# The Docking of Working Dogs’ Tails (England) Regulations 2007, Regulation 4: Identification of docked dogs

Extent: E+W

(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
(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.
(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1120/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/docking-of-working-dogs-tails-england-regulations-2007/regulation-4
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