Part 1National parks
Establishment, exclusion of land from, and definition of parks
16Plans of national parks
The Chief Surveyor shall ensure that a current plan of each national park that is wholly or partly within his land district and every specially protected area, wilderness area, and amenities area within that park is—
- available at his office for public inspection without fee during ordinary office hours; and
- deposited in the office of the Director-General and the office of the Chief Surveyor of every land district in which any part of the park is situated.
Where any land is added to or excluded from any national park, specially protected area, wilderness area, or amenities area, the appropriate Chief Surveyor shall ensure that the plans required by subsection (1) are altered, replaced, or removed as the case may require.
Every plan and every alteration to any plan shall be certified by the appropriate Chief Surveyor.
The Chief Surveyor shall supply to any person applying for it a copy of any plan required by subsection (1) to be available in his office for public inspection.
Every plan of a national park or specially protected area, wilderness area, or amenities area certified by a Chief Surveyor, and every certified copy of any such plan shall, in the absence of proof to the contrary, be sufficient evidence of the boundaries and area comprising that national park, specially protected area, wilderness area, or amenities area.