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Principle: A public park may be shut to visitors for a day only where keeping it open would put visitors at risk, and not merely because the park would be easier to look after with nobody in it. Which of the following closures is consistent with this principle?

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  • AThe park was shut on a weekday so that the gardeners could mow the lawns without visitors treading on the cut grass
  • BThe park was shut for a day so that the paths could be swept clean before a visit by the ward officer
  • CThe park was shut for a day because very few visitors come on that day of the week
  • DThe park was shut for a day because a heavy branch of the old rain tree had cracked in the night and could come down at any moment

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A cracked branch overhead is a danger to anyone below, so closing on that ground is the very case the principle allows. Mowing undisturbed and sweeping before an inspection are conveniences of upkeep, which the principle expressly refuses as a reason, and a quiet day is neither a risk nor even a matter of upkeep.
Answer: D) The park was shut for a day because a heavy branch of the old rain tree had cracked in the night and could come down at any moment

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