South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts23—Powers and duties of board as to dog fences
(1) The board has the
following powers and duties with respect to dog fences:
(a) the
board must ensure that all dog fences are properly maintained and are at all
times dog-proof;
(b) the
board must ensure that dog fences are properly inspected;
(c) the
board must ensure that wild dogs are destroyed in the vicinity of a dog fence
by the owners of the dog fence.
(2) If the board is
satisfied that an owner of any part of a dog fence has failed to maintain or
inspect any part of the dog fence owned by him or her or to keep the fence
dog-proof or to destroy wild dogs in the vicinity of the fence, the board may
carry out any necessary work for the purpose of maintaining or inspecting the
fence or making it dog-proof or of destroying wild dogs in the vicinity of the
fence, and may recover the cost of so doing from the owner as a debt due to
the board by the owner.
(3) For the purposes
of this section, the board, or a person authorised by the board, may enter and
remain on land on which a dog fence is situated.