# The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order 2014, Article 8: Insertion of Part 2A (microchipping of pet animals)

Extent: E+W+S

After article 10 (highly pathogenic avian influenza), insert the following Part—
“PART 2A
Microchipping of Pet Animals
Minimum qualifications for microchipping of pet animals
10A. (1) No person may implant a microchip in an animal of the species listed in Part A of Annex I to the Pets Regulation for the purposes of a non-commercial movement unless—
(a) they are a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary nurse acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon,
(b) they are a student of veterinary surgery or a student veterinary nurse and in either case are acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon,
(c) they have been satisfactorily assessed on a training course approved by the appropriate authority for that purpose, or
(d) before the 29th December 2014 they received training on implantation which included practical experience of implanting a microchip.
(2) In this Article—
“microchip” has the same meaning as “transponder” in the Pets Regulation;
“student veterinary nurse” and “veterinary nurse” have the meanings given by Schedule 3 to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966;
“student of veterinary surgery” has the same meaning as in regulation 3 of the Schedule to the Veterinary Surgeons (Practice by Students) Regulations Order of Council 1981;
“veterinary surgeon” means a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons, or the supplementary veterinary register, kept under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3158/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-amendment-order-2014/article-8
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