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29. For the purposes of this Part D C C nition of 

 () a rabbit-proof fence shall be taken to be on the boundary of ,", '' 



any holding or land if it follows the line which is the 

 actual, reputed, or accepted boundary thereof, or where the 

 boundaries are inaccessible or incapable of being fenced, if 

 such fence follows such boundaries as nearly as possible, 

 having regard to the physical features of the country, or if 

 such fence follows any line which in the opinion of the Local 

 Land Board is sufficiently approximate to such boundary ; 

 and 



(b) the intervention of a road or water-course (not being a 

 permanent river) shall not prevent holdings or lands being 

 taken to be adjoining. 



30. When any lands are intersected, divided, or bounded by a Babbit-proof fenca 

 road or travelling stock reserve or route or public lands, the Local Land mtty cross road - 

 Board may grant to the owner of such lands permission to carry a 

 rabbit-proof fence across such road, reserve, route, or public lands : 



Provided always that rabbit-proof gates be erected at places where the 

 fence crosses such road or route, unless the Local Land Board shall in 

 any case dispense for the time being with the erection of the same. 

 Any permission or dispensation granted under this section may be 

 revoked by the Board upon reference by the Minister or application 

 by any person interested. 



31. When any Crown lands containing a rabbit-proof fence or Rabbit-rroof fence 

 portion thereof shall become the subject of any purchase or lease from ^ e t an im P rove - 

 the Crown, payment for such rabbit-proof fence or portion thereof shall 



be made in accordance with the provisions of the Crown Lands Acts ; 



but this enactment shall be subject to the following qualifications : 

 (i) Where any holding or group of holdings has been or shall 

 be made rabbit-proof, the rabbit-proof fence shall be deemed 

 to be an. improvement distributed over the whole enclosed 

 area of such holding or group of holdings (exclusive of any 

 roads), so that every portion of such area shall be taken to 

 be proportionately improved thereby. 



(n) The amount so distributed in respect of the impi-ovement 

 shall, in all cases, be limited to one-half of the value of 

 making the fence rabbit-proof : Provided always that if any 

 portion of such rabbit-proof fence is upon or adjoining any 

 land which becomes the subject of any purchase or lease 

 from the Crown the purchaser or lessee thereof shall also be 

 liable in respect of the fence itself. 



(in) No portion of the value of any rabbit-proof fence erected as 

 a barrier fence at the public expense shall be deemed to be 

 distributed in accordance with this section. 



32. Any owner, whose holding consists wholly or in part of Notice of intention 

 Crown lands held under occupation license or annual lease, may give f e f e c 

 notice in the prescribed form to the Chairman of the Local Land lease, &c. 

 Board that he intends to make such holding rabbit-proof ; and in any 



case where notice as aforesaid shall have been given, and such holding 

 shall have been made rabbit-proof in accordance with the terms 

 thereof, such holding shall be deemed to have been made rabbit-proof 

 as from the date of such notice, so far as regards the amount payable 

 for improvements under this Act in connection with any lands which 

 may be withdrawn from occupation license or annual lease by 

 becoming the subject of any purchase or lease from the Crown after 

 the date of such notice : Provided always that the rabbit-proof fence 

 shall be completed within one year from the date of such notice or 

 within such further time as such Board on application may allow ; and 

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