Article 7 MicrochippingF1

A dog that is to be exempted from the prohibition in section 1(3) of the Act must be implanted with a microchip unless—

Where a certificate of exemption is issued under article 9(1) in respect of a dog to which paragraph (1)(b) applies, the holder of the certificate of exemption must ensure that the dog is implanted with a microchip within the period of 28 days beginning with the day on which the dog first becomes fit to be microchipped.

For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b), a dog is only unfit to be microchipped on the date on which the court made a contingent destruction order under section 4A or 4B of the Act in respect of the dog if a certificate has been issued under regulation 4(1) of the Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023 or regulation 3(2) of the Microchipping of Dogs (Wales) Regulations 2015 which confirms that the dog will not be fit to be microchipped on or before that date.