Regulation 6 Details to be recorded on databases

(1)

Where a keeper is under an obligation to ensure that a cat or a dog is microchipped, the details to be recorded on a database as referred to in regulation 3(4)(b) are—

(a)

the full name and address of the keeper;

(b)

if the keeper is also the breeder of that dog, that fact;

(c)

if the keeper is the breeder of that dog and is licensed by a local authority under regulation 4 of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018^f1—

(i)

the breeder’s licence number; and

(ii)

the name of the local authority which issued the licence;

(d)

the original name or identification number given to the cat or the dog;

(e)

the contact telephone number (if any) for the keeper;

(f)

any other name given to the cat or the dog by the keeper if that name is different to the cat or dog’s original name;

(g)

the sex of the cat or dog;

(h)

the breed of the cat or dog, or a description if it is a cross-breed;

(i)

the colour of the cat or the dog;

(j)

the date of birth of the cat or dog to the best of the keeper’s knowledge;

(k)

the unique number of the microchip implanted in the cat or dog.

(2)

In this regulation “breeder” means any keeper of a bitch which whelps, whether or not they carry on a business as a breeder of dogs.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2018/486.