# Animals Act 1971, Section 11: General interpretation.


In this Act—
“ common land ” means—
(a)land registered as common land in a register of common land kept under Part 1 of the Commons Act 2006;
(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;
“ horse ” includes an ass, mule or hinny;
“livestock” means cattle, horses, ... 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
“ public place ” includes—
(a)any common land or town or village green;
(b)any highway (and the verges of any highway);
“species” includes sub-species and variety.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/22/section/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/animals-act-1971/section-11
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