Farriers: Northern Ireland
(asked on 25th March 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend the provisions of the Farriers (Registration) Act 1975 to Northern Ireland.
Answered by
Baroness Hayman of Ullock
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 2nd April 2025
The Farriers (Registration) Act 1975 promotes the proper shoeing of a horse, preventing suffering or cruelty to horses, and provides regulations for the establishment of a Farriers Registration Council to register persons engaged in farriery. There are no plans to amend this legislation currently.