Draft Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2010

The purpose of the draft 'Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2009' was to remove the mandatory requirement for inspections to be carried out in respect of certain applications for a replacement. This report contends that The Regulatory Reform Committee supports the view that the proposal be dropped.

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The purpose of the draft 'Legislative Reform (Dangerous Wild Animals) (Licensing) Order 2009' was to: remove the mandatory requirement for inspections to be carried out in respect of certain applications for a replacement, or second-similar licence; to extend the period of validity of a licence from a maximum of one calendar year to two years; and, to provide that licences (other than in the case of licence renewals) would come into force immediately upon their being granted. Previously the Committee, in their seventh report, deprecated the high level of non-compliance with the requirements of the Dangerous Wild animals Act 1976 and the inconsistent applications of its terms by local authorities, but agreed that the proposed affirmative procedure was appropriate. The House of Lords Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee, however, took issue with the first proposal. Further examination indicated that the inclusion of proposal 1 would have little impact on administration and enforcement; would not produce a more focused inspection regime; and could lead to an absence of inspection.
The Regulatory Reform Committee now confirms in this report that it fully supports the view that the proposal 1 be dropped and that the revised draft Order be approved.