ABSTRACT
Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963 as amended by the Animal Welfare Act 2006.
Extent
This licensing procedure applies in England, Wales and Scotland but not in Northern Ireland (section 7(3)).
Scope
A person keeping an animal boarding establishment for cats and/or dogs is required to hold a licence issued by the local authorities (section 1(1)). The Act defines the keeping of an animal boarding establishment as:
to the carrying on by him at premises of any nature (including a private dwelling) of a business of providing accommodation for other people’s animals:
Provided that:
(a) a person shall not be deemed to keep a boarding establishment for animals by reason only of his providing accommodation for other people’s animals in connection with a business of which the provision of such accommodation is not the main activity; and
(b) nothing in this Act shall apply to the keeping of an animal at any premises in pursuance of a requirement imposed under, or having effect by virtue of, the Animal Health Act 1981.
