# Zoo Licensing Act 1981, Section 22: Consequential amendments.

Extent: E+W+S

(1) The Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 shall be amended as follows—
(a) in section 5, for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted
“(1) a zoo within the meaning of the Zoo Licensing Act 1981 for which a licence is in force (or is not for the time being required) under this Act”;
(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) For the purpose of the said Act an animal shall be treated as kept in a zoo when it is elsewhere in the personal possession of the operator of the zoo, or of competent persons acting on his behalf.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/37/section/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/zoo-licensing-act-1981/section-22
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