FENCES AMENDMENT ACT 2014 (NO. 30 OF 2014) - SECT 1 Purposes

FENCES AMENDMENT ACT 2014 (NO. 30 OF 2014) - SECT 1

The main purposes of this Act are—

        (a)     to amend the Fences Act 1968 —

              (i)     to provide a procedure for the sharing of costs between neighbours for the construction and repair of dividing fences; and

              (ii)     to provide a mechanism for the resolution of disputes about dividing fences; and

              (iii)     to provide for other matters relating to dividing fences; and

        (b)     to make consequential amendments to the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 , the Emerald Tourist Railway Act 1977 , the Land Act 1958 and the Zoological Parks and Gardens Act 1995 .