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Fences Act 1972.

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Northern Territory
Document type
Legislation
Date
1972 (2015)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act relating to Fences.
Subject
Land & soil
Keyword
Ownership Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Court/tribunal Indigenous peoples
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 31 July 1972.
Abstract

This Act, consisting of 25 sections, concerns the construction of dividing fences. Under section 2, a dividing fence means a fence separating the adjoining lands of different owners whether the adjoining lands are wholly or only partly separated thereby and whether the fence is on the line of or, in an appropriate case, on a line on the common boundary of the adjoining lands or on a line other than the line of or a line on the common boundary or partly on any one of those lines and partly on the other or others. The Act contains provisions on fencing and on courts jurisdiction related to this matter.

Full text
English
Website
legislation.nt.gov.au