FENCES ACT 1975 - SECT 18
FENCES ACT 1975 - SECT 18
(1) Subject to
subsection (2) of this section and to any agreement or order, any person
may, for the purpose of carrying out authorised fencing work, enter at any
reasonable time upon land with any vehicle or equipment reasonably required
for the purposes of the fencing work and do anything that may be reasonably
required for the purposes of the fencing work.
(2) Except in the case
of an emergency, the powers conferred by this section shall not be exercised
unless at least two days before the land is entered in pursuance of this
section notice in writing of the intended entry has been served upon the owner
of the land.
(3) The powers
conferred by this section shall be exercised as far as reasonably practicable
so as not to cause injury to the land or property of any other person.
(4) In this
section—
"authorised fencing work" means—
(a)
fencing work in respect of which agreement has been reached in pursuance of
this Act; or
(b)
fencing work authorised in accordance with the order of a court; or
(c)
fencing work otherwise authorised by this Act.