Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT) REGULATION 2006

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents

CHAPTER 1--PRELIMINARY

           Part 1--General

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Relationship with Administration Regulation

           Part 2--Application

   4.      Definition for pt 2
   5.      Application generally
   6.      Application to national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land)
   7.      Application to State forest or timber reserves
   8.      Application to private land
   9.      Application to particular activities in resources reserves

           Part 3--Interpretation

   10.     Interpretation generally
   11.     Scientific names

CHAPTER 2--GENERAL PROVISIONS ABOUT PROTECTED AREAS

           Part 1--Trustees of conservation parks or resources reserves

   12.     Trustees of particular conservation parks to manage park—Act, s 31
   13.     Trustees of particular resources reserves to manage reserve—Act, s 31
   14.     Application of fees charged by trustees

           Part 2--Permitted uses in national parks

   15.     Permitted uses in national parks or national parks (recovery)—Act, s 35
   16.     Permitted uses in national parks—Act, s 37

CHAPTER 3--TAKING, USING, KEEPING OR INTERFERING WITH CULTURAL OR NATURAL RESOURCES

           Part 1--Considering applications for permits or authorities

   17.     Additional matters to be considered

           Part 2--Permits for taking, using, keeping or interfering with cultural or natural resources

           Division 1--Restrictions on grant for all permits for taking, using, keeping or interfering with cultural or natural resources

   18.     Restriction on grant about insurance

           Division 2--Resources permits
           Subdivision 1--Additional restrictions on grant of resources permit for particular cultural or natural resources

   19.     Restriction about permit for quarry material
   20.     Restrictions about permit for plant parts
           Subdivision 2--Additional restriction on grant of resources permit for educational purposes
   21.     Additional general restriction on grant of permit
   22.     Restriction about persons to whom permit may be granted
   23.     Restriction about purposes for which permit may be granted
           Subdivision 3--Additional restrictions on grant of resources permit for scientific purposes
   24.     Additional general restriction on grant of permit
   25.     Restriction about persons to whom permit may be granted
   26.     Restriction about purposes for which permit may be granted
           Subdivision 4--Activities authorised by resources permits
   27.     Taking, using, keeping and interfering with particular resources authorised
           Subdivision 5--Conducting activities under particular resources permit
   28.     Royalty payable for quarry material

           Division 3--Apiary permits
           Subdivision 1--Additional restriction on grant of apiary permits

   29.     Restriction about protected areas for which permit may be granted
   30.     Restriction about number of beehives for which permit may be granted
           Subdivision 2--Activities authorised by apiary permits
   31.     Taking, using, keeping and interfering with particular resources for apiary authorised

           Part 3--Aboriginal tradition or Island custom authorities for taking, using, keeping or interfering with cultural or natural resources

           Division 1--General restrictions on grant for Aboriginal tradition or Island custom authorities

   32.     Restriction about resources for which authorities may be granted
   33.     Restriction about way for taking, keeping, using or interfering with resources

           Division 2--Aboriginal tradition authorities
           Subdivision 1--Considering application

   34.     Additional matters to be considered
           Subdivision 2--Additional restrictions on grant
   35.     Restriction about persons to whom authority may be granted
   36.     Additional restriction about circumstances under which authority may be granted for national parks
           Subdivision 3--Activities authorised by Aboriginal tradition authority
   37.     Taking, using, keeping and interfering with particular resources authorised
           Subdivision 4--Conducting activities under Aboriginal tradition authority
   38.     Notifying persons about authorisations and conditions
   39.     Way cultural or natural resource may be taken

           Division 3--Island custom authorities
           Subdivision 1--Considering application

   40.     Additional matters to be considered
           Subdivision 2--Additional restrictions on grant
   41.     Restriction about persons to whom authority may be granted
   42.     Additional restriction about circumstances under which authority may be granted for national parks
           Subdivision 3--Activities authorised by Island custom authority
   43.     Taking, using, keeping and interfering with particular resources authorised
           Subdivision 4--Conducting activities under Island custom authority
   44.     Notifying persons about authorisations and conditions
   45.     Way cultural or natural resource may be taken

