The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015

Made: 2nd February 2015

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(b)

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Citation, commencement, cessation and application

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Interpretation

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Obligation to microchip dogs

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Form of microchip

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Details to be recorded on databases

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Conditions to be met by a database operator

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Powers of the Secretary of State

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Change of keeper

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Implanting of microchips

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Adverse reactions

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Authorised person

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Powers of an authorised person

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Offences

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Appeals

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Corporate, partnership and unincorporated association offences

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Amendment to the Docking of Working Dogs’ Tails (England) Regulations 2007

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Amendment to the Welfare of Racing Greyhound Regulations 2010

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Review

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Signed

de Mauley — Parliamentary Under Secretary of State — Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs — 2015-02-02

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: 2006 c.45.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1994/867, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

[^f00003]: 2010 c.15.

[^f00004]: 2006 c.45.

[^f00005]: ISO Central Secretariat, International Organization for Standardization (ISO), 1 rue de Varembé, Case postale 56, CH-1211, Geneva 20, Switzerland.

[^f00006]: 1973 c. 60.

[^f00007]: 1966 c.36. Paragraph 6 of Schedule 3 to 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 to the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 was inserted by S.I. 2002/1479.

[^f00008]: S.I. 1981/988. Regulation 3 was substituted by the Schedule of S.I. 1995/2397.

[^f00009]: 2002 c. 30. Section 38(1) was amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13) section 99 and Schedule 16, Part 3, paragraphs 277 and 292.

[^f00010]: 1925 c. 86. Subsections (1), (2) and (5) of section 33 were repealed by the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1952 (c. 55) section 132 and Schedule 6; subsection (3) was amended by the Courts Act 1971 (c. 23), section 56(1) and Schedule 8, Part 2, paragraph 19; subsection (4) was partially repealed by the Courts Act 2003 (c. 39) section 109(1) and (3), Schedule 8, paragraph 71 and Schedule 10.

[^f00011]: 1980 c. 43. Paragraph 2(a) was amended by the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (c. 25), section 47, Schedule 1, paragraph 13; paragraph 5 was repealed by the Criminal Justice Act 1991 (c. 53), sections 25(2) and 101(2) and Schedule 13; paragraph 6 was amended by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 section 41, Schedule 3, part 2, paragraphs 51(1) and (13)(b).

[^f00012]: S.I. 2007/1120.

[^f00013]: S.I. 2010/543.

Editorial notes