Animals Law Reform Act 1989097Commenced: 25 October 1989ANALYSISAnalysisTitle1 Short Title2 Interpretation3 Act to bind Crown4 Liability for damage caused by dangerous animals5 Rule in Searle v. Wallbank abolished6 Liability under Public Works Act 1981 or Dog Control and Hydatids Act 1982 not affected7 SavingsAn Act to reform the law relating to liability for damage caused by animalsBE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows:1. Short Title---This Act may be cited as the Animals Law Reform Act 1989.2. Interpretation---In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the term "animal''--- (a) Means any living member of the animal kingdom; and (b) Includes mammals, birds, fish, and reptiles; but (c) Does not include human beings.3. Act to bind Crown---This Act binds the Crown.4. Liability for damage caused by dangerous animals---The rules of the common law that impose strict liability in tort for damage caused by an animal on the ground-...