(1) A person may construct a fence, wall, pergola, garden shelter, car-shelter or boat shelter or trellis-screen wall without obtaining-

a) the approval of plans and drawings complying with the requirements of Part I; or

b) a certificate issued in terms of section 39;

if the structure is built so as to comply with the provisions of this section.

(2) The provisions of subsection (1) shall apply to a structure, other than a boundary-fence or boundary wall, which is built in accordance with the following requirements-

a) the height of the structure, measured from mean ground-level to the top structure, shall not exceed two comma five meters; and

b) supporting posts or columns shall conform to the requirements of the following Table, and shall be built true and plumb, with their tops terminating in an even plane; and

c) beams, braces, stays and all structural members shall be of adequate strength, and no member shall have a deflection of more than twenty-five millimeters when loaded; and

d) no beam shall have a span in excess of three meters; and

e) all material used shall be sound and durable, and shall be erected in a neat, tidy and workmanlike manner; and

f) the sides shall not be enclosed, except with open lattice-work.

TABLE: SUPPORTING POSTS OR COLUMNS

(3) No person shall use a structure constructed in terms of this section to accommodate pets, poultry or other livestock, or for the storage of any materials other than plants, garden-tools or machinery.

(4) The provisions of subsection (1) shall apply to a boundary-wall which is built in accordance with the following requirements-

a) the boundary-fence or boundary wall shall not exceed two meters in height; and

b) boundary-walls in masonry or concrete shall comply with provisions of Chapter 5; and

c) boundary-fencing shall comply with th e following requirements-

i) corner-posts and gate-posts shall conform to the requirements for posts laid down in the Table in subsection (2), and shall, in addition, be properly stayed in such manner that they will remain plumb when the boundary-fence is strained; and

ii) straining-posts shall be provided at intervals of not more than one hundred meters; and

iii) barbed wire, canvas, sheet iron, corrugated iron or other sheeting shall not be used in the construction of the boundary fence; and

iv) all posts shall be plumb and in true lines, and the fencing-wire shall be drawn tight between them.