{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-cats-and-dogs-england-regulations-2023/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-cats-and-dogs-england-regulations-2023/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Obligation to microchip",
  "text": "(1) This regulation is subject to regulation 4.\n(2) A keeper of—\n(a) a cat which is older than 20 weeks;\n(b) a dog which is—\n(i) older than 8 weeks; and\n(ii) not a certified working dog for the purposes of section 6(3) of the Animal Welfare Act 2006,\nmust ensure that it is microchipped.\n(3) Where a keeper imports a cat or a dog, the keeper must ensure that it is microchipped within thirty days of its entry into England, whether or not it is a cat or a dog of a description in paragraph (2)(a) or (b).\n(4) A cat or a dog is microchipped where—\n(a) a microchip which complies with regulation 5 has been implanted in the cat or the dog; and\n(b) the details set out in regulation 6 are recorded on a database by a database operator meeting the conditions in regulation 7.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348246063/regulation/3",
    "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."
}