Section 11 General interpretation.

In this Act—

• F1 “ common land ” means—

  1. (a)

     land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;

  2. (b)

     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—

  1. (a)

     any common land or town or village green;

  2. (b)

     any highway (and the verges of any highway);

• “species” includes sub-species and variety.