Paragraph 10 I1

Section 3 of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (consideration of application for licence) is amended as follows.

In subsection (2), for paragraph (c)^f1 substitute–

“(c)

the appropriate authority”.

After subsection (2), insert–

“(3)

In subsection (2) “the appropriate authority” means–

(a)

where Part 3 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) applies in relation to the zoo–

(i)

the enforcing authority within the meaning of section 61(9) of that Act, and

(ii)

the relevant authority (as defined in section 6 of that Act) in whose area the zoo or any part of it is, or is to be, situated if that authority is not the enforcing authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (i);

(b)

in any other case, the relevant authority in whose area the zoo or any part of it is, or is to be, situated.”.