Amendment of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981U.K.
9. In section 6 (renewal of licence)—
(a)after subsection (1) insert the following subsection—
“(1A) Before extending the period of an existing licence under subsection (1)(a) the authority shall—
(a)make arrangements for an inspection to be carried out in accordance with section 9A (subject to subsection (2) of that section); and
(b)consider the report made to them pursuant to that inspection.”; and
(b)in subsection (2) omit the words from “and, if” to the end of the subsection.