Department of Agriculture officials have confirmed that there will be separate transfer forms from all of the passport issuing organisations (PIOs) and these PIOs are being asked by the Department to send a supply of forms to sales venues.

The Department has issued a quick guide for horse sellers and owners (see panel, right), and provided The Irish Field with some further details yesterday. No additional staff have been taken on by the Department of Agriculture to police the new ownership regulations because, according to a Department spokesperson, most of the additional work will fall to the PIOs.