Australian Capital Territory
Domestic Animals (Identifying Microchip for Dogs and Cats) Approval 2008 (No 1)

Notifiable Instrument NI2008—145
made under the
Domestic Animals Regulation 2001, s. 10 (Approval of identifying microchip)

1	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Domestic Animals (Identifying Microchip for Dogs and Cats) Approval 2008 (No 1).
2	Commencement
This instrument commences on the day after notification.
3	Approval
I approve the identifying microchip to be used for identifying dogs and cats as set out in the attached schedule.

John Hargreaves
Minister for Territory and Municipal Services

29 	April 2008

Australian Capital Territory

Identifying Microchip 

for 

Dogs and Cats 2008

Identifying Microchip for Dogs and Cats 2008 (No 1)
1. 	Identifying microchip 

1.1  	For the purposes of Part 4 of the Regulation, an identifying microchip is a device that (a):
	(i) 	is designed to transmit stored information when activated by a reader; and
	(ii) complies with the requirements in AS 5019-2001 that a transponder must meet in order to conform to that standard; and
	(iii)  	contains a unique identification number that:
		(1) complies with the requirements in AS 5018-2001 for a unique identification code transmitted by a transponder; and
	(2) the first 3 digits of which are the manufacturer's code allocated to the manufacturer of the device by the International Committee for Animal Recording; or
	(b) 	in the case of a dog or cat that is the subject of a written agreement for sale to a person who intends to keep the animal in another country, that:
	(i) 	complies with the laws of that country relating to the permanent identification of cats; and
	(ii) that is to be sold or supplied for implantation into that animal or is implanted in that animal.

2.	Dictionary

	AS 5018-2001 means Australian Standard 5018-2001 Electronic Animal Identification-National Coding Scheme;

	AS 5019-2001 means Australian Standard 5019-2001 Electronic Animal Identification- Radiofrequency Methods;

	reader means an instrument—
	
	(a) 	used to scan an identifying microchip whether or not it is implanted in a dog or cat; and
	(b) 	that is capable of detecting and decoding the received information from an identifying microchip:
	 (i) 	that complies with the requirements in AS 5019-2001 that a transponder must meet in order to conform to that standard; and
	(ii)	 that contains a unique identification number that complies with the requirements in AS 5018-2001 for a unique identification code transmitted from a transponder; and
	(c)	 that is capable of detecting and decoding the received information from any of the following identifying microchips:
	(i) 	a Destron 125 kHz device;
	(ii)	 an AVID 125 kHz non-encrypted device;
	(iii) a TROVAN 128 kHz device;

	Registrar means the registrar under section 121 of the Act;

	the Act means the Domestic Animals Act 2000;

	the Regulation means the Domestic Animals Regulation 2001.