{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-licensing-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/dogs-licensing-and-identification-regulations-northern-ireland-2012/regulation-9.json",
  "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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Conditions for valid microchipping",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Article 6(8) of the Order and regulation 8(1) a dog is microchipped if (and only if) it is implanted with a microchip which—\n(a) generates a unique number when read by a scanning device;\n(b) is implanted by a competent person;\n(c) complies with either ISO standard 11784:1996 or Annex A to ISO standard 11785:1996 of the International Standards Organisation's standards for microchips ;\n(d) is registered on a database which holds the information set out in paragraph (2); and\n(e) that database is accessible to officers.\n(2) A database referred to in paragraph (1) shall record the following information—\n(a) the unique number generated by the microchip;\n(b) in respect of the keeper of the dog implanted with the microchip—\n(i) the keepers name and address; and\n(ii) at least one contact telephone number; and\n(c) in respect of the dog implanted with the microchip—\n(i) its breed;\n(ii) its sex;\n(iii) colour and distinguishing marks; and\n(iv) date of birth or estimated year of birth.\n(3) A database shall be made available to an officer at all times.\n(4) For the purposes of regulation 8(1), a dog is microchipped where a microchip has been implanted in the dog before the coming into operation of section 2(1) of the Dogs (Amendment) Act (Northern Ireland) 2011.\n(5) A competent person who carries out the microchipping must make arrangements to notify the database operator of the microchip details within 7 days of carrying out the microchipping so that the database may be updated.\n(6) For the purpose of this regulation a competent person means a veterinary surgeon or person who has been received instruction on how to implant a microchip.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "ISO Central Secretariat, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1 rue de Varemb, Case postale 56, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2012/132/regulation/9",
    "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."
}