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Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1976

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Animals (Northern Ireland) Order 1976, Section 7 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 15 November 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

Duty to take care to prevent damage from animals straying onto the public roadN.I.

7.—(1) So much of the rules of the common law relating to liability for negligence as excludes or restricts the duty which a person might owe to others to take such care as is reasonable to see that damage is not caused by animals straying onto a public road is hereby abolished.

(2) Where damage is caused by animals straying from unfenced land onto a public road a person who placed them on the land shall not be regarded as having committed a breach of the duty to take care by reason only of placing them there if—

(a)the land is situated in an area where fencing is not customary; and

(b)he had a right to place the animals on that land.

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