{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoo-licensing-act-1981-amendment-wales-regulations-2003/schedule/paragraph-15",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoo-licensing-act-1981-amendment-wales-regulations-2003/schedule/paragraph-15.json",
  "legislation": "wsi/2003/992",
  "legislation_title": "The Zoo Licensing Act 1981 (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoo-licensing-act-1981-amendment-wales-regulations-2003",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "(Regulation 18 of the 2002 Regulations)",
  "text": "(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) at the beginning insert “Subject to subsection (1A),”, and\n(ii) for “size of” substitute “number of animals kept in”;\n(b) after subsection (1) insert the following subsection—\n“(1A) The Secretary of State may only make a direction under subsection (1) where he is satisfied that it is not prejudicial to the protection of wild animals and the conservation of biodiversity to do so.”;\n(c) in subsection (3) at the beginning insert “Subject to subsection (3A),”; and\n(d) after subsection (3) insert the following subsection—\n“(3A) The Secretary of State may only vary a direction made under subsection (1) where he is satisfied that it is not prejudicial to the protection of wild animals and the conservation of biodiversity to do so.”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 15 in force at 22.4.2003, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2003/992/schedule/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:11:05.852270+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."
}