{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-act-1971/section-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-act-1971/section-10.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/22",
  "legislation_title": "Animals Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/animals-act-1971",
  "path": "section/10",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Application of certain enactments to liability under sections 2 to 4A.",
  "text": "For the purposes of the Fatal Accidents Acts 1846 to 1959, the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 and the Limitation Act 1980 any damage for which a person is liable under sections 2 to 4A of this Act shall be treated as due to his fault.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Limitation Act 1980 (c. 58, SIF 79), Sch. 3 para. 10"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 10 substituted (26.5.2015) by Control of Horses Act 2015 (c. 23), ss. 4(4), 5(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 10 heading substituted (26.5.2015) by Control of Horses Act 2015 (c. 23), ss. 4(4), 5(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1945 c. 28."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 10 amended by Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (c. 30, SIF 122:3), Sch. 1 para. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/22/section/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:16.336253+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
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    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}