New Zealand Legislation: Acts
Acts are laws made by Parliament
Reprint as at 1 August 2009
| Public Act | 1978 No 50 |
| Date of assent | 16 October 1978 |
| Commencement | see section 1(2) |
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.
This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.
1 Short Title and commencement
Part 1
Interpretation and application
4 Act not to interfere with agreements
5 Fencing covenants and agreements registrable
6 Registration of fencing covenants to expire after 12 years
7 Creation of fencing covenants
8 Fence not to encroach without consent or court order
Part 3
Liability for work on a fence
9 Adjoining occupiers to share cost of fencing
9A Contributions where fence required by Fencing of Swimming Pools Act 1987
10 Notice to do work to be given
11 Objections to proposed fence
15 Effect of change of occupier
16 Contribution where immediate work required
17 Liability for damage caused by occupier
18 Person taking advantage of fence
19 Fence erected when occupier of adjoining land exempt from liability therefor
23 Proceedings to be in accordance with District Courts Act 1947
24A Jurisdiction of Disputes Tribunals
25 Power to come in and defend proceedings
Part 5
Miscellaneous provisions
26 Right of persons constructing fences to enter on adjoining land
An Act to reform the law relating to the erection and repair of dividing fences, and in substitution for the Fencing Act 1908
