8. After article 10 (Controls on highly pathogenic avian influenza), insert the following Part—
10A.—(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—
(a)they are a veterinary surgeon or a veterinary nurse acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon,
(b)they are a student of veterinary surgery or student veterinary nurse and in either case acting under the direction of a veterinary surgeon,
(c)they have been satisfactorily assessed on a training course approved by the competent authority for that purpose, or
(d)before the 29th December 2014 they received training on implantation which included practical experience of implanting a microchip.
(2) 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 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966(1);
“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(2);
“veterinary surgeon” means a person registered in the register of veterinary surgeons under section 2 of the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966.”.
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.
S.I. 1981/988. Regulation 3 was substituted by the Schedule of S.I. 1995/2397.