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a. An owner, lessee or occupant of premises on which a conservation restriction is held by the State, a local unit, or a charitable conservancy and upon which premises subject to the conservation restriction public access is allowed, or of premises upon which public access is allowed pursuant to a public pathway or trail easement held by the State, a local unit, or a charitable conservancy, and regardless of whether public notice is provided, shall be liable to a person injured on the premises only for:
(1) willful or malicious failure to guard, or to warn against, a dangerous condition, use, structure or activity; or
(2) injury caused by acts of negligence on the part of the owner, lessee or occupant of the premises to any person where permission to engage in sport or recreational activity on the premises was granted for a consideration other than the consideration, if any, paid to the landowner by the State, local unit, or charitable conservancy; or
(3) injury caused by acts of gross negligence on the part of the owner, lessee, or occupant of the premises to any person entering or using the land for a use or purpose unrelated to public access purposes.
b. For the purposes of this section:
“Charitable conservancy” means the same as that term is defined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1979, c. 378 (C.13:8B-2), or a “qualifying tax exempt nonprofit organization” as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1999, c. 152 (C.13:8C-3);
“Conservation restriction” means the same as that term is defined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1979, c. 378 (C.13:8B-2);
“Local unit” means the same as that term is defined pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1979, c. 378 (C.13:8B-2), or a “local government unit” as defined pursuant to section 3 of P.L.1999, c. 152 (C.13:8C-3);
“Premises” means any land in the State (1) regardless of location or characterization or classification of location including but not limited to land characterized or classified as being located in an urban, suburban, rural, semi-rural, populous, developed, undeveloped, unpopulous, residential, nonresidential, commercial, or industrial area, and (2) regardless of whether or not the land is improved or maintained in a natural condition, or used as part of a commercial enterprise; and
“Sport or recreational activity” means a “sport and recreational activity” as defined pursuant to section 1 of P.L.1968, c. 73 (C.2A:42A-2).
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - New Jersey Statutes Title 2A. Administration of Civil and Criminal Justice 2A § 42A-8.1 - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/nj/title-2a-administration-of-civil-and-criminal-justice/nj-st-sect-2a-42a-8-1/
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