{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-england-regulations-2014/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-england-regulations-2014/regulation-9.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/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Implanting of microchips",
  "text": "(1) No person may implant a microchip in a dog unless—\n(a) they are a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary nurse acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon;\n(b) they are a student of veterinary surgery or a student veterinary nurse and in either case acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon;\n(c) they have been satisfactorily assessed on a training course approved by the Secretary of State for that purpose; or\n(d) before the day on which these Regulations come into force, they received training on implantation which included practical experience of implanting a microchip.\n(2) Where it appears to the Secretary of State, on the basis of information provided pursuant to regulation 10 and any other information, that a person who may implant microchips pursuant to paragraph (1)(c) or (1)(d) is unable to do so to a satisfactory standard, the Secretary of State may serve a notice on that person prohibiting them from implanting microchips in dogs—\n(a) until they have received further training on a course approved by the Secretary of State; or\n(b) ever.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“student veterinary nurse” and “veterinary nurse” have the same meanings as given by Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.\n“student of veterinary surgery” has the same meaning as in 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, or the supplementary veterinary register kept under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c.36. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 was inserted by S.I. 1991/1412, substituted by S.I. 2002/1479 and amended by S.I. 2008/1824, paragraph 18 of the Schedule. Paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 was inserted by S.I. 2002/1479."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/988. Regulation 3 was substituted by the Schedule of S.I. 1995/2397."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2014/9780111122501/regulation/9",
    "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."
}