PART 2

Licensing of activities involving animals

Application for a licence
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1
A person may apply to an appropriate licensing authority for the grant or renewal of a licence to carry on a licensable activity.
2
An application for a licence to carry on a licensable activity must be—
a
addressed, and sent, to an appropriate licensing authority, and
b
in writing, and
c
in the form required by the appropriate licensing authority.
3
The appropriate licensing authority for any of the licensable activities described in paragraphs 1, 8, 14, 17 and 20 of schedule 1 is the local authority for the area in which the licensable activity is carried on.
4
Subject to paragraph (5), an appropriate licensing authority for the licensable activity described in paragraph 4 of schedule 1 (engaging in animal rehoming activities) is a local authority for an area in which the applicant resides or has a place of business.
5
If the applicant neither resides nor has a place of business in Scotland, the appropriate licensing authority for the licensable activity described in paragraph 4 of schedule 1 (engaging in animal rehoming activities) is the Scottish Ministers.
6
In this regulation, if the applicant is not an individual, “place of business” includes a registered office or other official address.
Reg. 4 in force at 1.9.2021, see reg. 1