ADMINISTRATION

20.  Request for Measurement

Request for measurement for an Annual or Full Certificate should be made direct to the Official Measurer chosen from the current panel of Official Measurers (see Rule 33).  Requests for measurement for a Gold Certificate should be made to the secretariat.

21. Measurement Forms

1.  Official Measurers are supplied with Application for Measurement Forms which they are responsible for completing and returning to The Joint Measurement Board Ltd. (Rule 35.14).

2.  The owner or agent is responsible for completing and signing the Application for Measurement Form (Rule 35.1).

22.  Issue of Measurement Certificate

1.  Upon receipt of the correctly completed measurement form and fee a Measurement Certificate will be issued. Every measurement entered on this document will be endorsed ‘Annual’, ‘Full’ or ‘Gold’ as appropriate.

2.  A further corticated will not be issued for an animal already holding a currently valid certificate except upon re-measurement by Referees.

23.  Change of Name (amendment or addition)

Any change of Name on a height certificate (where such changes have occurred in the animal’s passport) must be notified by the owner to the Secretary and the certificate returned for amendment, with the appropriate fee (see rule 26.3).

PLEASE ENSURE FULL NAME AS ON THE ANIMAL’S PASSPORT IS WRITTEN ON THE MEASUREMENT APPLICATION FORM AT TIME OF MEASUREMENT (not stable name etc.) ANY CHANGES WILL INCUR A FEE.

24.  Loss of Certificate

In the event of loss, a duplicate certificate may be issued by The Joint Measurement Board Limited, on receipt of a written request from the owner, giving the name and description of the animal, satisfactory documentary evidence of ownership and the appropriate fee. (See Rule 26.2).

25.  Death of an Animal

In the event of the death of an animal holding a measurement certificate, the certificate must be returned to The Joint Measurement Board Limited.

26.  Fees

1.  Measurement/Identification and issue of Full or Annual Certificate.  The whole fee covering this service is payable by the owner by one cheque, or by postal order, made out to the J.M.B. Ltd., and MUST be given to the Official Measurer for submission to the Board with the Measurement Results.

The Fee is £75.00 (Official Measurer £50.00 including VAT, JMB £25.00), for an Annual or Full Certificate. Owners may be charged a half fee for broken appointments unless 24 hours’ notice is given and a full fee if, for any reason, except the fault of the Official Measurer, a microchip, where required, cannot be inserted at the time of measurement.

2.  Measurement/Identification and issue of Gold Certificate: The fee is £500 payable by cheque when the request for measurement is made. 

3.  Loss of certificate: the fee for issue of a duplicate certificate is £60.00.

4.   Change of animal’s name: To register a change or alteration to the name of an animal: £100.00.

5.  Objection.: The fee is £600.00. When an objection is upheld the whole fee will be returned to the objector. If an objection is withdrawn any refund will be entirely at the discretion of the Stewards.

6.  Re-measurement: The fee is £600.00.  Any refund will be entirely at the discretion of the Stewards.

7.  Transfer of measurement records to a passport: £10.00.

8.  Return of documents by Royal Mail Special Delivery: £10.00. (Otherwise all documents will be sent by first class post).

27.  Invalid certificates

 A Measurement Certificate will be declared invalid in the following circumstances:

 i. Any fees associated with the certificate are unpaid or the owner of the animal concerned is in debt to the Board or a Member Society.

ii.  A re-measurement is not done within 20 working days of notification to the owner (see Rule 45.3)

iii. A measurement certificate is altered or amended in any way by a person not authorised to do so by the Board (see Rule 32.4).

iv. A prohibited substance or an abnormal amount of a constituent is found in a body fluid sample taken at the time of a measurement or re-measurement (see Rules 35.13 and 50).

v.  A measurement certificate is not returned to The Joint Measurement Board Limited on request.

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