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OCCUPIERS' LIABILITY ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1957 - SECT 1

1.(1) The rules enacted by the two next following sections shall have effect,
in place of the rules of the common law, to regulate the duty which an
occupier of premises owes to his visitors in respect of dangers due to the
state of the premises or to things done or omitted to be done on them.

(2) The rules so enacted shall regulate the nature of the duty imposed by law
in consequence of a person's occupation or control of premises and of any
invitation or permission he gives (or is to be treated as giving) to another
to enter or use the premises, but they shall not alter the rules of the common
law as to the persons on whom a duty is so imposed or to whom it is owed; and
accordingly for the purpose of the rules so enacted the persons who are to be
treated as an occupier and as his visitors are the same as the persons who
would at common law be treated as an occupier and as his invitees or
licensees.

(3) The rules so enacted in relation to an occupier of premises and his
visitors shall also apply, in like manner and to the like extent as the
principles applicable at common law to an occupier of premises and his
invitees or licensees would apply, to regulate

(a)the obligations of a person occupying or having control over any fixed or
movable structure, including any vessel, vehicle or aircraft; and

(b)the obligations of a person occupying or having control over any premises
or structure in respect of damage to property, including the property of
persons who are not themselves his visitors.

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