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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-welfare-of-wild-animals-in-travelling-circuses-england-regulations-2012/regulation-6",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111527832",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare of Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (England) Regulations 2012",
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  "path": "regulation/6",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Death of a licence holder",
  "text": "(1) In the event of the death of an operator who has been granted a licence, that licence is deemed to have been granted to personal representatives of the licensed operator in respect of the travelling circus to which the licence relates and remains in force for a period of three months beginning with the date of death, but remains subject to the Secretary of State’s powers in regulations 9 and 13 to suspend or revoke the licence.\n(2) The personal representatives must, within twenty-eight days of the death of the licensed operator, notify the Secretary of State that they are now the operators of the travelling circus.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2012/9780111527832/regulation/6",
    "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."
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