasteful name is one which, in the opinion of The Donkey Breed Society Stud Book Committee, is distasteful and / or likely to cause offence, in which case, the owner will be asked to provide an alternative.
Colour – This must be the main body colour.
- For exotics (such as zebra family), the colour should be given as ‘black/white striped’ or similar as appropriate.
- The colours suggested below can be used singly or jointly (e.g. grey/brown) with the addition of a qualifier such as ‘pale’ or ‘dark’. Please note that whilst a ‘white’ horse is always referred to as ‘grey’, donkeys can be either white or a steel grey, so please differentiate between the ‘greys’ if possible e.g. grey (white) or grey (steel grey).
- A ‘white’ animal can either be listed as ‘white’ or ‘grey (white)’
- Black, Brown, Bay (brown with black mane, tail and (often) lower limbs)
- Chestnut, Palomino, Roan (strawberry, blue etc) – white hairs mixed evenly in coat
- Piebald (black and white), Skewbald (any other colour and white)
- Appaloosa – blanket or leopard spotted
- Dun (a pastel shade of brown, with dark mane/tail)
- Dapple grey, Grey (white) or grey (steel grey)
- White – ‘white’ and ‘grey (white)’ are the same – use whichever you prefer.
Place of birth – Please enter the county (if born in UK) or country and district (if born abroad). If place of birth is not known, please enter ‘unknown’.
Height – measured to wither (highest point at base of mane). May be entered in either hands (units of 4 inches) or centimetres, please ensure you specify which! PLEASE DO NOT PUT THE HEIGHT IN INCHES.

Section B – Equine Identification

It is a legal requirement that only a veterinary surgeon can implant a microchip into an equine. Having done so they must then sign the application form on page 3 to confirm that it is in place and active, and to add the barcode to page 5 across the printed boxes above the silhouette, and sign the declaration of authority on page 5, but after that procedure has been carried out; the owner may complete the written identification and silhouette diagram with a description of any whorls and markings.
Unknown donkeys must be scanned for any pre existing microchips and the code recorded where one exists, and its location marked on the silhouette diagram, in which case there is no requirement to insert another. Once the microchip has been recorded the owner can complete the rest of the form as before.

If you are printing your application form at home, please make sure that the silhouette diagram has printed clearly as it is subsequently scanned to form a page in the final document, so the image must be well defined. Copies of the forms will be mailed if required. It is now a mandatory requirement that in circumstances where a passport is being issued to an equine who is older than six months when the application is received, that the Section 1X declaration is signed by the passport administrator to exclude the equine irreversibly from the human food chain.

Application Form PDF Guide

The passport must be kept on or at the premises where the equine is resident. This includes any time the equine leaves its normal place of residence, such as to go to a show, on loan or away for schooling, when it should accompany them. It is illegal to travel any equine without its passport, unless they are being transported for emergency veterinary treatment. The passport must be produced within three hours of it being requested by enforcement agencies. The passport may be requested at any time but the most common situations where a donkey, horse or pony’s passport will be requested include:

When the animal is moved into or out of Great Britain
When the animal is used at a competition
When the animal is moved to new premises
When the animal is presented at a slaughterhouse for slaughter
When the animal is sold
When the animal is used for breeding purposes

The passport must accompany the donkey, horse, pony or other equine at all times, except:

when stabled or on pasture and the passport can be produced without delay
when it is moved temporarily on foot in the vicinity of the holding and the passport can be produced within 3 hours
when it is moved on foot between summer and winter grazing
when it is less than 6 months old, and accompanied by its dam or foster mare
when it is participating in training or competition which requires participants to leave the event venue
when moved or transported under emergency conditions.

Vets will require the passport when prescribing medicines or vaccines, particularly those medicines listed under The Veterinary Medicines Regulations 2013 SI 2033. If any of those are administered the vet will ensure the equine in question is appropriately excluded from the human food chain by signing part II of Section IX of a passport issued prior to 31st December 2015 or part II of Section II of a passport issued after 1st January 2016.

The Meat Hygiene Service (MHS) is responsible for enforcing the checks carried out at slaughterhouses, and local authorities (trading standards departments) are responsible for enforcing the law elsewhere. As with all government legislation, there are penalties that may be applied by the courts for non-compliance. Most offences have a fine of up to £5,000, two years’ imprisonment or both.

Applications for equine passports must be supported with microchip readings. Scans to detect a pre-existing microchip should be made and where one is found the code it transmits recorded. The owner or keeper must ensure that the equine does not already have an existing passport. Where no microchip is detected a new one should be inserted by a qualified veterinary surgeon registered with the RCVS and the barcode which accompanies the microchip attached to the application form.

