Passports

IMPORTANT NEWS

Changes to Horse Passport Legislation

All applications for Passports received after 30th June 2009 will require the animal to be microchipped by a Veterinary Surgeon. The Dartmoor Pony Society will still require a silhouette form to be completed in addition to the microchip. Please apply for application forms PRIOR to microchipping.

As a Passport Issuing Authority (P.I.A.) the Dartmoor Pony Society issues Passports for:

  1. Pedigree Dartmoor ponies (Passports with green covers)
  2. Ponies upgraded through the Dartmoor Pony Society/Dutchy of Cornwall scheme SR1 and SR2 (Passports with blue covers)
  3. Part bred Dartmoor ponies (Passports with Yellow covers)

In addition the Dartmoor Pony Society issues Passports for non pedigree equines including Donkeys and Mules. These are:

  1. Dartmoor ponies eligible for Heritage Trust List status (Passports with mauve covers)
  2. Horses, Ponies, Donkeys and Mules of no known breeding and not eligible for entry into any Breed Society stud book (Passports will pink covers).

If you have purchased any animal with a Passport issued by the Dartmoor Pony Society (P.I.A. 826021) please contact the Society on 01269 844303 to obtain the current fee for transfer, or if you have any query, or wish to obtain a Passport for your equine.

Please be aware that as from the 1st July 2009 we will be unable to issue any Passport unless the animal has been microchipped by a Veterinary Surgeon. The exact procedure to obtain a Passport will be decided upon once the final details of the new Horse Passport Legislation has been agreed by DEFRA and the Welsh Assembly for England and Wales. In Scotland SERAD will be responsible for implementing the Horse Passport legislation.

The future cost of Passports issued by the Dartmoor Pony Society will be decided upon once the procedures imposed on the Passport Issuing Authorities to comply with the Horse Passport Legislation are known.

Please take good care of your Passport, it is a legal document and is issued for the life of the animal. Replacements are expensive and involve undertaking extensive and time consuming procedures.

When sending Passports by post obtain at the very least a Certificate of Posting and pack the Passport in a padded envelope or similar to avoid damage.