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12. An authorised person may, on producing the written authorisation mentioned in regulation 11(1) or 11(2) or other official identity document in the case of a police constable or a community support officer (as defined in regulation 11(4)), if required—
(a)serve on the keeper of a dog which is not microchipped a notice requiring the keeper to have the dog microchipped within 21 days;
(b)where the keeper of a dog has failed to comply with a notice under paragraph (a), without the consent of the keeper—
(i)arrange for the dog to be microchipped; and
(ii)recover from the keeper the cost of doing so;
(c)take possession of a dog without the consent of the keeper for the purpose of checking whether it is microchipped or for the purpose of microchipping it in accordance with sub-paragraph (b)(i).
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