New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

STATE ENVIRONMENTAL PLANNING POLICY (EXEMPT AND COMPLYING DEVELOPMENT CODES) 2008 - REG 3.36

3.36 Construction of fences

(1) A fence must not incorporate barbed wire in its construction or be electrified.

(2) If the land on which a fence is to be erected is bush fire prone land, the fence must be constructed from non-combustible materials.

(3) Metal used in the construction of a fence must be low reflective and factory pre-coloured.

(4) A fence must not be constructed so as to redirect the overland flow of surface water onto adjoining properties.