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Fencing Act 1978

1: Short Title and commencement

You could also call this:

“This section tells us the name of the law and when it started being used”

This law is called the Fencing Act 1978. You can use this name when you want to talk about it.

The law started working on 1 April 1979. This means that from that day, people had to follow the rules in this Act.

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2: Interpretation, or

“Explaining what words mean in this fence law”

1Short Title and commencement

  1. This Act may be cited as the Fencing Act 1978.

  2. This Act shall come into force on 1 April 1979.