{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-cats-and-dogs-england-regulations-2023/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-cats-and-dogs-england-regulations-2023/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348246063",
  "legislation_title": "The Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-cats-and-dogs-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Implanting of microchips",
  "text": "(1) No person may implant a microchip in a cat or a dog unless one of the following paragraphs applies—\n(a) they are a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary nurse acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon;\n(b) they are acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon and are a student of veterinary surgery or a student veterinary nurse;\n(c) in the case of a dog, they have—\n(i) been satisfactorily assessed on a training course approved by the Secretary of State on or after 24th February 2015 for the purpose of implanting a microchip in a dog; or\n(ii) received training in implantation which included practical experience of implanting a microchip in a dog before 24th February 2015; or\n(d) in the case of a cat, they have—\n(i) been satisfactorily assessed on a training course approved by the Secretary of State on or after the commencement date for the purpose of implanting a microchip in a cat; or\n(ii) received training in implantation which included practical experience of implanting a microchip in a cat before the commencement date.\n(2) Where it appears to the Secretary of State, on the basis of information provided pursuant to regulation 11 and of any other information, that a person to whom paragraph (1)(c) or (1)(d) applies is unable to implant microchips to a satisfactory standard, the Secretary of State may serve a notice on that person—\n(a) prohibiting them from implanting microchips in cats or dogs, or\n(b) prohibiting them from implanting microchips in cats or dogs, until they have received further training on a course approved by the Secretary of State.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“commencement date” means the date on which this regulation comes into force;\n“student veterinary nurse” and “veterinary nurse” have the meanings given by Schedule 3 to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 (“the 1966 Act”);\n“student of veterinary surgery” has the meaning given by regulation 3 of the Schedule to the Veterinary Surgeons (Practice by Students) Regulations Order of Council 1981;\n“veterinary surgeon” means a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons kept under section 2 of the 1966 Act, or the supplementary veterinary register kept under section 8 of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 36. Schedule 3 to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 was substituted by S.I. 1988/526. Paragraph 6 of that Schedule was inserted by S.I. 1991/1412 and substituted by S.I. 2002/1479. Paragraph 7 of that Schedule was inserted by S.I. 2002/1479 and amended by S.I. 2008/1824. There are other amendments to Schedule 3 which are not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1982/988. The Regulations were made by the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and have effect as contained in the Schedule to this Order of the Privy Council. Regulation 3 was substituted by S.I. 1995/2357."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 2 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 was amended by S.I. 2003/2919, S.I. 2008/1824, S.I. 2019/454 and S.I. 2020/1038."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348246063/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:43:41.039278+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."
}