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The Occupiers' Liability (Northern Ireland) Order 1987

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Visitors using premises for recreation etc.; modification of Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977N.I.

4.  At the end of section 1(3) of the Unfair Contract Terms Act [1977 c. 50] 1977 (which defines the liability, called “business liability” , the exclusion or restriction of which is controlled by virtue of that Act) there is added—

but liability of an occupier of premises for breach of an obligation or duty towards a person obtaining access to the premises for recreational or educational purposes, being liability for loss or damage suffered by reason of the dangerous state of the premises, is not a business liability of the occupier unless granting that person such access for the purposes concerned falls within the business purposes of the occupier .

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