           Part 4--Other taking, using, keeping or interfering with cultural or natural resources

   46.     Controlling activity
   47.     Fish, invertebrate animals or mud crabs in particular protected areas
   48.     Prescribed forest reserves for temporary continuation of beekeeping—Act, s 184

CHAPTER 4--PROVISIONS ABOUT PERMITS FOR ACCESS TO, USE OF AND CONDUCT WITHIN PROTECTED AREAS

           Part 1--Provisions applying to all or most permits

           Division 1--Considering applications for activity permits

   49.     Additional matters to be considered

           Division 2--Restrictions on grant

   50.     Permit must be consistent with management principles and management intent or plan
   51.     Restriction on grant about insurance

           Division 3--Activity authorised by most permits or not authorised by any permit

   52.     Access to restricted area authorised under particular permits
   53.     Access to area closed to the public not authorised

           Part 2--Camping permits

   54.     Camping authorised under permit

           Part 3--Restricted access area permits

   55.     Entering restricted access area authorised under permit

           Part 4--Stock grazing permits

   56.     Restriction about protected areas for which permit may be granted
   57.     Grazing stock in particular areas authorised under permit

           Part 5--Stock mustering permits

   58.     Mustering stock in particular areas authorised under permit
   59.     Using particular animals or vehicles to muster stock authorised under particular permits

           Part 6--Travelling stock permits

   60.     Restriction about protected areas for which permit may be granted
   61.     Travelling stock within particular areas authorised under permit

           Part 7--Permits to enter national park (scientific)

   62.     Entering particular national parks (scientific) authorised under permit

           Part 8--Commercial activity permits

   63.     Conducting particular activities in particular areas authorised under permit
   64.     Keeping record for particular permits
   65.     Giving return of operations for particular permits

           Part 9--Permits to solicit donations or information

   66.     Soliciting donations or information in particular areas authorised under permit

           Part 10--Group activity permits

   67.     Conducting particular activities in particular areas authorised under permit

           Part 11--Permits to use recreational craft

   68.     Using particular recreational craft in particular areas authorised under permit

           Part 12--Special activity permits

   69.     Conducting particular activities in particular areas authorised under permit

CHAPTER 5--REGULATORY NOTICES AND DECLARATIONS

           Part 1--Regulatory notices

   70.     Requirements for regulatory notices
   71.     Regulatory information notice
   72.     Erection of regulatory notice or regulatory information notice is evidence of particular matters

           Part 2--Declaration of restricted access area

   73.     Declaration of restricted access area
   74.     Reasons for declaring restricted access area
   75.     Consultation with stakeholders about declarations
   76.     When declarations end

           Part 3--Declaration of prescribed commercial activity

   77.     Declaration of prescribed commercial activity

           Part 4--Declaration of special activity

   78.     Declaration of special activity
   79.     Activities that may be special activities
   80.     Consultation with stakeholders about declarations

           Part 5--Declaration of area closed to the public

   81.     Declaration of area closed to the public

CHAPTER 6--OFFENCES ABOUT ACCESS TO, USING AND CONDUCT IN PROTECTED AREAS

           Part 1--Access to, using and conduct in protected area generally

           Division 1--Camping in protected area

   82.     Unlawful camping
   83.     Compliance with conditions of camping permit
   84.     Requirement about number of persons who may camp under permit or approval
   85.     Display of camping tags
   86.     Complying with direction to leave camping site for protection, safety or minimising disturbance
   87.     Complying with direction to leave camping site for person camping at same site for long periods

           Division 2--Conducting other activities in protected area

   88.     Unlawfully entering restricted access area
   89.     Unlawfully grazing stock
   90.     Unlawfully grazing other animals
   91.     Unlawfully mustering stock
   92.     Unlawfully travelling stock
   93.     Unlawfully travelling other animals
   94.     Allowing stock to stray onto protected area
   95.     Unlawfully entering national park (scientific)
   96.     Unlawfully conducting commercial activity
   97.     Compliance with conservation conditions
   98.     Unlawfully soliciting donations or information
   99.     Unlawfully conducting group activity
   100.    Unlawfully conducting special activity
   101.    Unlawfully entering area closed to the public
   102.    Failing to comply with particular regulatory notices

