{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-england-regulations-2014/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-england-regulations-2014/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2014/9780111122501",
  "legislation_title": "The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-england-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Details to be recorded on databases",
  "text": "(1) The details to be recorded on a database are—\n(a) the full name and address of the keeper;\n(b) where applicable, the fact that the keeper is also the breeder;\n(c) if the keeper is the breeder and is licensed by the local authority under the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973—\n(i) the breeder’s licence number; and\n(ii) the name of the local authority by which they are licensed;\n(d) the original name or identification number given to the dog;\n(e) the contact telephone number (if any) for the keeper;\n(f) the name given to the dog by the keeper, if that is different to the details recorded pursuant to sub-paragraph (d);\n(g) the sex of the dog;\n(h) the breed of the dog, or a description if it is a cross-breed;\n(i) the colour of the dog;\n(j) the most accurate estimate of the dog’s date of birth which the keeper is capable of giving; and\n(k) the unique number of the microchip implanted in the dog.\n(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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 60."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122501/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:11:52.011433+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."
}