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DIVIDING FENCES ACT 1991 - As at 1 July 2018 - Act 72 of 1991 - NOTES

Reprint history

Reprint No 1   1 November 1994  
Reprint No 2   28 June 2005  
Reprint No 3   19 May 2009  

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted

Table of amending instruments

Dividing Fences Act 1991 No 72. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement, 1.2.1992, sec 2 and GG No 7 of 17.1.1992, p 243. This Act has been amended as follows:

1993 No 33 Roads Act 1993. Assented to 8.6.1993.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1993, sec 2 and GG No 73 of 1.7.1993, p 3343.
1994 No 32 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Dividing Fences Act 1991, assent, Sch 1.
No 41 Irrigation Corporations Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994.
Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 3 relating to the Dividing Fences Act 1991, 3.2.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 11 of 3.2.1995, p 581.
1995 No 101 Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Assented to 22.12.1995.
Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.1.1996, sec 2 (1) and GG No 158 of 22.12.1995, p 8802.
1999 No 85 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
2002 No 83 Surveying Act 2002. Assented to 29.10.2002.
Date of commencement, 25.6.2003, sec 2 and GG No 103 of 25.6.2003, p 5903.
2005 No 28 Civil Procedure Act 2005. Assented to 1.6.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 5.14, 15.8.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 100 of 10.8.2005, p 4205.
2007 No 94 Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Schs 1.31, 2 and 3, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008 No 72 Dividing Fences and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 28.10.2008.
Date of commencement, 1.2.2009, sec 2 and GG No 20 of 23.1.2009, p 392.
No 73 Water Management Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 28.10.2008.
Date of commencement of Sch 7.1, assent, sec 2 (1).
2009 No 9 Western Lands Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 7.4.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 119 Surveying Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 14.12.2009.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2010 No 27 Trees (Disputes Between Neighbours) Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 26.5.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 38 National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 15.6.2010.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.1, 2.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (344) LW 2.7.2010.
2013 No 95 Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013. Assented to 20.11.2013.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2.
2014 No 74 Water NSW Act 2014. Assented to 11.11.2014.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2015, sec 2 and 2014 (839) LW 19.12.2014.
2017 No 17 Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2017. Assented to 17.5.2017.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.21, 1.7.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (225) LW 1.6.2018.
2018 No 25 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018. Assented to 15.6.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 14 days after assent, sec 2 (1).

Table of amendments

Sec 3 Am 2008 No 72, Sch 1 [1] [2]; 2009 No 9, Sch 3.4 [1]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [1]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.21 [1].
Sec 4 Am 2007 No 94, Sch 1.31 [1]; 2009 No 9, Sch 3.4 [2]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [2]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.21 [2].
Sec 5 Am 2007 No 94, Sch 1.31 [1]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [3].
Sec 7 Am 2008 No 72, Sch 1 [3].
Sec 9 Am 2007 No 94, Sch 1.31 [1]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [4].
Sec 11 Am 2007 No 94, Sch 1.31 [1]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [5].
Sec 12 Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [6].
Sec 13 Am 1994 No 32, Sch 1; 2005 No 28, Sch 5.14; 2007 No 94, Schs 1.31 [1] [2], 2, 3; 2009 No 9, Sch 3.4 [3]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [7]-[9]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.21 [3].
Sec 13A Ins 2010 No 27, Sch 2.1. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [10].
Sec 14 Am 1995 No 101, Sch 6; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.31 [2]; 2008 No 72, Sch 1 [4]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [11]; 2018 No 25, Sch 3.5.
Sec 15 Am 2007 No 94, Sch 1.31 [1]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [12].
Sec 17 Am 2007 No 94, Sch 1.31 [1]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [13] [14].
Sec 18 Am 2002 No 83, Sch 2.6; 2009 No 119, Sch 2.8.
Sec 19 Am 2007 No 94, Schs 1.31 [1], 2. Rep 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [15].
Sec 22 Am 2007 No 94, Sch 1.31 [2]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [16] [17].
Sec 23 Am 2007 No 94, Sch 1.31 [1]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [18].
Sec 24 Am 2008 No 72, Sch 1 [5]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 [19]-[21].
Sec 25 Am 1993 No 33, Sch 1; 1994 No 41, Sch 3; 2008 No 73, Sch 7.1; 2010 No 38, Sch 3.1; 2014 No 74, Sch 3.6.
Sec 26 Am 2008 No 72, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 30 Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 1 Am 2008 No 72, Sch 1 [7] [8].
Sch 2 Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.


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