Wild Animals and Circuses (Wales) Act 2020 Explanatory Notes

1. Introduction

2. Renaming the National Assembly for Wales

3. Commentary on Sections

   1. Section 1 – Offence to use wild animals in travelling circuses

   2. Section 2 - Meaning of “operator”

   3. Section 3 - Meaning of “wild animal”

   4. Section 4 - Meaning of “travelling circus”

   5. Section 5 – Powers of enforcement

   6. Section 6 and 7 – Offences by bodies corporate etc.

   7. Section 8 – Amendments relating to licensing of circuses

   8. Section 9 – Power of High Court to declare unlawful an act or omission of the Crown

   9. Section 10 – Crown land: powers of entry

   10. Section 11 - Regulations

   11. Section 12 – Coming into force

   12. Section 13 – Short title

   13. Schedule – Powers of enforcement

4. Record of Proceedings in the Senedd