{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/microchipping-of-cats-and-dogs-england-regulations-2023/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/microchipping-of-cats-and-dogs-england-regulations-2023/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/468",
  "legislation_title": "The Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/microchipping-of-cats-and-dogs-england-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Exception to the obligation to microchip",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 3 does not apply for as long as a veterinary surgeon certifies, on a form approved by the Secretary of State, that a cat or a dog should not be microchipped for reasons relating to the health of the animal.\n(2) A certificate issued under paragraph (1) must state the period for which the cat or the dog will be unfit to be microchipped.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 4 in force at 20.5.2023 for specified purposes and 10.6.2024 in so far as not already in force, see reg. 1(2)(3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/468/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:46:19.712195+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."
}