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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023 No. 468
12.—(1) The Secretary of State may, in writing, authorise any person (“an authorised person”) to act for the purposes of enforcing these Regulations.
(2) A local authority in whose area a cat or a dog is kept may, in writing, authorise any person to act as an authorised person for the purposes of enforcing these Regulations in that area.
(3) A police constable or a community support officer is also an authorised person for the purposes of these Regulations.
(4) In this regulation, a “community support officer” means anyone so designated under section 38(1)(a) of the Police Reform Act 2002(1)
2002 c. 20. Section 38(1) and (9) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3) substituted section 38(1) of the Police Reform Act 2002.
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