ANIMALS ACT 1977 - SECT 7
General liability for damage by an animal
ANIMALS ACT 1977 - SECT 7
General liability for damage by an animal
7 General liability for damage by an animal
(1) Liability for damage caused by an animal depends on so much of the law
relating to liability as does not include the common law abrogated by
subsection (2).
(2) Any common law qualification, restriction, exclusion,
extension or imposition of liability that had effect immediately before the
commencement of this Act and related exclusively to liability for damage
caused by an animal is hereby abrogated, whether or not:
(a) it related to the
nature or propensity of an animal or any class of animal, or knowledge of any
such nature or propensity, or
(b) it applied generally or in the
circumstances of escape on to a highway or in any other particular
circumstances.