When the passport is received, it should be carefully checked to ensure all the details are correct. No equine may have more than one passport. Passports are the property of the passport issuing organisation (PIO) and the passport must be returned to the issuing PIO:

- If the animal changes ownership (within 30 days)
- If any alterations are required (update of adult colour, castration, height)
- If extra pages are required for vaccination records to be maintained

If the document is damaged
When the animal dies (within 30 days)

Duplicate Passports

If the passport is lost, a duplicate may be requested from the original PIO. On receipt of a completed declaration of loss, appropriate fees and checks, a duplicate passport may be issued, in which part II of Section II will have been signed by the PIO, to permanently exclude the equine from the human food chain. The duplicate passport will be stamped as a duplicate, and should the original passport ever be found, it must be returned to the issuing PIO immediately.

Replacement Passports

If the passport is damaged beyond use, a replacement can be issued. On receipt of the original damaged document and a completed declaration, a replacement passport will be issued in which part II of Section II will have been signed by the PIO to permanently exclude the equine from the human food chain. The passport will be marked as a replacement document.

Transfers of Ownership

The passport does not constitute proof of ownership of the donkey, horse or pony. However, it is a requirement under the Horse Passport (England) Legislation to register a change of ownership with the relevant Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO) within 30 days of acquiring the equine. The issuing PIO will require a completed transfer form and a fee. It is an offence to sell any donkey, horse or pony without a passport. The purchase of any equine should not be completed if the passport has not been provided; any acquiring owner must ensure that the document matches the donkey, horse or pony in question. The passport must accompany the equine on its journey to a new home and then be passed to the new owner, who must record their ownership by requesting a transfer of ownership with the relevant Passport Issuing Organisation within 30 days

Return of the Passport

In the event of the death of any donkey, horse, or pony, the passport must be returned to the issuing PIO for cancellation within 30 days of the death. Owners are permitted to request the return of a passport following cancellation. Any such returned passport will be clearly stamped ‘cancelled’ and its identification pages invalidated to prevent any fraudulent use.

Slaughterhouses will return passports to the PIO concerned directly.

The Donkey Breed Society is a DEFRA Horse Passport Issuing Organisation recognised by the EU with Registration Number: 826022 and as such is responsible for issuing equine passports for any donkey, horse, pony or other equine belonging to members and non-members of the Society.

Applications must be on a correctly completed, and signed, Donkey Breed Society application form, and accompanied by the appropriate fees.

All fees are published on the final page of the application forms and at The Donkey Bred Society website: www.donkeybreedsociety.co.uk

Donkey Breed Society passports for donkeys are issued as Breed Society passports and will contain stud book registration numbers and pedigree information where it is made available.

Passports issued to horses, ponies and other equines are for equine identification purposes only, and will contain no reference to any specific breed or type and no breeding history.

Where horses and ponies are of a specific breed or type, for which there exists a specialist Breed Society, they should be registered and passported appropriately.

The Donkey Breed Society, through its passport administrator is responsible for:

Maintaining all records, and data, as required by the relevant Legislation, updating the data as necessary and ensuring accuracy and safe keeping of that data.
Ensuring that all persons handling data, processing passports, and handling enquiries from Government departments and agencies, enforcement bodies, members and the general public are aware of their responsibilities, the processes involved, and act in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998. The Donkey Breed Society is registered for data protection purposes.

The following Procedures are subject to current review and again following implementation of EU 2015/262 legislation, and adoption by UK Government

Office and Administrative Procedures:

The office must be manned through the working day, which means Monday to Friday, excluding Public Holidays, between the hours of 10.00am and 4.00pm

‘Donkeys’ means donkey, other equines means, horses, ponies, mules and any other equidae.

Routine Passport Enquiries:

To be made to the Donkey Breed Society Passport Office, Balcarres Farm, Crawford, Skelmersdale, Lancs WN8 9QP

tel: 07917 681666, e-mail: dbspassports@outlook.com

Telephone calls will be answered between the hours of 10am and 4.00pm every working day. Calls may be diverted to another number if necessary. An answering service will record any calls received whilst another is in progress or those made outside the hours of 10am and 4pm and will be returned within one working day.

Mail received by post will be date stamped on receipt and dealt with in order of receipt. All correspondence and e-mails will be answered within 15 working days, or a holding reply sent within 5 days explaining the reason for delay. This holding reply may be sent by e-mail, post, or any other written method.

Enquiries from CAs and Enforcement Agencies

Telephone – All calls to be answered between the hours of 10am and 4pm every working day. Calls may be diverted if necessary.

An answering service will be available for any calls received outside the hours of 10am and 4.00pm and returned as soon as reasonably possible.

Information Requests (Other than direct from DEFRA)

Information (non personal/statistical) to be supplied directly to enforcement bodies on written request; which may be by post or e-mail.

Requested personal information which identifies a specific individual will be referred to DEFRA.

