The Government has published the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 under section 13 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The effect of the new regulations is to replace some existing licensing regimes and to put in place a new licensing regime to control the following “licensable activities”:
The regulations came into effect on 1st October 2018 and introduced a new licensing regime to replace the licensing and registration regimes currently in place under the following legislation:
If you have a licence under one of the above pieces of legislation that was in force on 1st October 2018, it will continue to be valid until it is due to expire. You will then need to apply for a licence under the new regulations.
The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has now published procedural guidance for local authorities in relation to the new regulations, along with guidance notes on the conditions that will apply to licences issued to authorise the different licensable activities. The procedural guidance and other guidance notes can be downloaded below:
Guidance notes for conditions for breeding dogs
Guidance notes for conditions for providing boarding in kennels for dogs
Guidance notes for conditions for providing home boarding for dogs
Guidance notes for conditions for providing day care for dogs
Guidance notes for conditions for providing boarding for cats
Guidance notes for conditions for selling animals as pets
Guidance notes for conditions for keeping or training animals for exhibition
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