FENCES ACT 1968 - SECT 30B Right to file complaint in Magistrates' Court suspended while common boundary established

FENCES ACT 1968 - SECT 30B

On the giving of a boundary survey notice, the period of 30 days set out in section 17, 18, 19(a) or 20 is suspended until either of the following occurs—

        (a)     the owners agree, in writing, to the position of the common boundary specified in the fencing notice or the boundary survey notice or to another position; or

        (b)     a licensed surveyor, in accordance with section 29 or 30, defines the common boundary of the adjoining lands.

Pt 3 (Heading and ss 17– 27) amended by No. 7876 s. 2(3), S.R. No. 154/1974 reg. 2(b)–(d), Nos 9019 s. 2(1)(Sch. items 69–71), 9554 s. 2(2)(Sch. 2 items 70–72), 9921 s. 255, 9945 s. 3(3)(Sch. 2 item 18), 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 59), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 items 20.2, 20.3), 44/1989 s. 41(Sch. 2 item 15), 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. items 70.13–70.16), 81/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 15.2), 52/1994 s. 97(Sch. 3 item 9), 104/1997 s. 47, 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 12/2004 s. 156, 6/2010 s. 203(1)(Sch. 6 item 22) (as amended by No. 45/2010 s. 22), substituted as Pt 4 (Heading and ss 30C – 30I) by No. 30/2014 s. 6.

Part 4—Resolving fencing disputes

S. 30C inserted by No. 30/2014 s. 6.