3 Responsibility for animals
(1) 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.
(2) In this Act, references to being responsible for an animal include being in
charge of it.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.