PARKS AND RESERVES ACT 1895 - SECT 5

PARKS AND RESERVES ACT 1895 - SECT 5

5 .         Boards’ specific functions

        (1)         In the exercise of its general powers in respect of the land placed under its control, a Board may, among other things, do as follows —

            (a)         fence in or otherwise enclose, clear, level, drain, plant, and form walks and carriage drives through and over the land, or any part thereof; and

            (b)         construct dams and reservoirs for the retention and formation of sheets of water thereon; and

            (c)         otherwise improve or ornament the land, and do all such things as are calculated to adapt the land to the purposes of public recreation, health, and enjoyment; and

            (d)         establish and maintain zoological gardens therein; and

            (e)         grant licences for the depasturing of animals on the land, and take for the same such fees as the Board may, by any by-law, from time to time appoint; and

            (f)         grant licences for the removal of any sand, gravel, or other earth or mineral, and for cutting and removing wood under such restrictions, and at such reasonable price, or such weekly, monthly, or yearly sum as the Board may think fit.

        (1a)         A Board shall not grant a licence under subsection (1)(e) or (f) unless —

            (a)         the approval of the Minister has been first obtained; or

            (b)         the purpose for which the land the subject of the proposed licence is placed under the control of the Board is specifically that for which the licence is proposed to be granted.

        (2)         Nothing in this section contained shall be construed to limit the general powers of a Board.

        [Section 5 amended: No. 59 of 1954 s. 2; No. 4 of 1972 s. 2; No. 50 of 1978 s. 3; No. 77 of 1982 s. 16; No. 8 of 1985 s. 2; No. 1 of 1990 s. 3; No. 5 of 1995 s. 12; No. 53 of 1998 s. 56; No. 76 of 2003 s. 10.]