Commentary on provisions of Act Section 3: Consequential amendment
Section 3 makes a consequential amendment to the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 (c.38) in order to remove the exemption in England and Scotland in section 5(2) that exempts dangerous wild animals kept in a circus from having to be licensed. After 20 January 2020, none of the vertebrate animals listed in the Dangerous Wild Animals Act 1976 can be used in circuses in England. The Wild Animals in Travelling Circuses (Scotland) Act 2018 prohibits the use of wild animals in travelling circuses in Scotland from 28 May 2018. The exemption under the Act will remain for circuses in Wales.