Regulation 9 Transfer and surrender of licenceI1

A licence for a zoo may, with the approval of the Department, be transferred to another person, and in that case the transferee shall become the holder of the licence from a date specified by the Department and notified by it to the transferor and transferee.

The Department shall not approve the transfer of a licence under paragraph (1) unless it is satisfied that the conservation measures referred to in regulation 3(7) will continue to be implemented in a satisfactory manner at the zoo and that the circumstances referred to in regulation 6(4) do not apply.

On the death of the holder of a licence, the personal representatives of the deceased are deemed to be the holders of the licence during the period of three months following the death or such longer period as the Department may approve.

The holder of a licence may at any time, with the approval of the Department, surrender it to the Department which shall thereupon cancel the licence.