Clause 17 - Power of entry for section 16 purposes
Animal Welfare Bill
11:45 am
Norman Baker (Shadow Secretary of State for the Environment, Environment, Food & Rural Affairs; Lewes, Liberal Democrat)
It might help if the Minister were to dwell for a second on subsection (2) and spell out what he means by “private dwelling”. I take it to be the entire curtilage of a premises, but a distinction might usefully be drawn between that which is indoors, which is private in a more definitive way than that which is outside, which may still be legally private. What happens if an animal is seen in that part of a private property that is visible; for instance, in the yard or a field? What is the legal situation in that respect ?