{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-wild-animals-in-travelling-circuses-england-regulations-2012/regulation-5",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111527832",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-wild-animals-in-travelling-circuses-england-regulations-2012",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "People who may not apply for a licence",
  "text": "A person may not apply for a licence if the person is disqualified under—\n(a) section 5(3) of the Pet Animals Act 1951 from keeping a pet shop;\n(b) section 1 of the Protection of Animals (Amendment) Act 1954 from having custody of an animal;\n(c) section 3(3) of the Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963 from keeping a boarding establishment for animals;\n(d) section 4(3) of the Riding Establishments Act 1964 from keeping a riding establishment;\n(e) section 3(3) of the Breeding of Dogs Act 1973 from keeping a breeding establishment;\n(f) section 6(2) of the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 from keeping a dangerous wild animal; or\n(g) section 34 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006,\nand any licence issued to a person so disqualified is invalid.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1951 c. 35. Section 5(3) was amended by section 64 of, and paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 3 to, the Animal Welfare Act 2006."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1954 c. 40. Section 1 was repealed by section 65 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Animal Welfare Act 2006."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1963 c. 43. Section 3(3) was amended by section 64 of, and paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 3 to, the Animal Welfare Act 2006."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1964 c. 70. Section 4(3) was amended by section 64 of, and paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 3 to, the Animal Welfare Act 2006."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1973 c. 60. Section 3(3) was amended by section 5(1) of the Breeding and Sale of Dogs (Welfare) Act 1999 (1999 c. 11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1976 c. 38. Section 6(2) was amended by section 64 of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to, the Animal Welfare Act 2006."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111527832/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:51:20.415926+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}