Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as The Dogs (Licensing and Identification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on 1st January 2015.
Amendment to The Dogs (Licensing and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012
2.—(1) The Dogs (Licensing and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) Regulation 7 (Licence identification) is revoked.
(3) After regulation 9 (Conditions for valid microchipping), insert—
“Updating information
9A. Where the information referred to in regulation 9(2)(b) changes at any time after the recording of that information on the database, the keeper shall notify the operator of the database with the new information as soon as reasonably practicable.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on 17th November 2014.
Geraldine Fee
A senior officer of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development