state if your animal can enter the human food chain when it dies.give the animals date of birth (may be approximate, if necessary).identify your animal by its species, sex, colour, height.The UELN number is not the same as the microchip number. The first three digits represent a country code, the next three digits relate to the PIO and the last nine digits are issued by the PIO to identify each equine registered with it. It appears on the horse passport, links the horse to the PIO and remains the unique identifier of the animal for its lifetime.
Your horse will also get a ‘Unique Equine Life Number’ (UELN) assigned by the PIO that first identifies the horse. Once issued, the passport is valid for the lifetime of the horse. You’ll receive your horse’s passport in the post, which can take up to six weeks, although this can vary depending on the PIO. The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in England provides lists of all UK approved PIOs and their contact details on its website, available here:Īs part of the application process you’ll need to make an appointment with a veterinarian to implant a microchip in your horse and include information in the application, as appropriate for your horse.
PIOs who are recognised breed societies may only issue passports for a particular breed of horse, however, for horses that do not qualify for specific breed recognition there are PIOs that will issue an identity (ID-only) passport to satisfy legal requirements. You'll need to complete a passport application for each horse you own. The passport won’t be valid if it’s issued by an unauthorised organisation. You can get an application form for a horse passport from an authorised PIO. It is the responsibility of the owner of the horse to make an application for a horse passport from an authorised Passport Issuing Organisation (PIO) within six months, from the day on which the foal was born.Īn owner may be fined up to £5,000 if they don’t have an up-to-date horse passport. In addition to identifying the horse, the passport contains information that seeks to prevent horses that are treated with certain veterinary medicines from entering the human food chain. The information recorded on the horse passport will also be recorded on a United Kingdom (UK) Central Equine Database (CED). This includes the requirement for horses to have a passport and for horses born after 2009, to have a transponder (microchip) implanted. The purpose of the Equine Identification Regulations (NI) 2019 is to improve the system of identifying horses and other equines. All horses and other equidae in Northern Ireland (NI) need to have a horse passport to identify them.
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