Microchipping (Scotland) Act 2018 1

MODEL
SCOTTISH PARLIAMENT

Microchipping (Scotland) Bill

SP Bill 48

(as introduced)

An Act of the Scottish Parliament to make provision for the microchipping of cats and dogs.

PART 1
MICROCHIPPING OF DOGS

1 Requirement to microchip dogs

(1) The Animal Welfare and Health (Scotland) Act 2006 is amended as follows.
(2) After section 26 (provision for securing welfare), insert—
“26A Certain provision for welfare required to be made
The Scottish Ministers must exercise their power under section 26 in relation to the
matters, and in such manner, as Schedule A1 sets out.”
(3) Before Schedule 1, insert—
“SCHEDULE A1
MATTERS ABOUT WHICH WELFARE PROVISION MUST BE MADE

Microchipping

1 (1) The requiring of the microchipping of dogs.

(2) In this paragraph, a reference to microchipping is a reference to the implantation of
a device into an animal where the device—
(a) stores information in a read-only form about the animal, the owner of the
animal or the person with whom it normally resides, and other matters, and
(b) can transmit the information it stores wirelessly to another device.”
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PART 2
MICROCHIPPING OF CATS

2 Requirement to microchip cats

(1) The Animal Welfare and Health (Scotland) Act 2006 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1(1) of Schedule A1, after the word “dogs” insert “and cats”.

3 Repeal of previous enactments

The Microchipping of Cats (England, Scotland & Wales) Regulations Act 2017 (c. 46) is
repealed.

PART 3
GENERAL

4 Commencement
(1) This Act, except Part 2, comes into force on the day after Royal Assent.
(2) Part 2 comes into force on such day as the Scottish Ministers may by regulations appoint.
(3) Regulations under subsection (2) may appoint different days for different provisions.

5 Short title
The short title of this Act is the Microchipping (Scotland) Act 2018.