Abolition of rules relating exclusively to liability for damage by animals

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The common law rule known as the rule in Searle v Wallbank and all other common law rules relating exclusively to liability for damages for tort for damage caused by an animal (including any rule relating to the nature or propensity of an animal, or a class of animals, or knowledge of that nature or propensity) are abolished.

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214 Abolition of rules relating exclusively to liability for damage by animals