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Dividing Fences Act 1991
9Contribution when urgent fencing work is required
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#### 9 Contribution when urgent fencing work is required
9 Contribution when urgent fencing work is required
> > (1) This section applies to a dividing fence that has been damaged or destroyed (in whole or in part) and in the circumstances requires urgent fencing work.
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> > (2) If it is impracticable to serve a notice under section 11 in respect of a dividing fence to which this section applies, an adjoining owner may, without serving such a notice, carry out the urgent fencing work required to restore the dividing fence.
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> > (3) The other adjoining owner is liable for half the cost (or a greater proportion if section 8 applies) of the urgent fencing work.
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> > (4) Any such liability may be reviewed by the Local Court or the Civil and Administrative Tribunal on the application by that owner to the Court or the Tribunal within 1 month after the work has been completed (or within such later period as the Court or the Tribunal may allow).
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> **s 9:** Am 2007 No 94, Sch 1.31 \[1\]; 2013 No 95, Sch 8.9 \[4\].