Riding Establishments Act 1970
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1970 c. 32 |
| Year | 1970 |
(1) In any case in which application is made under the principal Act to a local authority for a licence to keep a riding establishment and the local authority are not satisfied that having regard to all the circumstances they would be justified in granting such licence they may grant a provisional licence which shall come into force at the beginning of the day on which it is granted and shall remain in force for three months.(2) A local authority may on application being made to them in that behalf before the expiration of a provisional licence extend the said period of three months for a further period not exceeding three months:Provided that they shall not under this subsection authorise a person to keep a riding establishment by virtue of a provisional licence for more than six months in any period of one year. (3) The following provisions of the principal Act as amended by this Act shall apply and have effect in all respects as if references therein to a licence included references to a provisional licence and as if references therein to licences granted under that Act included references to provisional licences granted under this Act, that is to say, section 1(1) , (2) , (3) , (4) , (4A) , (8) and (9) and sections 2, 3, 4 and 5:Provided that in the application as aforesaid of subsection (8) of section 1 of the principal Act to the personal representatives of the holder of a provisional licence the said subsection shall be read and have effect as if for the words “one year” in each place where they occur there were substituted the words “three months”. (4) For the purposes of this section the expression “local authority” has the same meaning as in the principal Act.in place of the words “on payment of a fee of” in subsection (2) thereof there were substituted the words “on payment of a fee not exceeding”, andin place of subsection (4) thereof there were substituted the following subsectons (namely) :—
- “(4) In determining whether to grant a licence for the keeping of a riding establishment by any person at any premises a local authority shall in particular (but without prejudice to their discretion to withold a licence on any grounds) have regard to—
- (a) whether that person appears to them to be suitable and qualified, either by experience in the management of horses or by being the holder of an approved certificate or by employing in the management of the riding establishment a person so qualified, to be the holder of such a licence ; and
- (b) the need for securing—
- (i) that paramount consideration will be given to the condition of horses and that they will be maintained in good health, and in all respects physically fit and that, in the case of a horse kept for the purpose of its being let out on hire for riding or a horse kept for the purpose of its being used in providing instruction in riding, the horse will be suitable for the purpose for which it is kept;
- (ii) that the feet of all animals are properly trimmed and that, if shod, their shoes are properly fitted and in good condition ;
- (iii) that there will be available at all times, accommodation for horses suitable as respects construction, size, nuber of occupants, lighting, ventilation, drainage and cleanliness and that these requirements be complied with not only in the case of new buildings but also in the case of buildings converted for use as stabling;
- (iv) that in the case of horses maintained at grass there will be available for them at all times during which they are maintained adequate...
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