{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-order-2011/article-10A",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2883",
  "legislation_title": "The Non-Commercial Movement of Pet Animals Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/non-commercial-movement-of-pet-animals-order-2011",
  "path": "article/10A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10A",
  "heading": "Minimum qualifications for microchipping of pet animals",
  "text": "(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 a student veterinary nurse and in either case are acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon,\n(c) they have been satisfactorily assessed on a training course approved by the appropriate 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 to 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, or the supplementary veterinary register, kept under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 154, 21.6.2003, p112."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 55, 25.2.2006, p44."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2883/article/10A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:48:39.103853+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."
}