CARAVAN PARKS AND CAMPING GROUNDS REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 11
CARAVAN PARKS AND CAMPING GROUNDS REGULATIONS 1997 - REG 11
11 . Camping other than at caravan park or camping ground
(1) A person may
camp —
(a) for
up to 3 nights in any period of 28 consecutive days on land which he or she
owns or has a legal right to occupy, and may camp for longer than 3 nights on
such land if he or she has written approval under subregulation (2) and
is complying with that approval; or
(b) for
up to 24 consecutive hours in a caravan or other vehicle on a road side rest
area; or
(c) for
up to 24 consecutive hours in a caravan or other vehicle on a road reserve in
an emergency, unless to do so would cause a hazard to other road users or
contravene any other written law with respect to the use of the road reserve;
or
(d) on
any land which is —
(i)
held by a State instrumentality in freehold or leasehold;
or
(ii)
dedicated, reserved, or set apart under the
Land Administration Act 1997 or any other written law, and placed under
the care, control or management of a State instrumentality,
in accordance with the
permission of that instrumentality; or
(e) on
any unallocated Crown land or unmanaged reserve, in accordance with the
permission of the Minister within the meaning of the Land Administration
Act 1997 , or a person authorised by the Minister to give permission
under this paragraph.
(2) Written approval
may be given for a person to camp on land referred to in
subregulation (1)(a) for a period specified in the approval which is
longer than 3 nights —
(a) by
the local government of the district where the land is situated, if such
approval will not result in the land being camped on for longer than
3 months in any period of 12 months; or
(b) by
the Minister, if such approval will result in the land being camped on for
longer than 3 months in any period of 12 months; or
(c)
despite paragraph (b), by the local government of the district where the
land is situated —
(i)
if such approval will not result in the land being camped
on for longer than 12 consecutive months; and
(ii)
if the person owns or has a legal right to occupy the
land and is to camp in a caravan on the land while a permit has effect in
relation to the land.
(3) In this
regulation —
emergency means a situation where to move the
caravan or other vehicle to a more suitable area would constitute an immediate
and serious hazard due to the condition of the caravan or other vehicle, or a
vehicle towing the caravan, or of the driver, or passengers, of any such
vehicle;
permit means a building permit or a demolition
permit as defined in the Building Act 2011 section 3;
road side rest area means an area designated by a
traffic sign erected in accordance with a written law, as an area which may be
used for 24 hours for —
(a)
resting; or
(b)
stopping; or
(c)
camping,
in a vehicle;
State instrumentality has the same meaning as it
has for the purposes of the Land Administration Act 1997 ;
unallocated Crown land has the same meaning as it
has for the purposes of the Land Administration Act 1997 ;
unmanaged reserve has the same meaning as it has
for the purposes of the Land Administration Act 1997 .
[Regulation 11 amended: Gazette
16 Jul 1999 p. 3202‑4; 25 Aug 2000
p. 4911; 13 Apr 2012 p. 1660.]