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22-01-2008, 01:11 PM
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£2780 p.a. for DWA licence!!!
I have been looking into how to obtain a DWA licence. I couldn't believe the price difference that Newport, South Wales, has compared to other parts of the country. Another rfuk member from Cardiff told me that Newport charge £3000 a year and yep, another rfuk member who lives here has been told by our council that it's £2780 per year!!!
I am outraged!! It is no doubt that high to line fat cats pockets as it is to deter people from keeping beautiful, if more dangerous examples!! I have been told that it's only £65 a year in Shropshire! How can this fee be justified? Maybe if others were also to contact Trading Standards, as I am going to do, and Newport Council, then maybe something could be changed! There will also be a letter in the post from me to our local newspaper! Thank you for listening to my rant An annoyed Leanne 
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22-01-2008, 01:13 PM
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It is sometimes possible to get the council to significantly reduce the fee. my council weren't prepared to but did offer me a PSL instead at the cost of £110 pa
thats when it got complicated. i wont go into it.
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22-01-2008, 01:22 PM
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Don't want a PSL though
 Is unfair!
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22-01-2008, 01:34 PM
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Newport even tries to stop pet shops adding them to licences. But when challenged about this they retracted, they still haven't added it to the licence as of yet. Trading standards will need a list of prices that other authorities charge.
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22-01-2008, 04:04 PM
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22-01-2008, 04:07 PM
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You don't need a pet shop to have a pet shop license, my county has however recently started stating that unless the DWA animals are listed on your pet shop license you cannot keep them, it is not a blanket coverall and I suppose this has come about because of the amount of people applying for a PSL instead of a DWA (as it's half the price here and 10x easier to get a PSL than a DWA)
I don't know if Newport is the same.
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22-01-2008, 04:35 PM
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thats a joke..and they wonder why people think "screw that" i dont need a licence..
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22-01-2008, 07:16 PM
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Yeah, those poxy corporate "fat cats"... who also part time for less than £20k for the local council (by nature a not-for-profit organisation)...???
Next - does that figure include the vets fees too? Are you comparing like for like fees?
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22-01-2008, 07:23 PM
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with our council dwa ia under £200 and a psl is just over £100
luke
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