The Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2010

Statutory Instruments

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 2006(1).

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 Act(2)) should apply in relation to the making of the Order.

After the expiry of the 60-day period mentioned in section 18 of that Act(3), 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.

(1)

2006 c. 51; sections 1, 4, 11, 13, 24 and 27 were amended by the Government of Wales (Consequential Modifications and Transitional Provisions) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1388). See section 32(1) for the definition of “Minister of the Crown”.

(2)

See section 18 of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.

(3)

The expression “60-day period” is defined in section 18(13) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.