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Regulation 10 Adverse reactions

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(1)

Anyone who identifies an adverse reaction to a microchip or the failure of a microchip must report that reaction or failure to the Welsh Ministers.

(2)

In this regulation “adverse reaction” (“adwaith anffafriol”) means—

(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

(b)

the migration of a microchip from the site of implanting.

(3)

In this regulation “failure of a microchip” (“methiant microsglodyn”) means failure to transmit the number encoded in the microchip when scanned by an appropriate transceiver.