New Zealand Fencing Act 1978

An act to reform the law relating to the erection and repair of dividing fences and in substitution for the fencing act 1908 the parliamentary counsel office www govt nz.

New zealand fencing act 1978. Fencing act 1978 s 4. Where at the time when any fence was erected the occupier of the land on one side thereof had by reason of section 3 or of the fencing act 1908 or any corresponding former act no liability to contribute to the cost of the erection if the occupier for the time being of that land has thereafter become liable to contribute to the cost of work on that fence. Fencing act 1978 s 17. The occupiers of adjoining properties must share the cost of work on boundary fences equally unless.

Section 116 1 disputes tribunal act 1988 1988 no 110. There is a fencing covenant contract or agreement to the contrary these are common in the case of subdivisions or. Fencing act 1978 s 9. Disputes tribunal a disputes tribunal can hear most claims relating to the fencing act provided the claim does not exceed 30 000.

New zealand railways corporation restructuring act 1990 1990 no 105. 2 subject to section 6 the burden of any fencing covenant or fencing agreement that is registered against the title to the land to which it relates shall run with the land whether. Section 2 fencing covenant paragraph b. Conservation act 1987 1987 no 65.

Government roading powers act 1989 1989 no 75. The fencing act 1978 is referenced in nzs 8500 2006 as a means of means of recourse when negotiating fences on boundaries between properties. Fencing covenants and fencing agreements relating to land subject to the land transfer act 2017 may be registered under that act against the title to that land. The fencing act 1978 is the legislative instrument governing the placement and erection of fences between adjacent land ownership boundaries.

Fencing of swimming pools act 1987 1987 no 178. Replaced on 1 march 2017 by section 261 of the district court act 2016 2016 no 49. District court a court can also hear claims relating to the fencing act or for property damage including issues a disputes tribunal cannot. In any case where there is a fence along the boundary between any land and a road if a person other than the owner or occupier or some other person lawfully in possession of that land adopts or takes advantage of any means by which the fence is rendered of beneficial use to himself or avails himself of the fence the occupier of that land may serve on that other person a notice in writing.

Fencing act 1978 s 2.