{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2015/article-8",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/282",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "article/8",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Insertion of Part 2A (Microchipping of pet animals)",
  "text": "After article 10 (Controls on highly pathogenic avian influenza), insert the following Part—\n“PART 2A\nMicrochipping of Pet Animals\nMinimum qualifications for microchipping of pet animals\n10A. (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—\n(a) they are a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary nurse acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon,\n(b) they are a student of veterinary surgery or student veterinary nurse and in either case acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon,\n(c) they have been satisfactorily assessed on a training course approved by the competent authority for that purpose, or\n(d) before the 29th December 2014 they received training on implantation which included practical experience of implanting a microchip.\n(2) In this Article—\n“microchip” has the same meaning as “transponder” in the Pets Regulation;\n“student veterinary nurse” and “veterinary nurse” have the meanings given by Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966;\n“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;\n“veterinary surgeon” means a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons under section 2 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1966 c. 36. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 was inserted by S.I. 1991/1412, substituted by S.I. 2002/1479 and amended by S.I. 2008/1824, paragraph 18 of the Schedule. Paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 was inserted by S.I. 2002/1479."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1981/988. Regulation 3 was substituted by the Schedule of S.I. 1995/2397."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/282/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:55.215977+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."
}