25Application of Act to Crown and local authorities etc

#### 25 Application of Act to Crown and local authorities etc 25 Application of Act to Crown and local authorities etc > > (1) This Act does not operate to impose any liability, or to confer any rights, with respect to dividing fences on: > > > > > (a) the Crown, or > > > > > (b) a council of a local government area, or any trustee or other person or body, in respect of land vested in (or under the care, control and management of) the council, trustee, person or body for the purposes of a public reserve, public park or such other public purposes as may be prescribed, or > > > > > (c) a roads authority (within the meaning of the [Roads Act 1993](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1993-033)) with respect to any public road, or > > > > > (d) an irrigation corporation within the meaning of the [Water Management Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2000-092), or > > > > > (e) an Aboriginal Land Council with respect to land reserved under Part 4A of the [National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1974-080), or > > > > > (f) Water NSW, but only with respect to the exercise of its functions in the Sydney catchment area (within the meaning of the [Water NSW Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-074)). > > > (2) However, nothing in this Act prevents the Crown or any such council, trustee, person or body from entering into arrangements (other than those arising under this Act) to contribute to fencing work in respect of dividing fences. > > > (3) In this section, Crown includes a statutory body representing the Crown. > > **s 25:** Am 1993 No 33, Sch 1; 1994 No 41, Sch 3; 2008 No 73, Sch 7.1; 2010 No 38, Sch 3.1; 2014 No 74, Sch 3.6.