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Accountable Person

 Accountable Persons (Horse Care Regulations, regulations 3 & 15)

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3.1 In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:
Accountable Person means all of the following: -
(a) owner of the horse except where:
(i) there are two or more owners and they have nominated the Accountable Person at the time of registration or transfer of ownership in which case the Accountable Person is the nominated Accountable Person, or
(ii) if a horse is owned by a syndicate or approved company the Accountable Person is the Racing Manager of the syndicate or approved company; and
(iii) where the horse is held on trust the Accountable Person are the trustees of the trust.
(b) Where the horse is in training or on a trainer’s premises the trainer.
(c) Where the horse is in the care of a licensed person the licensed person.
(d) In the case of a foal not registered the owner, or racing manager (as applicable) of the
mare of the foal.


15.1 An Accountable Person in respect of a horse must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the physical, health, and behavioural needs of the horse are met in a manner that is in accordance with:

15.1.1 These regulations.
15.1.2 The Animal Welfare Act 1999, Animal Welfare (Care and Procedure) Regulations 2018, the Code of Welfare: Horses and Donkeys and any other statutory or regulatory obligations.
15.1.3 Good practice.
15.1.4 Scientific knowledge.
15.1.5 Striving for continuous and steady improvement in the treatment and welfare of horses.

15.2 An Accountable Person in respect of a horse must ensure that the horse receives, as soon as is reasonably practicable, husbandry or treatment that alleviates any deficiencies in nutrition or provisions or unreasonable or unnecessary pain or distress being suffered by the horse.
15.3 An Accountable Person in respect of a horse must ensure that the horse is not euthanised in a manner that causes the horse unreasonable or unnecessary pain or distress.
15.4 An Accountable Person in respect of a horse must not:
15.4.1 Keep the horse alive when it is in such a condition that it is suffering unreasonable or unnecessary pain or distress.
15.4.2 Sell, transfer, lease, or otherwise dispose of, attempt to sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of, or offer for sale, transfer, lease or other disposal, except for express purpose:

15.4.2.1 to alleviate the unreasonable or unnecessary pain or distress; or
of the horse being euthanised if required.

15.5 An Accountable Person in respect of a horse must not desert the horse in circumstances in which no provision is made to meet its physical, health, and behavioural needs.
15.6 Except as permitted under the Animal Welfare (Care and Procedure) Regulations 2018 an Accountable Person in respect of a horse must not perform any surgical procedure on the horse unless that person is:
15.6.1 a licenced veterinarian; or
15.6.2 a person who is acting under the direct supervision of a licenced veterinarian and who is a student undergoing his or her training to become a licenced veterinarian.

15.7 No person may, when performing a surgical procedure on a horse perform that surgical procedure in such a manner that the horse suffers unreasonable or unnecessary pain or distress.
15.8 An Accountable Person in respect of a horse must, where the horse is being transported in or on a vehicle, aircraft, or ship ensure:
15.8.1 that the care of the horse is properly attended to by a competent person; and
15.8.2 that, in particular, the horse:
15.8.2.1 is provided with reasonably comfortable and secure accommodation; and
15.8.2.2 is supplied with proper and sufficient food and water at regular intervals during the journey.

15.9 An Accountable Person must not confine or transport the horse, or permit the horse to be confined or transported, in a manner or position that causes the animal unreasonable or unnecessary pain or distress.
15.10 An Accountable Person in respect of a horse must not permit the horse to be transported while the condition of the horse is such as to render it unfit to be transported.
15.11 An Accountable Person of a horse must, upon the sale, transfer, lease, euthanasia, or other disposal of that horse, ensure that that sale, transfer, lease, euthanasia or other disposal comply with the applicable requirements set out in these regulations.
15.12 Except where the Horse Movement Regulations apply, the Accountable Person must notify HRNZ within five working days of a horse moving location.

 

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