Shire of Kent Fencing Local Law 2023
2September 1998, are repealed.
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2 September 1998, are repealed. 1.4 Application In this local law unless the context otherwise requires— adversely affect land has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the Building Act 2011; applicant means a person who makes an application for a licence under this local law; AS or AS/NZS means an Australian or Australian/New Zealand Standard published by Standards Australia, and available for viewing free of charge at the Shire of Kent Shire Office; authorised person means a person authorised by the local government to perform any of the functions under this local law and includes the CEO; barbed wire means a wire or strand of wires having small pieces of sharply pointed wire twisted around it at short intervals; cultural and natural resource lot means a lot where a cultural and natural resource use— dangerous in relation to any fence means— (a) an electrified fence that does not comply with clause 5.2 or 5.3 of this local law; (b) a fence containing barbed wire other than a fence constructed and maintained in accordance with this local law; (c) a fence containing exposed broken glass, asbestos fibre, razor wire, metal spikes or any other potentially harmful projection or material; or (d) a fence that is likely to collapse or fall, or part of which is likely to collapse or fall, from any cause; dividing fence has the meaning given in section 5 of the Dividing Fences Act 1961; electrified fence means a fence carrying or designed to carry an electric charge; fence means any structure used or functioning as a barrier, other than a retaining wall, irrespective of where it is located and includes a gate or door that separates the road reserve and a lot adjacent to the road reserve; front boundary means the boundary that separates a thoroughfare and the front of a lot; front fence means a fence in the front setback area of a lot; front setback area means the area between the building line of a lot and the front boundary of that lot; measured at a right angle to the front boundary; general industry lot means a lot where a general industrial use— height in relation to a fence means the vertical distance between the top of the fence at any point and— (a) the ground level; or