Registering Your Victorian Event

Until 30 June 2008 DPI Victoria strongly encourages event organisers who plan to run events to register their event at least 72 hours prior to the event being held. Should a situation arise while your event is running DPI will attempt to contact you to notify you. Important note: Though recent changes to horse movement requirements have made it easier to bring horses into Victoria from New South Wales and Queensland, you are still encouraged to register your event.

DPI Customer Service Centre: 136 186 24 hour Emergency Animal Disease Hotline: 1800 675 888

If you are expecting competitors from New South Wales and/or Queensland you are encouraged to inform them of the need to acquire a Victorian Horse Entry Declaration (VHED). It is up to individual clubs if they want to check interstate competitors for a VHED, but it would contribute significantly to the protection, safety and peace of mind of all competitors involved. Conditions I acknowledge that I have read the Biosecurity Guidelines and Best Practice for Holding Equestrian Activities (PDF 87kb) in addition to the information provided on the previous pages. Risk assessments have been undertaken and contingency plan has been developed.

Any personal information about you or a third party in your correspondence will be collected and protected under the provisions of the Information Privacy Act 2000. It will only be used in order to allow DPI staff to contact event organizers’ in the occurrence of a stock standstill. This information may be provided to governing peak bodies to assist in this task. Enquiries about access to this information held by the Department should be directed to the DPI Customer Service Centre on 136 186. I accept these conditions and wish to continue. To view the PDF linked above, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader. A free copy can be downloaded from Adobe Acrobat (external link).