10 Rabbit. 



that the liability to pay any moneys under this Act in respect of such 

 rabbit-proofing or any portion thereof shall be suspended, until such 

 fence shall have been completed. 



Notice of intention The provisions of this section shall apply in cases where it is 



iL b ii9eUan U n P uai n intended to include the lands held under occupation license or annual 



lease within a group leaSC within a grOUp. 



Adjoining holdings 33. Where a boundary, or any part thereof, of any holding is 



taiuTof'rabbit-'proof f ence( l w ^ n a rabbit-proof fence, or a fence on such boundary, or part 

 fence. thereof , has been made rabbit-proof at the expense of the owner of such 



holding, a contribution towards the cost of the work shall be payable 

 by the owner of any outside holding or lands adjoining the rabbit- 

 proof fence. 



The right to receive such contribution shall vest, and the 

 liability to pay the same shall arise, when the then owner of such 

 first-mentioned holding gives to the then owner of such last-mentioned 

 holding or lands the prescribed notice of demand ; and from and 

 after the date when such notice is given, the amount of the contri- 

 bution, or so much thereof as may for the time being be unpaid, 

 shall, until payment, be and remain a charge xipon the holding or 

 lands in respect of which such contribution is payable. 



The following provisions as to contributions shall apply : 

 (i) A contribution shall be payable only in respect of so much of 



the rabbit-proof fence as forms a common boundary fence, 

 (n) The amount of the contribution shall in every case be 

 assessed according to the benefit derived, and to be derived, 

 from the rabbit-proof fence, and shall in no case exceed half 

 the value of the rabbit-proof fence, or in the case of a fence 

 which does not belong or wholly belong to the owner who 

 makes the same rabbit-proof, such contribution shall not 

 exceed half the value of the work of making such fence 

 rabbit-proof ; and such value shall be the value regarded as 

 at the date when the aforesaid notice of demand is given, 

 and as determined by the Local Land Board, 

 (in) A contribution shall not be payable in any case "where the Local 

 Land Board is of opinion that the rabbit-proof fence lias been 

 erected, or the fence has been made rabbit-proof otherwise 

 than bond fide for the purpose of excluding or destroying 

 rabbits, or unless and until in the opinion of the Local Land 

 Board the holding or lands from the owner whereof the 

 contribution is demanded derives a benefit therefrom, 

 (iv) Nothing in the Crown Lands Acts or in the Act ninth 

 George the Fourth number twelve shall relieve any owner 

 from the liability to pay a contribution under this Act. 

 (v) It shall be immaterial whether the rabbit-proof fence was 

 erected or the fence was made rabbit-proof before or after the 

 passing of the Rabbit Act of 1890, or before or after the 

 passing of this Act. 



Adjoining holding 34. In any case where a contribution towards the cost of a 



co8t of n maintenance. 1'abbit-proof fence is to be paid under the provisions of the last pre- 

 ceding section, an annual contribution towards the expenses incurred 

 in the maintenance and repair of the rabbit-proof fence shall also be 

 paid ; and for the purposes of such annual contribution the years shall 

 be taken to run from the date or recurring date of the notice of demand 

 required by the said section. 



The right to receive such annual contribution, and a correspond- 

 ing duty to maintain and repair the rabbit-proof fence, shall run with 

 the holding whereof the owner was entitled to receive payment of the 

 aforesaid contribution towards the cost of the rabbit-proof fence ; and 

 the liability to pay such annual contribution shall run with the holding 

 or lands whereof the owner was liable to pay the aforesaid contribution 

 towards the cost of the rabbit-proof fence. The 



