The Dangerous Dogs (Compensation and Exemption Schemes) (Scotland) Order 2024

Microchipping

10.—(1) This article applies where—

(a) a certificate of exemption has been issued in respect of a dog, and

(b) at the time that the application for a certificate of exemption was made under article 6 (“the time of application”), the dog was not implanted with a microchip because at that time the dog was less than eight weeks old or unfit to be microchipped.

(2) Where the dog was not implanted with a microchip because it was less than eight weeks old at the time of application, the holder of the certificate of exemption must, on or before 31 October 2024, provide the Scottish Ministers with such evidence as the Scottish Ministers may reasonably require to confirm that the dog has been implanted with a microchip.

(3) Where the dog was not implanted with a microchip at the time of application because it was unfit to be microchipped at the time, the holder of a certificate of exemption must provide the Scottish Ministers with the following evidence on or before 31 October 2024—

(a) such evidence as the Scottish Ministers may reasonably require to ascertain the date on which it will become fit to be microchipped, or

(b) such evidence as the Scottish Ministers may reasonably require to confirm that the dog has been implanted with a microchip.

(4) Where evidence is provided in accordance with paragraph (3)(a), the holder of the certificate of exemption must provide the Scottish Ministers with such evidence as the Scottish Ministers may reasonably require to confirm that the dog has been implanted with a microchip before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the dog first became fit to be microchipped.

(5) For the purposes of this article, a dog is only unfit to be microchipped if a certificate has been issued in respect of the dog under regulation 6(2) of the Microchipping of Dogs (Scotland) Regulations 2016(1).

(1)

S.S.I. 2016/58.