Regulation 9 Amendment of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981

after subsection (1) insert–

“(1A)

Before extending the period of an existing licence under subsection (1)(a) the authority shall–

(a)

make arrangements for an inspection to be carried out under section 9A (subject to subsection (2) of that section); and

(b)

consider the report made to them pursuant to that inspection.”; and

in subsection (2) omit the words from “and, if” to the end of the subsection.