From 6 April 2016

All dogs in England, Scotland and Wales

will be legally required to be microchipped and their details

registered on one of the authorised databases

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A dog's breeder is the dog's first keeper

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The breeder will be considered the first keeper of their litter of puppies and it will be their legal responsibility to get their puppies' microchipped and recorded on a database compliant with the new regulations. 

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The breeder may not record the new owner as the first keeper of a puppy instead of themselves and it will be an offence if they are not listed as the first keeper of their puppies on a microchipping database compliant with the regulations.

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The maximum age a puppy can be microchipped under normal 

circumstances is eight weeks old

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There is no minimum age specified in the regulations.

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 It is a requirement that the puppy is microchipped and recorded on a

database that is compliant with the new regulations

by the time it is 8 weeks  old. 

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