The Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2010
| Year | 2010 |
2010 No. 839
Regulatory Reform, England And Wales
Animals, England And Wales
The Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2010
Made 17th March 2010
Coming into force in accordance with article 1(c)
The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs makes the following Order, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 1 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 20061.
For the purposes of section 3(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State considers that the conditions in section 3(2), where relevant, are satisfied.
The Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 13(1) of that Act.
The Secretary of State laid a draft Order and explanatory statement before Parliament in accordance with section 14(1) of that Act.
Pursuant to section 15(4) of that Act, the House of Lords required in respect of that draft Order that the super-affirmative resolution procedure (within the meaning of Part 1 of that Act2) should apply in relation to the making of the Order.
After the expiry of the 60-day period mentioned in section 18 of that Act3, the Secretary of State laid a revised draft Order and a statement before Parliament in accordance with section 18(7) of that Act.
In accordance with section 18(8) of that Act, the revised draft Order has been approved by resolution of each House of Parliament.
Citation, extent and commencement
1. This Order—
(a) may be cited as the Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2010;
(b) extends to England and Wales only; and
(c) comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Licences
2. In section 2 of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 19764, for subsections (2) and (3) substitute—
“2 Subject to subsection (3A)(a) of this section, any licence under this Act shall come into force immediately upon being granted.
3 Subject to subsection (3A)(b) of this section and the provisions of this Act with respect to cancellation, any licence granted under this Act shall remain in force for two years and shall then expire.
3A Where, before the expiry of a licence granted under this Act (“the existing licence”), an application is made for a licence to be granted by way of renewal of the existing licence—
(a) if a licence is so granted, it shall come into force from the date of expiry of the existing licence, whether it is granted before, on or after that date;
(b)...
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