4.—(1) In order to be identified as a subsection (3) dog as required by section 6(8) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 a dog must be microchipped—
(a)by a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary nurse acting under the supervision of a veterinary surgeon; and
[F1(b)using a microchip which complies with either ISO standard 11784 or Annex A to ISO standard 11785 of the International Standards Organisation’s standards for microchips.]
[F1(b)with a microchip which—
(i)has a unique number which includes the manufacturer’s code;
(ii)is compliant with ISO standard 11784:1996 of the International Standards Organisation’s standards for microchips;
(iii)is compliant with all of ISO standard 11785:1996 of the International Standards Organisation’s standards for microchips apart from Annex A; and
(iv)responds to a transponder which operates at 134.2 kilohertz and conforms with the FDXB protocol set out in ISO standards 11784:1996 and 11785:1996.]
(2) A dog may only be microchipped for the purposes of these Regulations after the owner, or a person whom the veterinary surgeon who is to carry out or supervise the microchipping reasonably believes to be representing the owner, has made a signed and dated statement in paragraph 4 of a certificate in the form prescribed in Schedule 2.
(3) The veterinary surgeon who carries out or supervises the microchipping must certify that fact in paragraph 2 of a certificate in the form prescribed in Schedule 2.
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 4(1)(b) substituted (temp. until 24.2.2022) (24.2.2015) by The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/108), regs. 1(b)(c), 16
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 4 in force at 6.4.2007, see reg. 1(b)