New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE REGULATION 2009 - REG 4

4 Regulation by public or other notice

(1) A park authority may do any of the following by means of notices displayed in, or at the boundary of, the park or part of the park to which the notices relate or by means of written notices given to park users:

(a) designate points of entry to the park,

(b) close the park, or any part of the park, to the public,

(c) reserve the park, or any part of the park, for a particular use or for the use of particular persons or bodies or a particular sector of the public,

(d) impose fees and charges on persons (whether on foot or driving vehicles or hoofed animals) entering or using the park, any part of the park or any facilities in the park and on persons driving vehicles or hoofed animals who enter or use any public or other road traversing the park,

(e) regulate or prohibit the use of any facilities in the park or the carrying out of activities (including driving vehicles or hoofed animals or operating or mooring vessels) in the park,

(f) grant any consent that is required by this Regulation in relation to the use of the park,

(g) impose conditions, including conditions relating to the payment of fees or charges, on persons (whether on foot or driving vehicles or hoofed animals) entering or using the park, any part of the park or any facilities in the park,

(h) impose conditions relating to the payment of fees or charges by persons driving vehicles or hoofed animals who enter or use any public or other road traversing the park,

(i) prohibit the collection of deadfalls of timber in the park.

(2) A person must not:

(a) enter any park or part of a park that is closed to the public in accordance with this clause, or

(b) remain, or leave a vehicle parked, in any park or part of a park after the time that it is closed to the public in accordance with this clause, or

(c) enter any park or part of a park that is reserved for the use of particular persons or bodies or for a particular sector of the public in accordance with this clause unless the person is a person, or belongs to a body or sector of the public, for whose use it is reserved, or

(d) use any park or part of a park for a use other than that for which it is reserved, or

(e) enter or use any park or part of a park or any public or other road traversing a park without paying any fee or charge that is imposed in that regard in accordance with this clause, or

(f) use any facilities in a park or carry out any activity (including driving a vehicle or hoofed animal) in a park in contravention of the terms of a notice under this clause, or

(g) enter or use any park, any part of a park, any facilities in a park or any public or other road traversing a park otherwise than in accordance with any conditions imposed in accordance with this clause, or

(h) collect deadfalls of timber in the park in contravention of the terms of a notice under this clause.

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.

(3) A person does not commit an offence under this clause for anything done or omitted to be done with the consent of a park authority and in accordance with any conditions to which the consent is subject.

(4) A park authority may waive payment by any person or class of persons of any fee or charge imposed under this clause.