The Microchipping of Dogs (England) Regulations 2015

Powers of the Secretary of State

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7.—(1) From 6th April 2015 the Secretary of State may serve a notice on a database operator requiring it to provide—

(a)any information recorded on the database;

(b)any information relating to the functioning of the regulatory regime established by these regulations;

(c)any information necessary to demonstrate that it is meeting the conditions in regulation 6.

(2) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that a database operator does not meet the conditions in regulation 6, the Secretary of State may serve a notice requiring the operator—

(a)to cease holding itself out as meeting the conditions in regulation 6;

(b)to provide the Secretary of State or another database operator with an electronic copy of all the data recorded on its database pursuant to regulation 3(5)(b).