Book III · Template

Imperial Carriage Equid Road and Work Certificate Template

The official blank form on which an equid is authorised, restricted, suspended, or refused for carriage work on the public road.

This template is the official certificate form for an equid authorised, restricted, suspended, or refused for carriage-work certification. It is a separate administrative document from the Imperial Code for the Welfare of Working Carriage Equids and shall be recorded in the Working Equid Passport or central Imperial record.

A certificate does not override welfare law. The stricter rule always prevails.

Section 1. Certificate Identity

Certificate number
Issuing authority
Certifying officer
Veterinary examiner
Inspection date
Issue date
Expiry date
Inspection location
Certificate status: authorised / authorised with restrictions / provisional / training-only / not authorised / suspended / revoked / reassessment required
Reason for restriction, suspension, revocation, or refusal
Working Equid Passport number
Central Imperial record number

A certificate without an expiry date, certifying authority, inspection basis, and lawful-capacity statement is incomplete and shall not authorise public-road carriage work.

Section 2. Equid Identity

Registered name
Stable name
Species or hybrid type: horse / pony / donkey / mule / hinny / zebra hybrid / other equid
Sex and reproductive classification
Age or date of birth
Maturity category: Category L / Category H
Maturity-classification date, evidence, and veterinarian
Earliest lawful active-traction date
Current first-year traction progression month
Microchip or official identification
Height
Measured bodyweight
Bodyweight measurement date
Measurement method and equipment: calibrated equid scale / approved temporary estimate / other
Scale calibration date
Body condition score
Colour and distinguishing marks
Owner
Operator
Stable or ordinary place of keep
Emergency veterinary contact

The species field shall not default to horse. The certificate shall identify the actual equid species or hybrid type.

Section 3. Certificate Class

Certificate class approved:

ordinary;
provisional;
restricted;
training-only;
route-specific;
vehicle-specific;
service-specific;
emergency-service;
seasonal;
temporary;
suspended;
revoked.

Required road-status insert
Required side markers: yes / no / details
Required rear markers: yes / no / details
Service marker authorisation, if any

Section 4. Lawful Capacity

Lawful capacity means the maximum work the individual equid or team may lawfully perform without exceeding welfare law, the Passport, veterinary restrictions, route approval, vehicle approval, or a stricter welfare order.

The certificate shall state the equid’s lawful capacity. Where the equid is within its first twelve months of active traction, every field shall comply with the stricter progression limits in Article 60 and Schedule 5 of the General Imperial Equine Welfare Code:

Permitted vehicle class
Permitted hitch type: single / pair / tandem / team / other
Permitted hitch role: single / leader / wheeler / spare / relay / other
Permitted route class
Permitted service type: private / commercial / passenger / taxi / freight / ceremonial / emergency / government / training / other
Maximum passenger number
Maximum total load, including vehicle, driver, attendant, passengers, luggage, freight, water, equipment, decorations, and service equipment
Maximum active traction per day
Maximum active traction per session during first-year progression
Maximum weekly first-year traction sessions
First-year sustained and peak force stage
Maximum assigned shift per day
Rolling seven-day active-traction limit
Rolling thirty-day active-traction limit
Required full rest day rule
Maximum ordinary work-block length
Minimum off-traction rest after work block
Ordinary sustained draft-force limit
Short peak draft-force limit
Maximum draft force permitted to be borne by this individual equid
Approved team combination or team-record identifiers, if applicable
Combined measured bodyweight of approved team, if applicable
Team load-sharing and individual force-distribution test date, method, and result

A combined team limit does not authorise one equid to bear a disproportionate share. For single-equid certification, team fields shall be marked not applicable rather than left blank.

Permitted surface types
Prohibited surface types
Permitted gradient class
Permitted speed class
Permitted climate-burden bands
Prohibited climate-burden bands
Standing emergency extension authorisation: prohibited
Incident-specific emergency authorisation record number, if one has occurred
Authorising authority, incident, issue time, limits exceeded, alternatives considered, monitoring, relay, and recovery order
Relay-team use required: yes / no / conditions

A lawful-capacity field shall not be left blank. If a capacity is unknown, the stricter safe answer applies until reassessment.

Section 5. Veterinary and Physical Fitness

Veterinary fitness examination date
Next required veterinary examination date
Trot lameness-screen result: pass / fail / restricted / not performed because
Walk assessment result
Hoof soundness
Hoof-protection or trimming status
Dental status
Respiratory fitness
Cardiovascular fitness
Musculoskeletal fitness
Body condition
Muscle development and topline
Recovery capacity
Medication status
Disease-control status
Vaccination status where applicable
Pregnancy, suspected-pregnancy, lactation, postpartum, reproductive, or foal-related restriction
Veterinary orders or work restrictions

Trot lameness screening is required unless unsafe or contrary to veterinary restriction. Walk-only gait assessment is not sufficient for ordinary certification where trot assessment can be safely performed.

