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DIVIDING FENCES ACT 1961 - SECT 24

24 .         Local government may be required to prescribe sufficient fence

                A local government shall, when required by the Minister so to do, make a local law prescribing what constitutes a sufficient fence for the purpose of the definition of sufficient fence in section 5.

        [Section 24 inserted: No. 14 of 1996 s. 4.]


Notes

This is a compilation of the Dividing Fences Act 1961 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation, and for information about any reprints, see the compilation table.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Dividing Fences Act 1961

44 of 1961
(10 Eliz. II No. 44)

23 Nov 1961

1 Jan 1962 (see s. 1(2) and Gazette 15 Dec 1961 p. 3704)

Decimal Currency Act 1965

113 of 1965

21 Dec 1965

Act other than s. 4-9: 21 Dec 1965 (see s. 2(1));
s. 4- 9: 14 Feb 1966 (see s. 2(2))

Dividing Fences Act Amendment Act 1969

5 of 1969

21 Apr 1969

21 Apr 1969

Reprint of the Dividing Fences Act 1961 approved 2 Feb 1972 (includes amendments listed above)

Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 1996 s. 4

14 of 1996

28 Jun 1996

1 Jul 1996 (see s. 2)

Licensed Surveyors Amendment Act 1996 s. 28

79 of 1996

14 Nov 1996

5 Apr 1997 (see s. 2 and Gazette 4 Apr 1997 p. 1750)

Acts Amendment (Land Administration) Act 1997 s. 141

31 of 1997

3 Oct 1997

30 Mar 1998 (see s. 2 and Gazette 27 Mar 1998 p. 1765)

Statutes (Repeals and Minor Amendments) Act (No. 2) 1998 s. 76

10 of 1998

30 Apr 1998

30 Apr 1998 (see s. 2(1))

Reprint of the Dividing Fences Act 1961 as at 18 Jan 2002 (includes amendments listed above)

Courts Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2004 s. 141

59 of 2004

23 Nov 2004

1 May 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7128)

Reprint 3: The Dividing Fences Act 1961 as at 22 May 2015 (includes amendments listed above)

Community Titles Act 2018 Pt. 14 Div. 5

32 of 2018

19 Nov 2018

30 Jun 2021 (see s. 2(b) and SL 2021/69 cl. 2)

Other notes

1         Repealed by the Agriculture and Related Resources Protection Act 1976 s. 6.

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term         Provision(s)
court         5
dividing fence         5
lease         5
owner         5, 16(2)
repair         5
section         5
sufficient fence         5
surveyor         5




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