Zoo Licensing Act 1981

22 Consequential amendments. E+W+S

(1) The M1 Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 shall be amended as follows—

(a) in section 5, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted

“(1) a zoo within the meaning of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 for which a licence is in force (or is not for the time being required) under this Act”;

F1 (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2) For the purpose of the said Act an animal shall be treated as kept in a zoo when it is elsewhere in the personal possession of the operator of the zoo, or of competent persons acting on his behalf.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 22(1)(b) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 17 Group 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of s. 22(1)(a)(b) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1976 c. 38.