PASSPORTS

If you have purchased a fjord horse with or without a passport, we can help.

If you have purchased a fjord horse with a passport from another country, we can assist. It needs to be updated and your ownership recorded.

If you have a passport or have applied for a passport from the Scottish based society, it has been invalid since 29th May 08 as that society is no longer an official Government recognised passport issuing organisation & is not on the EU list of Official PIO's. We can help. We will provide passports for all fjords, whatever their status.

We have frequently been asked by owners whether the old type registration certificates will suffice as passports. The answer is NO, they will not. A passport is an entirely different type of document which contains certain pages required by the Government for every equine in the UK. If you have an old style registration document, please contact us and we will guide you through the procedure for obtaining an Official DEFRA Approved Passport. We have also been asked if passports from overseas are valid. In most cases, yes they are, but in other cases they may require checking as there are a number of forgeries circulating.

Your name and address will need to be entered on to the passport and officially stamped. Fjord Passports must contain the current owner's name and address and should be sent to us for updating. We have a legal requirement to enter certain information on the the Government's Database (NED) and that includes owner's details.

If you own a registered Fjord, there will be a passport for it. If it is not currently in your possession, It is just a telephone call away. If you own an unregistered Fjord Horse, with or without breeding papers, we can prepare and obtain/issue a passport for him/her. If you scroll down this page you will find a downloadable application form. If you would rather we sent it to you in the post or by e-mail, contact us and we will send out the following day.

We will also issue passports to part bred Fjords. We also arrange for passports to be issued to horses and ponies of no specific breed. Discounts are available for certain categories.

Why not contact us by email or telephone us on 01570 480090 and we can discuss your requirements with you.

HAPPY FJORDING

We, as an Official Passport Issuing Authority, are obliged to pass certain information contained in Official Passports to the National Equine Database. This is a Government requirement and is mandatory. The information laid out below provides you with an overview of these requirements and their connection with the Data Protection Act.

If you have any concerns regarding this requirement, please contact us by telephone on

01570 480090 or by e-mail.... info@fjord-horse.co.uk

The Data Protection Act 1998

It is required under data protection legislation to advise individuals about the processing of personal information i.e. why this information is being collected, how this information will be used and the circumstances in which it will be disclosed. Information supplied in connection with your [ application/registration/competition entry ] will be passed by this [ organisation / society ] to the National Equine Database [NED]. NED is jointly operated by the National Equine Database Society Limited for Government and the GB equine industry.  

There is a mandatory requirement that some horse passport based information about horse and owner must be passed to NED by Passport Issuing Organisations. The information required is likely to be: - Passport Identification Number, names of horse, date of registration, date or year of birth, date or year of death, breed, sex, colour, owner details (title; first Name; last Name; address; postcode), country of birth, date of passport issue.   If available other information to aid identification such as BHD number, internal organisation reference number, microchip number, ancestry & keeper details should also be passed to the database (see Annex A).   This information is being collected in order to provide a source of data that supports Defra's veterinary disease control and surveillance activities. The information will also enable Defra to carry out its responsibilities regarding the implementation of the horse passport requirement. It will also facilitate strategic planning within the equine sector, assist in tracing the owners of straying, lost or stolen horses and reduce malpractice in the sale of horses and ponies. NED will also provide information for Defra-authorised research and evaluation.   Defra will be the data controller for the mandatory information which will be processed for Defra by NED Society Ltd. The data collected for this purpose will be adequate, relevant and not excessive for the above purposes.  

For the equine industry in general, the information passed to NED voluntarily by the industry will provide a comprehensive central archived source of Breeding, Evaluation and Performance [B.E.P] data which will enhance the quality of horses bred in Great Britain .    NED Society Ltd will be the data controller for the B.E.P data and a full list of the information provided by the industry data suppliers in order to populate the B.E.P element will appear on the NED website when this is established (reference Annex B). BEP data will be accessible via a dedicated Internet website to other interested parties who will pay a fee to access the information. The horse passport based information provided may, in future, be used for research purposes or statistical analysis. Your personal data may be shared, if necessary, within the Defra family, other Central Government Departments, Non-Departmental Public Bodies and Local Authorities. Your personal details [i.e. name and address of horse owner] will be treated as confidential at all times and all data supplied will be kept secure. Your personal details will not appear on the commercial BEP website. Any enquiries from users of the BEP website will be directed to the organisation or society that forwarded the information to the National Equine Database.

In limited circumstances, Defra / NED Society Ltd or its agents may be required to release information, including personal data and commercial information, on request under the Environmental Information Regulations, the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information or the Freedom of Information Act 2000.   However, neither Defra, NED Society Ltd nor its agents will permit any unwarranted breach of confidentiality nor will we act in contravention of our obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998 . Defra / NED Society Ltd or its appointed agents may use the name, address and other details on your application / entry form to contact you in connection with occasional customer research aimed at improving the services that Defra provides to you.

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