The chief executive must not grant a person a permit to keep for a live protected, international or prohibited animal for a purpose mentioned in section 186 (d) , unless—
(a) the animal is not a class 1 animal or class 2 animal; and
(b) the animal is kept, or has been kept, by any person under an animal authority, other than a rehabilitation permit; and
(c) the animal authority mentioned in paragraph (b) has ended or is about to end; and
(d) the chief executive is satisfied the person would not unlawfully use the animal; and
(e) the chief executive believes another animal authority, or an exhibited animal authority, would not be more appropriate for keeping the animal.