Pet Sales Enforcement

Pet Sale Licences for Pet Fairs
R (Haynes) v Stafford Borough Council
QBD
14 June 2006
Daily Law Notes Report Summary
There was no reason to suppose that s 2 of the Pet Animals Act
1951 had been drafted so as to exclude non–open markets (requiring
a fee for entry) from the prohibition against selling pet animals
in markets. In the case of a bird fair held at a showground, it
was not appropriate for a pet animal sale licence to be issued to
the organiser, so as to protect trading by fair members whilst
away from the premises associated with their own licences, since
it was the traders and not the organiser who would trade at the
fair.