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Section 3: Responsibility for animals

Animal Welfare Act 2006 · 2006 c. 45View on legislation.gov.uk

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.

In this Act, references to being responsible for an animal include being in charge of it.

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.

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.

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