To comply with EC Regulation 504/2008 all animals issued with a horse passport after 1 July 2009 must have a microchip inserted.

With effect from 1^st July 2009, to comply with this, all applications for new passports received by the Northern Ireland Horse Board will require to have details of a microchip shown on the marking chart.

With effect from 1^st July 2009, to comply with this, all applications for new passports received by the Northern Ireland Horse Board will require to have details of the microchip shown on the marking chart.

If owners have recently had a micro chip inserted and recorded on the bottom left corner of the marking chart in the passport, they should inform the horse board immediately by sending their details along with a copy from the passport of the marking chart including micro chip barcode.

There is no charge for this updating service.