Article 8 Restriction on transferring ownership of dangerous wild animals

Subject to paragraph (2) and Article 9(10), an owner of a dangerous wild animal who gives or sells that animal to another person shall not part with possession of that animal unless that other person has produced a licence authorising him to keep the animal in question.

This Article shall not apply where a dangerous wild animal is given or sold to a person who proposes to keep that animal in any premises or place within Article 7(1).

Any person acting in contravention of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.