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The Dangerous Wild Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 2004
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Restriction on transferring ownership of dangerous wild animals
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8.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and Article 9(10), an owner of a dangerous wild animal who gives or sells that animal to another person shall not part with possession of that animal unless that other person has produced a licence authorising him to keep the animal in question.
(2) This Article shall not apply where a dangerous wild animal is given or sold to a person who proposes to keep that animal in any premises or place within Article 7(1).
(3) Any person acting in contravention of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
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