{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoos-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoos-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2003/115",
  "legislation_title": "The Zoos Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/zoos-licensing-regulations-northern-ireland-2003",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Application for licence",
  "text": "(1) Subject to regulation 25, a person intending to operate a zoo shall apply to the Department for a licence to do so.\n(2) An application to the Department for a licence to operate a zoo shall not be considered by the Department unless, at least two months before making it, the applicant has given notice in writing to the Department of his intention to make the application and has published notice of that intention in at least two newspapers with a circulation throughout Northern Ireland.\n(3) Any notice given to the Department under paragraph (2) must identify the location of the zoo for which the application is to be made and must also specify –\n(a) the kinds of animals listed in taxonomic category of Order and approximate numbers of each group kept or to be kept for exhibition on the premises;\n(b) how the conservation measures referred to in regulation 3(7) are or will be implemented at the zoo;\n(c) the approximate numbers and categories of staff employed or to be employed in the zoo; and\n(d) the number of days in any period of twelve consecutive months on which it is intended that members of the public should have access to the zoo.\n(4) Any notice given to the Department under this regulation shall, until the determination or withdrawal of the application to which it relates, be kept available by the Department at its offices at Commonwealth House, 35 Castle Street, Belfast for public inspection free of charge at reasonable hours.\n(5) Any newspaper notice published under paragraph (2) shall identify the location of the zoo for which the application is to be made and shall state that the notice to the Department may be inspected as provided for in paragraph (4).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in operation at 31.3.2003, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/115/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:04:08.569352+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."
}