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 The final rate for a dog licence was 37 pence, reduced from 37½p when the halfpenny was withdrawn in 1984.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
Driver licences in Australia licences. Many issuing authorities such as NSW allow for an online check of the validity of a driver's licence. Digital driver's licences were trialled in Dubbo, New South Wales in 2017. As at May 2018, legislation was being introduced to roll it out throughout the state. Under the system, digital driver's licences will be available through an app and able to be displayed on users' smartphones. South Australia became the first state to officially roll out digital driver's licences via its mySA GOV smartphone app in October 2017. The app developed by Appvation allows licences to show dynamic content including