On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Andrew Fife<[email protected]> wrote: > Report it to the Dept of Manpower. They authored the regulations for > electric fences. See here : http://www.falconfence.co.za/Legal.htm >
mmmmm not so fast...... I have checked out that link and it does not seem to be complete but it makes no mention of a height restriction. They also have pictures of installations showing the exact same thing as is being installed at Wesley Road and indeed that has been installed in that new palisade fencing at the old University Document Management Systems building. According to this website - cats can sense electric fences, dogs and kids soon learn by experience. Adults should know better! The electric strands are behind the palisade fence so to get shocked you have to be sticking your hands through the fence. Since palisade fencing can be quite sharp in its own right there is no reason why you should be doing that. What you will have to do is get a complete copy of the act. I tried on www.polity.org.za but they only seems to have acts from 1993. So it would seem this is legitimate and standard practice. Valkenberg hospital has a fully electrified fence around its complete perimeter and I am sure they would have complied with any legislation. Trev --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Observatory Neighbourhood watch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/obsnw?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
