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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-licensing-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-10",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2012/132",
  "legislation_title": "The Dogs (Licensing and Identification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-licensing-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Powers of officers",
  "text": "(1) An officer may require the scanning of a microchip implanted in a dog for the purposes set out in these Regulations.\n(2) For the purposes of regulation 9(1) an officer may compare any information made available by a database operator with information held in any register kept in accordance with Article 15(1) of the Order or records kept under regulation 11.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/132/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:16:39.578300+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}