Fences Act 1972 (NT)

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

FENCES ACT 1972

As in force at 1 June 2015

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northern territory of australia

As in force at 1 June 2015

FENCES act 1972

An Act relating to fences

1Short title

This Act may be cited as the Fences Act 1972.

2State laws not to apply
  • (1)

    The Fences Act 1892 of the State of South Australia and the Fences Act Amendment Act 1903 of the State of South Australia cease to have effect in the Territory as laws of the Territory.

  • (2)

    Section 8 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901-1966, in its application to Ordinances by virtue of section 4 of the Interpretation Ordinance 1978, has effect as if the Fences Act 1892 of the State of South Australia and the Fences Act Amendment Act 1903 of the State of South Australia were Ordinances and had been repealed by this Act.

3Act not to bind Crown

This Act does not bind the Crown.

4Saving of related Acts

This Act does not affect the operation or application of the Water Act 1992 or Livestock Act 2008.

5Definitions
  • (1)

    In this Act:

    adjoining lands includes lands separated by a watercourse, lake or other natural feature of such a character as to be insufficient to prevent at all times the passage of stock, even if the bed and banks of that water-course, lake or natural feature are Crown land, and with respect to lands so separated the term common boundary includes the bed and banks of the watercourse, lake or other natural feature by which those lands are separated.

    Crown land means land of the Crown which is not leased.

    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…

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