Dog licence registered in New Zealand after 1 July 2006 must be microchipped before they can be registered. In England, Wales and Scotland, dog licensing was abolished in 1987. Prior to this dog licences were mandatory, but the requirement was widely ignored, with only about half of owners having one. The final rate for a dog licence was 37 pence, reduced from 37½p when the halfpenny was withdrawn in 1984. This figure was an exact conversion from 7/6 (seven shillings and sixpence) on decimalisation in 1971. The revenue went to local authorities. In 2016 it became a requirement that all dogs in
Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536 Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536 The Ecclesiastical Licences Act 1536 (28 Hen 8 c 16) was an Act of the Parliament of England. The whole Act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed by section 1 of, and Part II of the Schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1969. The preamble was repealed by section 1 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1948. This section, from "and shall never" onwards was repealed by section 13(2) of, and Part I of Schedule 4 to, the Criminal Law Act 1967. This section was repealed by section 1 of, and