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(LRC Revised)
Statutory Text (1 Articles)
Number 10 of 1995
OCCUPIERS' LIABILITY ACT 1995
REVISED
Updated to 23 July 2024
Changes to legislation
as of 10 July 2026, this Act is up to date with all changes known to be in force.
This Revised Act is an
administrative consolidation of the
Occupiers' Liability Act 2024
. It is prepared
by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the
Law Reform
Commission Act 1975
(3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake
revision and consolidation of statute law.
All Acts up to and including the
Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and
Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024
(30/2024), enacted 23 July
2024, and all statutory instruments up to and including the
Criminal Justice
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 (Commencement) Order 2024
(S.I. No. 378 of
2024), made 23 July 2024, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.
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been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume
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the
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Number
10
of
1995
OCCUPIERS' LIABILITY ACT
1995
REVISED
Updated to 23 July 2024
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Section
1.
Interpretation.
2.
Replacement of common law
rules.
3.
Duty owed to
visitors.
4.
Duty owed to recreational
users or trespassers.
5.
Modification of occupiers'
duty to entrants.
5A.
Voluntary assumption of
risk.
6.
Duty of occupiers towards
strangers to contracts.
7.
Liability of occupiers for
negligence of independent contractors.
8.
Saver.
9.
Short title and
commencement.
Number
10
of
1995
OCCUPIERS' LIABILITY ACT
1995
REVISED
Updated to 23 July 2024
AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW RELATING
TO THE LIABILITY OF OCCUPIERS OF PREMISES (INCLUDING LAND) IN RESPECT OF DANGERS EXISTING
ON SUCH PREMISES FOR INJURY OR DAMAGE TO PERSONS OR PROPERTY WHILE ON SUCH PREMISES
AND TO
PROVIDE FOR CONNECTED MATTERS. [17
th June
, 1995]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS
FOLLOWS
Section
1.
Interpretation.
2.
Replacement of common law
rules.
3.
Duty owed to
visitors.
4.
Duty owed to recreational
users or trespassers.
5.
Modification of occupiers'
duty to entrants.
5A.
Voluntary assumption of
risk.
6.
Duty of occupiers towards
strangers to contracts.
7.
Liability of occupiers for
negligence of independent contractors.
8.
Saver.
9.
Short title and
commencement.
Number
10
of
1995