# The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, Paragraph 21: Zoo Licensing Act 1981


Section 3 of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (consideration of application for licence) is amended as follows—
(a) in subsection (2), for paragraph (c) substitute “ (c) the relevant fire and rescue authority ”; and
(b) after subsection (2) insert—
“(3) In subsection (2) “the relevant fire and rescue authority” means—
(a) where the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 applies to the zoo—
(i) the enforcing authority within the meaning given by article 25 of that Order, and
(ii) the fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 for the area in which the whole or any part of the zoo is situated, if that authority is not the enforcing authority mentioned in sub-paragraph (i);
(b) in any other case, the fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 for the area in which the whole or any part of the zoo is situated .”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/1541/schedule/2/paragraph/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/regulatory-reform-fire-safety-order-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-21
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