If someone starts legal proceedings about a fence under this law, you can join in if you might end up having to pay for or deal with the fence. You can do two things:
You can argue against any of the people involved in the case. This means you can say why you think they’re wrong or why you shouldn’t have to pay.
You can use any defence that the other people in the case could use. This means if there’s a good reason why the fence shouldn’t be built or paid for, you can use that reason too, even if someone else thought of it first.
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View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM21881.
Where any proceedings have been commenced under this Act in relation to any fence, any person who may ultimately incur any liability in respect of the fence may come in and—
