Horse passports: Minimum Operating Standards (MOpS) for Passport Issuing Organisations (PIOs)

Overstamping

61. Where a horse is registered with more than one breed society there should only be one passport and only one UELN issued for the horse.

62. In the following situations a PIO will need to register an existing passport issued by a different PIO:

a. When a horse needs to be registered with a particular studbook/PIO in order to take part in competitions/events etc.

b. When a UK-resident horse has a passport issued by a PIO outside of the UK

c. When a horse is imported from a Third Country with a valid passport (see Section on Imported Horses)

d. When a horse enters the UK, with a valid passport and stays for more than 90 days (The horse does not need to be registered if it is involved in breeding, competitions, races, shows, training or hauling for a period in the UK not exceeding 90 days)

63. In all these cases the PIO should “overstamp” the passport by stamping Section I Part C (or Section V if necessary) and enter the passport details in its own database before uploading to ScotEquine