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National Parks Act 1980

National parks - Establishment, exclusion of land from, and definition of parks

13: Permits for access to specially protected areas

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"Rules for getting permission to visit special protected places in national parks"

You need a special permit from the Minister to enter or stay in specially protected areas. The Minister can give these permits to one or more people and can change or cancel them at any time. The permits have conditions that the Minister decides on. These permits must follow the park's management plan. If you go into a specially protected area without a permit, or if you don't follow the conditions on your permit, you're breaking the law.

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Part 1National parks
Establishment, exclusion of land from, and definition of parks

13Permits for access to specially protected areas

  1. No person shall enter or remain in any specially protected area, except under the authority of and in accordance with a permit issued by the Minister under this section.

  2. The Minister may from time to time issue a permit under this section to 1 or more persons granting access to any specially protected area and may amend or revoke any such permit at any time.

  3. Every such permit shall contain such conditions as the Minister determines.

  4. No permit issued under this section shall be inconsistent with the management plan for the park.

  5. Every person commits an offence against this Act who—

  6. enters or remains in any specially protected area, except under the authority of a permit issued under this section; or
    1. fails to comply with any condition contained in any such permit.