19Liability for negligence for animals straying on to a highway

19 Liability for negligence for animals straying on to a highway

[Section 19 Inserted by No. 15 of 1985, s. 5 ]

(1)  So much of the common law relating to liability for negligence as excludes or restricts the duty which a person may owe to others to take reasonable care to see that damage is not caused by an animal 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 Law of Animals Amendment Act 1985 by an animal straying on to a highway.