{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pet-travel-scheme-pilot-arrangements-england-order-1999/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pet-travel-scheme-pilot-arrangements-england-order-1999/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3443",
  "legislation_title": "The Pet Travel Scheme (Pilot Arrangements) (England) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pet-travel-scheme-pilot-arrangements-england-order-1999",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Identification of the animal",
  "text": "(1) The animal shall be identified by means of a microchip implanted into its body.\n(2) If the carrier does not have a reader capable of reading the microchip, the person bringing the animal into England shall provide a reader for the microchip at the time the carrier checks the identity of the animal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/3443/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:23:26.587917+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."
}