Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts6. Liability to contribute to cost of fence
(1) Subject to this Act and to any agreement between the parties concerned, the owners of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence are liable to join in or contribute to the construction of a sufficient fence dividing their lands in equal proportions whether the adjoining lands are to be wholly or only partly separated by the proposed fence.
(2) The court may, where it considers that there are special circumstances that justify it in so doing, order that the owners of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence shall join in or contribute to the construction of a sufficient fence dividing their lands otherwise than in equal proportions, whether the adjoining lands are to be wholly or only partly separated by the proposed fence.