(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.