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HOTEL PROPRIETORS ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1958 - SECT 1



1.(1) An hotel within the meaning of this Act shall, and any other
establishment shall not, be deemed to be an inn; and the duties, liabilities
and rights which immediately before the commencement of this Act by law
attached to an innkeeper as such shall, subject to the provisions of this Act,
attach to the proprietor of such an hotel and shall not attach to any other
person.

(2) The proprietor of an hotel shall, as an innkeeper, be under the like
liability, if any, to make good to any guest of his any damage to property
brought to the hotel as he would be under to make good the loss thereof.

(3) In this Act, "hotel" means an establishment held out by the proprietor as
offering food, drink and, if so required, sleeping accommodation, without
special contract, to any traveller presenting himself who appears able and
willing to pay a reasonable sum for the services and facilities provided and
who is in a fit state to be received.


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