Information Requests (Direct from DEFRA)

Information requested by DEFRA to be supplied within the stated time scale. If information is not held, DEFRA to be informed accordingly. Information requests from DEFRA to be received in writing, which may be by e-mail.

Passport Applications

Details of owner’s responsibilities and legal requirements to be outlined and sent with application form. The Application form to be issued within seven working days of it being requested.

If the animal is of a specific equine breed the owner should be advised of the breed society responsible for that breed.

On receipt of completed Registration and/or Passport applications:

An initial check will be made to establish all applications forms have been completed correctly and fully , and that the correct fees are included or arrangements are in place for payment.

If any of the forms have not been completed correctly or fully, or if the required paperwork is missing, or if payment has not been received or payment arrangements made and agreed, the passport and/or registration application may not be processed, and should be returned to the applicant, who may fill in any incomplete sections and/or make payment and re-send the application.

Additional checks for all applications:

Verify from available records that no passport for the animal concerned has been issued previously.
Check for authenticity relating to microchipping and veterinary details, veterinary surgeon’s signature and stamp.
Check for evidence of unauthorised tampering in passports returned for transfer of ownership or unusual patterns relating to volumes, dates of birth of animal registrations and applications. In the event of such an irregularity being evident, the applicant will be contacted, and unless satisfactory reasons given, the details will be notified to the relevant authorities.

Following checks

In all cases where the application is received outside the statutory time scale (6 months from date of birth or before 31st December of the year of birth, whichever is later) and for duplicate or replacement passports, section 11 must be signed and stamped by the PIO as NOT intended for human consumption and the document pages marked ‘Duplicate’.

Any duplicate passport issued must have the front page, silhouette and section 11 pages marked “Duplicate”

In the case of rescued equines, where the existence of a passport cannot be established, a passport may be issued, subject to section 11 being signed and stamped by the Passport Issuer as NOT intended for human consumption.

Procedures

The passport document must be produced in accordance with the relevant EC legislation within 20 working days.

Upon completion of a passport, the passport will be dispatched to the applicant by post or may be collected in person by prior arrangement

Transfers of Ownership and other amendments

Updating of passports should take place within 7 working days providing all the necessary information, and the correct fee are received. All updates will be endorsed with the PIO’s official company stamp.

If the updating cannot be completed within 14 days, and the necessary paperwork and fees have been received, a temporary document with an expiry date clearly indicated will be issued, unless there is evidence of fraud.

The temporary document will contain at least the UELN and microchip number (where applicable) and be stamped with the PIO embossing stamp. Owners will be advised in writing of the conditions relating to issue of ‘Temporary Documents’, which will be required to be returned before the permanent document is dispatched.

Invalidating Passports

Passports returned by owners or slaughterhouses will be checked against existing records for evidence of fraud. Passport will be invalidated by stamping each page “Deceased” and defaced by removal of the top right corner of the passport.

Passports will be returned to the owner on request after invalidating and after details have been recorded on the PIO database. Passports not returned to the owner will be retained for two years before being destroyed.

Change of appearance of passport

Any significant changes will be reported to Trading Standards and to DEFRA and sample copies of previous versions retained.

Records

The Donkey Breed Society must comply with the Data Protection Act, and is registered for that purpose.

Non personal data will be used and shared for the purposes of administration and data analysis.

Personal data, which identifies the individual, will be used internally for Donkey Breed Society administrative purposes, and shared with DEFRA as required by horse passport legislation, and shared with enforcement authorities following an appropriate data request, otherwise personal data will only be shared with the written permission of the individual.

All records containing data required under EU 2015/262 legislation and earlier versions will be held on computers running appropriate software. All computers and data retrieval systems are required to be secure, and to have appropriate, suitable current anti-hacking, and anti-virus protection.

Hard copy data is kept in appropriate, secure conditions. Details of how data is handled are given here: Privacy Notice CED Final June 2021

Additional data

The Donkey Breed Society must maintain a record and details of:

any unauthorised alterations or discrepancies found in any passport.
owners’ names and addresses to whom invalidated passports were returned and on what date.
details of any temporary documents issued.

Retention of records

Records to be held for at least 35 years or a minimum of 2 years from date of death of the animal, whichever is notified sooner.

Data Security

Back up of data is made each time entries are made and data may be held on exterior removable data storage devices and held remotely.

Fraud prevention

Any passport returned that appears to have been altered without authorisation, tampered with or in any other way not to be genuine to be reported as soon as possible to Trading Standards.

Any evidence that an individual or group may be involved in Equine passport fraud to be reported as soon as possible to the relevant Enforcement Authority.

Complaints Procedure

The Donkey Breed Society mission is to provide our members, customers and clients with the best possible service.

We take complaints very seriously, so if you are not satisfied with our service we will do our utmost to put things right.

