{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoo-licensing-act-1981-amendment-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-24",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoo-licensing-act-1981-amendment-scotland-regulations-2003/regulation-24.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2003/174",
  "legislation_title": "The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoo-licensing-act-1981-amendment-scotland-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/24",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "24",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981",
  "text": "In section 19 (offences and penalties)–\n(a) after subsection (3) insert–\n“(3A) Any person who intentionally obstructs a person duly authorised for the purposes of section 16G(1) or (3) and acting pursuant to that authorisation is guilty of an offence.\n(3B) If the holder of a licence for a zoo fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a direction given under section 16A(2)(d) to close the zoo, or a section of it to the public, for a period, the holder is guilty of an offence.\n(3C) If any person notified in writing of a zoo closure direction pursuant to section 19A(1) or (2) fails without reasonable excuse to comply with that direction, the operator is guilty of an offence.\n(3D) If the operator of a zoo fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a local authority’s request for information under section 16E(3), the operator is guilty of an offence.\n(3E) If, contrary to section 16E(5), the operator of a zoo without reasonable excuse and without the agreement of the local authority disposes of any animal kept in the zoo–\n(a) before a plan prepared under section 16E(2), has been approved by the authority; or\n(b) otherwise than in accordance with such a plan which has been approved by the authority,\nthe operator is guilty of an offence.\n(3F) If the operator of a zoo fails without reasonable excuse to comply with a direction given under section 16E(6), the operator is guilty of an offence.\n(3G) If, contrary to section 4(8), the holder of a licence for a zoo fails without reasonable excuse to display the zoo licence or a copy of it publicly at each public entrance to the zoo the holder of the licence is guilty of an offence.”; and\n(b) in subsection (4)–\n(i) for “or (2)” substitute “, (2), (3A), (3B), (3C), (3E) or (3F)”, and\n(ii) at the end of the subsection insert “,(3D) or (3G)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2003/174/regulation/24",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:37:13.090276+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."
}