Fencing Act 1913 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

Fencing Act 1913

No. 14, 1913

Compilation No. 2

Compilation date: 13 August 2019

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015) as amended up to Norfolk Island Legislation Amendment (Fees and Other Matters) Ordinance 2019 (F2019L01048)

NORFOLK ISLAND

FENCING ACT 1913

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title 2. Interpretation 3. Application to register fence 4. Registration of fences 5. Fee to register fence 6. Fence registered for five years 7. Payment of fee to inspect register 8. Cancellation of registration 9. Action for trespass 10. Notice to owner of adjoining land 11. Owner of adjoining land may recover half of cost 12. Authorised officer 13. Entry on land 14. Regulations

NORFOLK ISLAND

Fencing Act 1913

Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Fencing Act 1913.

Interpretation 2. (1) In this Act — "cattle" means bull, cow, steer, heifer or calf; "fence" includes a cattle proof boundary which may consist of one or more of a wall, ditch or artificial structure or natural obstruction that would, under normal conditions, exclude trespass on land by quiet cattle and horses; "horse" means horse, mare, gelding, colt or filly; "Registrar" means Registrar of Lands. (2) For the purposes of registration under this Act — (a) artificial structures forming a fence or part of a fence shall be of a prescribed type and in accordance with the standards prescribed for that type of structure; and (b) natural obstructions forming a fence or part of a fence shall be of a kind that, in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer, would under normal conditions, exclude trespass on land by quiet cattle and horses.