We will acknowledge your complaint by telephone, mail or electronic means within three working days of receiving it.
We will begin investigating your complaint as soon as possible after we receive it, and may need to contact you to ask you to supply other evidence to assist our investigation. Failure to co-operate with providing us with sufficient evidence to support your complaint and assist our investigation may mean that we are unable to resolve your complaint.
We will endeavour to contact you by telephone, mail or electronic means within 10 working days to advise you of the outcome of our investigations, and to provide you with a solution to the complaint, where appropriate. If the investigation is likely to take longer than 10 working days, we will notify you of the expected time-scale.
Where the complaint involves legislation or external operating matters we will refer the matter to the relevant authorities for comment, information and a final decision, and will endeavour to notify you of the expected time-scale of the response from DEFRA or any other relevant authority.
If you are not satisfied with the outcome of our investigations, and/or any proposed solution, you may Appeal in writing, within 21 working days; this may be by postal correspondence or e-mail. If you appeal, Donkey Breed Society Council will appoint an Appeals Committee to consider your complaint, and you will be advised of their decision which will be final.

Business continuity

A trained person at an alternative location with appropriate software will continue to cover passport issuing and updates in the event of any disruption.

If the Donkey Breed Society ceases to trade as an organisation, and/or ceases to have a legal entity or identity, and/or ceases to trade as a Horse Passport Issuing Organisation, then an appropriate organisation will be designated by The Donkey Breed Society to maintain any passports issued.

DEFRA will be informed as soon as reasonably possible if another organisation takes over responsibility for maintaining Donkey Breed Society passports and the passport database.

The Donkey Breed Society will require payment to be made for transfer of ownership of Donkey Breed Society passports to any designated organisation or other entity.

Application for a Donkey Breed Society Passport

Application for a passport for a donkey, horse, pony or other equine passport issued by the Donkey Breed Society must be made using the current application forms, which are obtainable from: Balcarres Farm, Crawford, Skelmersdale, Lancs WN8 9QP or downloadable from the Donkey Breed Society website at www.donkeybreedsociety.co.uk

Before a passport can be issued all equines born must have a microchip inserted by a veterinary surgeon. The position of the microchip must be recorded on the identification silhouette, with the page both signed and stamped by the Veterinary Surgeon carrying out the procedure.

All applications for new equine passports must be received no later than 6 months from date of birth of the equine or before 31st December of the year of birth, whichever is later.

In the event that this timescale is not met, any new applications for equines which are more than 6 months old at the time of application will be processed, but are subject to DEFRA legislation relating to late registration of adult animals, and will be irrevocably signed out of the Human Food Chain by the passport administrator on the date the passport is issued.

The appropriate registration fee (see Fees below) must be sent when returning the passport application, and no passport will be issued without the fee having first been paid.

A Veterinary Surgeon must implant a microchip into the left side neck of the equine concerned, having first checked for evidence of any previously implanted microchip. If one already exists the reading must be recorded and checked against existing passport databases for a link to any previously issued passport.

The Veterinary Surgeon must note the position of the microchip on the Identification diagram at the time and sign and stamp the application form where requested. The microchip bar code to be stuck to the application form where indicated.

Once the microchip is inserted and marked on the identification diagram the remainder of the form may be completed by the owner or other competent person.

The form should then be sent to the passport administrator at the address on the application form, together with the required fee.

Fees

The application fee for a passport for any equine belonging to and applied for by a current member of the Donkey Breed Society is £30

NB There is no longer a reduced fee for applications made in respect of foals

The application fee for a passport for any equine belonging to and applied for by a Non- member is £35

The fee to transfer ownership of a passports issued by The Donkey Breed Society is £15

The fee to transfer ownership of a passport issued by Richard Steel (Horse Passports) Ltd is £15

Registration

Donkeys issued with a Donkey Breed Society passport will receive a breed society passport with as much pedigree information as can be verified through the published stud books of the Society.

Horses issued with a Donkey Breed Society equine passport will receive an Identification-only horse passport, known as an ID horse passport.; in which instance any information relating to the breed and type of the horse or pony is included for descriptive purposes only.

Non-discrimination

In order to comply with Zootechnical and Equalities Legislation, the Donkey Breed Society operates a non-discrimination policy for all Members, non-Members and customers..

The Data Protection Act

The Donkey Breed Society is registered to collect data in accordance under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998

Under the terms of the Data Protection Act, the Society has a responsibility to inform equine owners that it collects data (which includes personal information relating to an owner’s name and address and other contact details) and how that data will be used.

Information supplied in connection with your application and other equine passport based information about donkeys, horses and other equidae and owner, is held in order for the Society to carry out its mandatory requirements as a passport issuing organisation. From time to time the Society is required to make such information available to Defra and recognised enforcement authorities in order that they may carry out their responsibilities regarding the implementation of the horse passport legislation.