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[F1 “ common land ” means—
land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;
land to which Part 1 of that Act does not apply and which is subject to rights of common within the meaning of that Act;
“ town or village green ” means land registered as a town or village green in a register of town or village greens kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006; ]
“damage” includes the death of, or injury to, any person (including any disease and any impairment of physical or mental condition);
“fault” has the same meaning as in the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945;
“fencing” includes the construction of any obstacle designed to prevent animals from straying;
[F2 “ horse ” includes an ass, mule or hinny; ]
“livestock” means cattle, horses, F3... sheep, pigs, goats and poultry, and also deer not in the wild state and, in sections 3 and 9, also, while in captivity, pheasants, partridges and grouse;
“poultry” means the domestic varieties of the following, that is to say, fowls, turkeys, geese, ducks, guinea-fowls, pigeons, peacocks and quails; and
[F4 “ public place ” includes—
any common land or town or village green;
any highway (and the verges of any highway);]
“species” includes sub-species and variety.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 11 substituted (31.10.2011 for E.) by Commons Act 2006 (c. 26), s. 56, Sch. 5 para. 2 (with s. 60); S.I. 2011/2460, art. 2(a)(i) (with art. 3)
F2Words in s. 11 inserted (26.5.2015) by Control of Horses Act 2015 (c. 23), ss. 1(3)(a), 5(1)
F3Words in s. 11 omitted (26.5.2015) by virtue of Control of Horses Act 2015 (c. 23), ss. 1(3)(b), 5(1)
F4Words in s. 11 inserted (26.5.2015) by Control of Horses Act 2015 (c. 23), ss. 1(3)(c), 5(1)
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