Licensing process for keeping primates
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Guidance for local authorities on licensing and enforcement responsibilities for privately kept primates.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 12
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Guidance for local authorities on licensing and enforcement responsibilities for privately kept primates. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- The primate licensing process: statutory guidance for local authorities
- Privately keeping primates
- Licensable activity
- Licence application and renewal process
- Licence applications
- New licence applications
- Fees
- Fee-setting
- Appointing a suitable person to inspect
- When to inspect
- Determination of applications
- Inspection reports
- Granting primate licences
- Who is responsible for the primates
- Disqualifications and convictions
- Inspections of licensed premises
Source and licence
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
AttributionDepartment for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs, ‘Licensing process for keeping primates’ (updated 22 May 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026