{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-scotland-regulations-2016/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "sdsi/2016/9780111030233",
  "legislation_title": "The Microchipping of Dogs (Scotland) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-microchipping-of-dogs-scotland-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Offences",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence for a database operator to—\n(a) fail to comply with regulation 8; or\n(b) fail to comply with a notice served on it under regulation 9(1).\n(2) It is an offence for a person mentioned in regulation 9(2) to fail to comply with a notice served on that person under regulation 9(2).\n(3) It is an offence for an individual to fail to comply with regulation 5 without reasonable excuse.\n(4) It is an offence for an individual to fail to comply with regulation 3(1) or (2).\n(5) It is an offence for a keeper of a dog to—\n(a) notify to a database operator any of the details set out in regulation 7 knowing them to be false in a material particular;\n(b) recklessly notify to a database operator any of the details set out in regulation 7 which are false in a material particular;\n(c) fail to comply with regulation 10(2);\n(d) intentionally obstruct an authorised person in the exercise of their powers conferred by regulation 12; or\n(e) fail to comply with a notice served under regulation 12(1)(b).\n(6) An offence under paragraph (1), (2), or (4) is punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.\n(7) An offence under paragraph (3) or (5) is punishable on summary conviction by a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2016/9780111030233/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:34:39.456335+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."
}