Section 3 Responsibility for animalsI1I2
(1)
In this Act, references to a person responsible for an animal are to a person responsible for an animal whether on a permanent or temporary basis.
(2)
In this Act, references to being responsible for an animal include being in charge of it.
(3)
For the purposes of this Act, a person who owns an animal shall always be regarded as being a person who is responsible for it.
(4)
For the purposes of this Act, a person shall be treated as responsible for any animal for which a person under the age of 16 years of whom he has actual care and control is responsible.
Annotations
Commencement
- I1
S. 3 in force at 27.3.2007 for W. by S.I. 2007/1030, art. 2(1)(a)
- I2
S. 3 in force at 6.4.2007 for E. by S.I. 2007/499, art. 2(2)(a)