{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-england-regulations-2015/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-england-regulations-2015/regulation-3.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/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Obligation to microchip dogs",
  "text": "(1) Subject to a certificate issued under paragraph (2) or (3), from 6th April 2016 every keeper of a dog which has not been implanted with a microchip by that date—\n(a) which is older than 8 weeks; and\n(b) which is 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(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply for as long as a veterinary surgeon certifies, on a form approved by the Secretary of State, that a dog should not be microchipped for reasons of the animal’s health.\n(3) Subject to paragraph (4), from 6th April 2016 a keeper who imports a dog must ensure that the dog is microchipped in accordance with paragraph (5) within 30 days of importing the dog unless a veterinary surgeon certifies, on a form approved by the Secretary of State, that the dog should not be microchipped for reasons of the animal’s health.\n(4) A certificate issued under paragraph (2) or (3) must state the period for which the dog will be unfit to be microchipped.\n(5) A dog is microchipped where—\n(a) a microchip which complies with regulation 4 has been implanted in the dog; and\n(b) the details set out in regulation 5 are recorded on a database by a database operator meeting the conditions set out in regulation 6.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2006 c.45."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111125243/regulation/3",
    "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."
}