Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts9. Enforcement of agreements and orders
Where an agreement is made between owners of adjoining lands as to the construction of a dividing fence or an order is made by the court as to any such fence and a person bound by that agreement or order fails to observe any liability placed on him by that agreement or order within the time specified in the agreement or order or, if no such time is specified, within 6 months after the making of the agreement or order, the other party to the agreement or the proceedings in which the order was made may carry out the work of constructing the fence the subject of the agreement or of the provisions of the order and recover from the first-mentioned person the extra cost occasioned to him by reason of the default of the first-mentioned person.