The Microchipping of Cats and Dogs (England) Regulations 2023

Details to be recorded on databases

6.—(1) Where a keeper is under an obligation to ensure that a cat or a dog is microchipped, the details to be recorded on a database as referred to in regulation 3(4)(b) are—

(a) the full name and address of the keeper;

(b) if the keeper is also the breeder of that dog, that fact;

(c) if the keeper is the breeder of that dog and is licensed by a local authority under regulation 4 of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018(1)—

(i) the breeder’s licence number; and

(ii) the name of the local authority which issued the licence;

(d) the original name or identification number given to the cat or the dog;

(e) the contact telephone number (if any) for the keeper;

(f) any other name given to the cat or the dog by the keeper if that name is different to the cat or dog’s original name;

(g) the sex of the cat or dog;

(h) the breed of the cat or dog, or a description if it is a cross-breed;

(i) the colour of the cat or the dog;

(j) the date of birth of the cat or dog to the best of the keeper’s knowledge;

(k) the unique number of the microchip implanted in the cat or dog.

(2) In this regulation “breeder” means any keeper of a bitch which whelps, whether or not they carry on a business as a breeder of dogs.

(1)

S.I. 2018/486.