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Application for horse licence.
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22.—(1) An application for a horse licence shall be—
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(a) made by the owner of the horse to the relevant local authority,
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(b) in writing in such form as the authority to whom the application is made may specify, giving such information as may be required in the form, and
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(c) accompanied by the prescribed fee.
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(2) An applicant for a horse licence shall give to the local authority to whom the application is made such additional information as the authority may require in respect of the application.
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(3) A person who knowingly and wilfully gives any false or misleading information in respect of an application for a horse licence shall be guilty of an offence.
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(4) A local authority may examine the horse to which the application for a horse licence relates and, where appropriate, any premises where the horse is kept or intended to be kept.
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(5) The Minister may by regulations from time to time prescribe the fee (in this section referred to as “the prescribed fee”) to accompany an application for a horse licence and a different fee may be prescribed where the application is—
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(a) in respect of a licence for any period as specified in the regulations,
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(b) in respect of more than one horse licence relating to horses to be kept on the same or different premises,
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(c) for a horse licence in respect of a horse where the applicant holds a horse licence for the time being in force relating to that horse granted by another local authority,
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(d) for a second or subsequent horse licence made to the same authority which granted the first licence relating to a horse where ownership of the horse has not changed, or
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(e) made by such different class or classes of persons specified in the regulations.
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(6) An application for a horse licence shall be invalid and shall not be decided or otherwise dealt with by the local authority to which the application is made unless the local authority is in receipt of the prescribed fee.
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(7) Where an application for a horse licence is refused the local authority to which the application was made may retain such portion of the prescribed fee as may be prescribed.
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