Article 10A Minimum qualifications for microchipping of pet animalsF1
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—
they are a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary nurse acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon,
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,
they have been satisfactorily assessed on a training course approved by the appropriate authority for that purpose, or
before the 29th December 2014 they received training on implantation which included practical experience of implanting a microchip.
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 1966f1;
“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 1981f2;
“veterinary surgeon” means a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons, or the supplementary veterinary register, kept under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Pt. 2A inserted (29.12.2014) by The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3158), arts. 1(3), 8
Footnotes
- f1
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OJ No L 154, 21.6.2003, p112.
- f2
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OJ No L 55, 25.2.2006, p44.