Clause 20

by deleting the words “, structure or animal” in subsection (1) and substituting the words “or structure”;

by deleting the words “, or injured animal, of the damage or injury caused to the vehicle, structure or animal (as the case may be)” in subsection (1)(b) and substituting the words “of the damage caused to the vehicle or structure”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (2), the following subsections:“(2A) Where owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road an accident occurs resulting in injury or death to any animal, the driver of the motor vehicle must stop the vehicle if he has reasonable grounds to believe that —

the animal has an owner; or

the presence of the injured or dead animal on the road is likely to pose any safety hazard to the other road users.(2B) The driver mentioned in subsection (2A) who is involved in the accident must —

if requested to do so by any person at the scene of the accident having reasonable grounds for so requesting the driver’s particulars, provide the driver’s particulars to that person;

if no person mentioned in paragraph (a) is present at the scene of the accident, the driver must take reasonable steps to inform the owner of the injured or dead animal (if any) of the injury or death caused to the animal and provide that owner with the driver’s particulars; and

if the presence of the injured or dead animal is likely to pose any safety hazard to other road users, the driver must as far as the circumstances permit, take reasonable steps to alert other road users of the obstruction and immediately inform a police officer of the obstruction.”; and

by deleting the definition of “animal” in subsection (6).