Exhibited Animals Act 2015
sec.75Minimum number of occasions for exhibiting authorised animal (category B)
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sec.75 Minimum number of occasions for exhibiting authorised animal (category B)
This section applies to exhibiting an authorised animal (category B) whether identified in an exhibition licence as a particular animal or only as an animal of a species. See also section 265 . It is a condition of the licence that at least 1 authorised animal of the species must be exhibited in each calendar month (the relevant month ) during the term of the exhibition licence. However, the condition is taken to have been complied with if at least 1 authorised animal of the species has been exhibited— on a combined total of at least 12 separate occasions in the year (the preceding year ) ending immediately before the relevant month; or if animals of the species have been kept under the licence for only part of the preceding year (the interim period )—on a combined total number of separate occasions at least equal to the number of whole calendar months in the interim period. Authorised animals (category B) of a species have been kept under an exhibition licence for 6 months and 10 days in the preceding year and exhibited on 6 separate occasions in that period. The condition is taken to have been complied with. Despite section 13 (2) (a) , the display of an animal at a private event is not an exhibition of the animal for subsection (2) or (3) if the animal is displayed at a regular enclosure site under the licence. Also, despite section 13 (3) , a responsible person for an authorised animal recording the animal’s image is not an exhibition of the animal for subsection (2) or (3) unless the recording is by way of filming for a film or television production in the form of a story, narrative or documentary. In this section— separate occasion , for exhibiting an animal, means— if the animal is exhibited more than once on a particular day to audiences not consisting substantially of the same people—each occasion the animal is exhibited on that day; or otherwise—a particular day on which the animal is exhibited. (sec.75-ssec.1) This section applies to exhibiting an authorised animal (category B) whether identified in an exhibition licence as a particular animal or only as an animal of a species. See also section 265 . (sec.75-ssec.2) It is a condition of the licence that at least 1 authorised animal of the species must be exhibited in each calendar month (the relevant month ) during the term of the exhibition licence. (sec.75-ssec.3) However, the condition is taken to have been complied with if at least 1 authorised animal of the species has been exhibited— on a combined total of at least 12 separate occasions in the year (the preceding year ) ending immediately before the relevant month; or if animals of the species have been kept under the licence for only part of the preceding year (the interim period )—on a combined total number of separate occasions at least equal to the number of whole calendar months in the interim period. Authorised animals (category B) of a species have been kept under an exhibition licence for 6 months and 10 days in the preceding year and exhibited on 6 separate occasions in that period. The condition is taken to have been complied with. (sec.75-ssec.4) Despite section 13 (2) (a) , the display of an animal at a private event is not an exhibition of the animal for subsection (2) or (3) if the animal is displayed at a regular enclosure site under the licence. (sec.75-ssec.5) Also, despite section 13 (3) , a responsible person for an authorised animal recording the animal’s image is not an exhibition of the animal for subsection (2) or (3) unless the recording is by way of filming for a film or television production in the form of a story, narrative or documentary. (sec.75-ssec.6) In this section— separate occasion , for exhibiting an animal, means— if the animal is exhibited more than once on a particular day to audiences not consisting substantially of the same people—each occasion the animal is exhibited on that day; or otherwise—a particular day on which the animal is exhibited.