{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-cats-and-dogs-england-regulations-2023/regulation-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-cats-and-dogs-england-regulations-2023/regulation-12.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/12",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Authorised person",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, in writing, authorise any person (“an authorised person”) to act for the purposes of enforcing these Regulations.\n(2) A local authority in whose area a cat or a dog is kept may, in writing, authorise any person to act as an authorised person for the purposes of enforcing these Regulations in that area.\n(3) A police constable or a community support officer is also an authorised person for the purposes of these Regulations.\n(4) In this regulation, a “community support officer” means anyone so designated under section 38(1)(a) of the Police Reform Act 2002",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2002 c. 20. Section 38(1) and (9) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3) substituted section 38(1) of the Police Reform Act 2002."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348246063/regulation/12",
    "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."
}