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Neighbourhood Disputes About Plants Act 2017
12Common law right of abatement
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12 Common law right of abatement
(1) This Act does not affect the common law right of abatement in relation to a plant other than as provided under subsection (2) .
(2) A person who exercises the common law right of abatement by removing a part of a plant may, but is not required to, return the part of the plant to the landholder of the land on which the plant is situated.