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WRONGS ACT 1958 - SECT 33

Liability for negligence for animals on highway

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

    (2)     The common law as amended by subsection (1) applies in respect of damage caused on or after the commencement of the Wrongs (Animals Straying on Highways) Act 1984 .

Part IX (Heading and ss 3442) inserted by No. 49/2002 s. 11.

Part IX—Volunteer protection

S. 34 inserted by No. 49/2002 s. 11.



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