Zoo Licensing Act 1981E+W
21. Section 3 of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 M1 (consideration of application for licence) is amended as follows—
(a)in subsection (2), for paragraph (c) substitute “ (c) the relevant fire and rescue authority ”; and
(b)after subsection (2) insert—
“(3) In subsection (2) “the relevant fire and rescue authority” means—
(a)where the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to the zoo—
(i)the enforcing authority within the meaning given by article 25 of that Order, and
(ii)the fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 for the area in which the whole or any part of the zoo is situated, if that authority is not the enforcing authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (i);
(b)in any other case, the fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 for the area in which the whole or any part of the zoo is situated .”.
Marginal Citations
M11981 (c. 37). Section 3 was amended by the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51), section 102 and Schedule 17, by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994 (c. 19), section 66 and Schedule 16 and by the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c. 21), section 53(1) and paragraph 51 of Schedule 1.