Licensing in Westminster

Pet Shop Application

The sale of pet animals is regulated by the Pet Animals Act 1951 which requires persons keeping a pet shop to obtain a licence from the Local Authority . The Act defines 'the keeping of a pet shop' as:

'Shall be construed as references to the carrying on at premises of any nature (including a private dwelling) of a business of selling animals as pets, and as including references to the keeping of animals in any such premises as aforesaid with a view to their being sold in the course of such a business, whether by the keeper thereof or by any other person'.

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