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The Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018
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- 2018 No. 486
- PART 2
- Regulation 4
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4.—(1) This regulation applies where—
(a)a local authority has received from an operator an application in writing for the grant or renewal of a licence to carry on a licensable activity on premises in the local authority's area, and
(b)the application gives such information as the local authority has required.
(2) The local authority must—
(a)appoint one or more suitably qualified inspectors to inspect any premises on which the licensable activity or any part of it is being or is to be carried on, and
(b)following that inspection, grant a licence to the operator, or renew the operator's licence, in accordance with the application if it is satisfied that—
(i)the licence conditions will be met,
(ii)any appropriate fee has been paid in accordance with regulation 13, and
(iii)the grant or renewal is appropriate having taken into account the report submitted to it in accordance with regulation 10.
(3) A local authority must attach to each licence granted or renewed—
(a)the general conditions, and
(b)the relevant specific conditions.
(4) On receipt of an application in writing for the grant or renewal of a licence in respect of the activity described in paragraph 6 of Schedule 1, if no inspector appointed under paragraph (2)(a) is a listed veterinarian, the local authority must appoint a listed veterinarian to inspect the premises with the inspector appointed under that paragraph.
(5) On receipt of an application in writing for the grant of a licence in respect of the activity described in paragraph 8 of Schedule 1, if no inspector appointed under paragraph (2)(a) is a veterinarian, the local authority must appoint a veterinarian to inspect the premises with the inspector appointed under that paragraph.
(6) Paragraph (5) does not apply where the application is for the grant of such a licence which is to have effect immediately after the remainder of the term of a licence mentioned in regulation 27(5).
(7) In considering whether the licence conditions will be met, a local authority must take account of the applicant's conduct as the operator of the licensable activity to which the application for the grant or renewal relates, whether the applicant is a fit and proper person to be the operator of that activity and any other relevant circumstances.
(8) A local authority must not grant a licence to an operator, or renew an operator's licence, in any circumstances other than those described in these Regulations.
(9) All licences granted or renewed in relation to any of the licensable activities are subject to the licence conditions.
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