COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 70
Identification
COMPANION ANIMALS ACT 1998 - SECT 70
Identification
70 Identification
(1) The regulations may make provision for the
identification of companion animals-- (a) for the purposes of section 8, or
(b) otherwise than for the purposes of that section.
(2) In particular the
regulations may provide for the following-- (a) the manner in which
companion animals are identified,
(b) the procedures to be followed in
connection with the identification of companion animals,
(c) the
accreditation of persons to carry out identification of companion animals and
the duties of those persons in connection with identification.
(3) The
regulations are to specify the information that is to be the
identification information for companion animals for the purposes of this Act.
The identification information for a companion animal is to be entered on the
Register but entry of that information does not of itself constitute
registration of the animal.
Note : The purpose of entering
identification information is to ensure that any available identification
details for a companion animal are kept on the Register even before the animal
has to be registered, so that the information can be used to trace the owner
of the animal.
