Regulation 4 Identification of docked dogs

(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^f1.

(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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Footnotes

f1: ISO Central Secretariat, International Organization for Standardization ( ISO), 1 rue de Varembé, Case postale 56, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland.