Neighbourhood Disputes (Dividing Fences and Trees) Act 2011. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Queensland Document type Legislation Date 2011 (2016) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to deal with matters about dividing fences and trees. Subject Livestock, Land & soil Keyword Land tenure Land-use planning Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Dispute settlement Cultural heritage Grazing Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Entry into force notes Ss 1-2 of this Act enter into force on 9 August 2011. Remaining provisions on 1 November 2011. Abstract The objects of this Act, consisting of 99 sections divided into six Chapters and completed by one Schedule, are: a) to provide rules about each neighbour’s responsibility for dividing fences and for trees so that neighbours are generally able to resolve issues about fences or trees without a dispute arising; and b) to facilitate the resolution of any disputes about dividing fences or trees that do arise between neighbours. This Act applies to the following areas: 1) Agricultural land is rural land of more than half a hectare used for cultivating crops on a commercial basis regardless of whether the land is also used for residential purposes. 2) Pastoral land is rural land of more than half a hectare used for grazing stock on a commercial basis regardless of whether the land is also used for residential purposes. 3) Prescribed rural land is agricultural land, pastoral land or other rural land of more than half a hectare primarily used for residential purposes. 4) Residential land is land, other than agricultural land and pastoral land, used primarily for residential purposes. Full text English Website www.legislation.qld.gov.au