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Companion Animals Act 1998
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#### 70 Identification
70 Identification
> > (1) The regulations may make provision for the identification of companion animals—
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> > > (a) for the purposes of section 8, or
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> > > (b) otherwise than for the purposes of that section.
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> > (2) In particular the regulations may provide for the following—
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> > > (a) the manner in which companion animals are identified,
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> > > (b) the procedures to be followed in connection with the identification of companion animals,
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> > > (c) the accreditation of persons to carry out identification of companion animals and the duties of those persons in connection with identification.
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> > (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.
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> Note.
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> 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.
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> **s 70:** Am 2001 No 23, Sch 1 \[32\]–\[34\].