Boundary Fences Act 1908
8Adjoining owners to share cost of fencing
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8 Adjoining owners to share cost of fencing
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, the owners of adjoining lands not divided by a sufficient fence or a rabbit-proof fence shall be liable to join in or contribute to the erection of a sufficient fence or a rabbit-proof fence, as the case may be, between such lands in such proportion as may be –
(a) agreed upon; or
(b) awarded under the provisions of this Act.
(2) The owners of adjoining lands divided by a fence which is not a rabbit-proof fence shall be liable to join in or contribute to the erection of a rabbit-proof fence between such lands, or the conversion of any existing fence into a rabbit-proof fence, in such proportions as may be –
(a) agreed upon; or
(b) awarded under the provisions of this Act.