New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RURAL FIRES ACT 1997 - SECT 77

77 Recovery of costs

(1) An adjoining owner who repairs or restores a fence in accordance with an order under section 76 (4) is entitled to recover from the other adjoining owner the cost of carrying out the work.

(2) Any money that an adjoining owner is required or liable to pay under this section may be recovered as a debt in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(3) In any proceedings for the recovery of money the certificate of a Local Court as to the making and content of an order made by it under section 76 is evidence of the matters set out in the certificate.