Whether it has any plans to introduce fines for horse owners who do not have passports for their horses and at what level any such fines wi…

Under the proposed new regulations, owners who do not have passports for their horses shall be liable (a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum of £5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or both; or (b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.
There will be no cost to the Scottish Executive for administration of the horse passport scheme. Passport Issuing Organisations (PIOs) will set their own fees for the issue of passports. It will also be the responsibility of the PIOs to introduce any safeguards they consider to be appropriate to prevent forgery of the passports they issue. All passports shall be in English and French, except that section IX which contains the declaration as to whether the animal is intended for human consumption may be in English only. This declaration will have to be made by the owner of the horse.
All passports of horses slaughtered in Britain will be returned by the slaughterhouse to the PIO which issued the passport, within 30 days of slaughter.