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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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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.