New South Wales Consolidated Acts

DIVIDING FENCES ACT 1991 - SECT 12

12 Procedure when agreement not reached

(1) Adjoining owners may attend a Community Justice Centre in an attempt to reach an agreement concerning the carrying out of fencing work (including the contributions to be made in respect of the work).

(2) If adjoining owners do not agree (within 1 month after one of them has served a notice under section 11) as to the fencing work to be carried out, either owner may apply to the Local Court or a local land board for an order determining the manner in which the fencing work (if any) is to be carried out.