           Part 2--Fires

   103.    Unlawful lighting of fires
   104.    Unattended fires
   105.    Unauthorised things relating to fires
   106.    Conservation officer's powers in relation to fires

           Part 3--Unauthorised structures or works

   107.    Unauthorised structures and works
   108.    Complying with direction to remove unauthorised structures or works

           Part 4--Using recreational craft, aircraft, vehicle or boat

   109.    Unauthorised use of recreational craft generally
   110.    Unauthorised flying of aircraft or recreational craft
   111.    Unauthorised landing of aircraft or recreational craft
   112.    Traffic control for vehicles, boats and recreational craft
   113.    Licensing requirement for vehicles and boats
   114.    Registration requirement for vehicles
   115.    Approval requirement for conditionally registered vehicles
   116.    Safe use of vehicles—compliance with Transport legislation
   117.    Safe use of vehicles—other requirements
   118.    Safe use of boats and recreational craft
   119.    Complying with direction about use of vehicle, boat, aircraft or recreational craft
   120.    Other requirements about using vehicle, boat or recreational craft

           Part 5--Animals and plants

   121.    Unauthorised feeding of animals
   122.    Food to be kept from animals
   123.    Unauthorised disturbance of animals
   124.    Restriction on animals in protected area
   125.    Bringing dogs into or keeping dogs in protected area
   126.    Complying with direction to remove animal
   127.    Unlawfully bringing plants into protected area

           Part 6--Pollution and waste

   128.    Polluting dams, lakes or watercourses
   129.    Misusing water
   130.    Unlawful use of offensive and harmful substances
   131.    Unlawful disposal of offensive and harmful substances
   132.    Dumping or abandoning vehicles, boats, recreational craft or aircraft
   133.    Dumping or abandoning waste materials
   134.    Depositing litter brought into protected area
   135.    Depositing other litter
   136.    Complying with direction about litter

           Part 7--Other conduct in protected area

   137.    Unlawfully possessing or using appliances
   138.    Unauthorised use of generators, compressors or motors
   139.    Disturbance by radio, tape recorder or sound system
   140.    General misconduct
   140A.   Conduct in parts of protected area where estuarine crocodiles are or may be present
   141.    Tampering with camping tags
   142.    Tampering with structures and other things in protected area
   143.    Complying with direction to leave for unlawful activities
   144.    Complying with direction to leave for dangerous circumstances or emergency or rescue activity

CHAPTER 7--AUTHORISED ACTIVITIES IN PROTECTED AREAS

   145.    Conducting general muster
   146.    Permitted dog-walking
   147.    Prescribed forest reserves for temporary continuation of horse riding—Act, s 184A

CHAPTER 8--SEIZURE OF THINGS IN PROTECTED AREA

   148.    Seizure of particular things for the protection of cultural or natural resources
   149.    Stray stock may be seized
   150.    Unauthorised structures or works may be seized
   151.    Unauthorised vehicles, boat, recreational craft or aircraft may be seized
   152.    Abandoned structure, work, vehicle, boat, recreational craft or aircraft may be seized
   153.    Dealing with things seized under this chapter
           SCHEDULE 1 -- TRUSTEES OF CONSERVATION PARKS
           SCHEDULE 2 -- TRUSTEES OF RESOURCES RESERVES
           SCHEDULE 3 -- PERMITTED USES IN PRESCRIBED NATIONAL PARKS
           SCHEDULE 4 -- PERMITTED USES IN NATIONAL PARKS
           SCHEDULE 5 -- PRESCRIBED FOREST RESERVES FOR TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF BEEKEEPING
           SCHEDULE 6 -- NATIONAL PARKS WITHIN WHICH FISH, INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS AND MUD CRABS MAY BE TAKEN
           SCHEDULE 7 -- MINIMUM FLYING HEIGHT OVER PROTECTED AREAS
           SCHEDULE 8 -- PRESCRIBED FOREST RESERVES FOR TEMPORARY CONTINUATION OF HORSE RIDING
           SCHEDULE 9 -- DICTIONARY
           Endnotes