Australian Rural Fencing Standards

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Australian rural fencing standards. South australia in most cases you will require a permit if your planned fence exceeds 2 1m in height. If it is a masonry fence the height limit before permit is generally 1m. General standards for fencing materials. Well designed and constructed fences are essential infrastructure on any property.

R0800 fencing series the standard road drawings show standard details of components and construction techniques to be used in roadworks on roads and maritime services funded infrastructure or infrastructure that will become the property of roads and maritime services in the future. This australian standard was prepared by committee ce 008 chainwire security fencing. Without quality fencing maintaining livestock can be a real headache. Protective fencing refers to the standards australia as the standards organisation that was established in 1922 and is recognised through a memorandum of understanding with the australian government as the peak non government standards development body in australia.

Fencing materials are also under the control of australian standards and you ll find that different standards apply to different materials. For example colorbond fencing is held to a particular australian standard and must be manufactured in a certain way while timber fencing is held to a different standard. Rural fences are management tools used to mark boundaries restrain stock and facilitate. Heritage branch report hb 09 01.

Standards australia is a listed company with 73 members representing groups. It was approved on behalf of the council of standards australia on 6 june 2003 and published on 29 october 2003. Incubator the standards australia incubator is a sandpit for playing with new ideas and testing concepts. Straying stock are not only a danger to themselves and passing motorists but also a sure fire way to get the neighbours offside.

It s a place for you to share your vision of how we could develop standards better and how they could add greater value to australian society by being delivered in more user focused ways. For more information about australian fencing standards in nt take a look at the government website or contact your local council. For instance as1397 and as2728 relate to coated mass and paint film thickness on zinc and zinc alloyed fences. Australian fencing standards and laws 2016.

Luckily smart investment in the right fencing material and a little fencing know how can go a long way to. Illustrated glossary of australian rural fence terms page 3 executive summary pickard j 2009 illustrated glossary of australian rural fence terms. Heritage branch news south wales department of planning sydney.