{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-england-regulations-2015/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-england-regulations-2015/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111125243",
  "legislation_title": "The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-england-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Adverse reactions",
  "text": "(1) Anyone who identifies an adverse reaction to a microchip or the failure of a microchip must report that reaction or failure to the Secretary of State.\n(2) In this regulation “adverse reaction” means—\n(a) any unnecessary pain or suffering, or any pathology on the part of a dog which is caused, or appears to be caused, by the implanting of a microchip; or\n(b) the migration of a microchip from the site of implanting.\n(3) In this regulation “failure of a microchip” means failure to transmit the number encoded in the microchip when scanned by an appropriate transceiver.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111125243/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:11:17.032057+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."
}