Section 6. Training, Behaviour, and Emergency Drills

Assessed as safe and welfare-suitable for:

bitless driving cues;
halt, stand, start, turn, back, yield, and wait;
road confidence;
traffic tolerance;
crowd tolerance;
noise tolerance;
ordinary startle recovery;
team compatibility;
marker and switchable marker-illumination acceptance;
lighting acceptance;
ground-guidance lamp acceptance where used;
emergency-release drill training;
standing during passenger unloading;
being unhitched in unusual places;
handler approach during stress;
trace, shaft, pole, and breeching release;
team separation;
calm movement to a safe position.

Emergency-drill training shall be conducted without fear, flooding, pain, punishment, harsh restraint, or learned helplessness.

Training restrictions or reassessment needs

Section 7. Tack, Harness, Headgear, and Markers

Approved bitless headgear type
Prohibited equipment check completed: yes / no

No bit, mouthpiece, cross-under bitless bridle, cross-under sidepull, cross-jaw or under-jaw tightening system, sliding or constricting bitless system, overcheck, bearing rein, sidecheck, check rein, martingale, draw-rein system, chain restraint, twitch, or pain-based restraint may be used.

Harness fit status
Collar or breastcollar fit
Breeching or holdback fit
Crupper or tail-area equipment status, if used
Facial Marker type: frentera / muserola
Facial Marker insert shape: circle / square / diamond / rectangle / shield / emblem / other approved shape
Facial Marker size, dedicated display field, and front visibility
Marker visible and unobstructed by mane, forelock, straps, or decoration: yes / no / correction required
Where nose-mounted, stable nasal-bone placement and nostril clearance: compliant / non-compliant / correction required
Side marker status
Rear marker status
Lighting status
Ground-guidance lamp status, if used
Switchable marker-illumination capability, approved power system, and manual override
Marker-illumination activation, brightness, battery reserve, backup, and inspection status

Section 8. Route, Surface, Climate, and Rest Court Restrictions

Approved routes or route classes
Prohibited routes or route classes
Surface restrictions
Hoof-traction restrictions
Gradient restrictions
Bridge, descent, hill, ice, mud, snow, stone, metal, or roadwork restrictions
Climate-burden restrictions
Water requirements
Shade or shelter requirements
Rest Court requirements
Harness-off requirements
Route-specific emergency-release concerns

Section 9. Incidents, Restrictions, and Review

Prior collapse: yes / no / details
Prior heat-stress or cold-stress event: yes / no / details
Prior serious entanglement: yes / no / details
Prior serious harness entanglement: yes / no / details
Prior runaway, serious collision, or emergency release: yes / no / details
Prior lameness or work-removal event: yes / no / details
Current suspension: yes / no / details
Current restriction: yes / no / details
Review date
Mandatory reassessment triggers: pregnancy change, suspected pregnancy, lactation change, foaling, illness, injury, collapse, heat stress, cold stress, lameness, serious entanglement, serious incident, medication masking concern, harness injury, route change, vehicle change, service change, or material workload change.

Section 10. Certification Decision

Decision: authorised / authorised with restrictions / provisional only / training-only / not authorised / suspended / revoked / reassessment required
Conditions of authorisation
Restrictions
Required corrections before work
Required reassessment date
Certifying authority signature or digital verification
Veterinary signature or digital verification, where required
Operator acknowledgement

This certificate is valid only within the lawful capacity stated above. Welfare limits prevail wherever a stricter veterinary order, Passport restriction, climate order, route order, or Imperial law applies.

Section 11. Mandatory duration, revision, and record controls

Provisional and training-only certificates shall expire no later than ninety days after issue. A single renewal of not more than ninety days may be granted after documented reassessment. Further continuation requires a new full certification decision, not another renewal.

Route-specific, vehicle-specific, service-specific, seasonal, and temporary certificates shall state an exact start date, expiry date, permitted route or vehicle identifiers, and review triggers. A blank duration or unrestricted description is invalid.

Emergency extension is never a standing permission. Each emergency use shall be separately authorised for the particular incident under the Imperial Road and Driver Code and recorded in the Working Equid Passport.

Certificate revision number
Supersedes certificate number and revision
Reason for revision
Fields changed
Author of revision
Date and time
Independent verification

No entry shall be erased. A correction shall preserve the original entry and identify the author, date, reason, and verification.

Certificate, inspection, force-test, bodyweight, veterinary, route, vehicle, incident, suspension, and recovery records shall be retained for at least ten years and remain linked to the individual equid after sale, transfer, retirement, operator change, or business closure. Serious-incident and disputed-certification records shall be preserved until all proceedings and appeal periods are complete, even where longer.

Section 12. Final anti-loophole declaration

A blank field does not create permission. Where lawful capacity, restriction, test result, route, vehicle, climate band, workload, bodyweight, force limit, or expiry is unknown, the stricter safe status applies until reassessment.

No commercial description, breed reputation, owner statement, prior certificate, standing emergency policy, or operator practice shall replace the individual measurements and decisions required by this certificate.