Part 5Control and management of national parks
Powers of Minister
56Bylaws
The Minister may from time to time
make bylaws that are not inconsistent with the management plan for any park for all or any of the following purposes:- the management, safety, and preservation of any park, and the safety and preservation of the native plants and animals in the park:
- the safety and protection of the public using any parks:
- excluding the public from any specified part or parts of any park:
- prescribing the conditions on which persons shall have access to or be excluded from any park or any part of any park, or on which persons may use any building or facility in a park, and fixing charges for the admission of persons to any part of any park set apart for any specified purpose of public recreation and for the use of any such building or facility:
- prescribing conditions for the use of camping sites, or picnic places in any park, and fixing charges for the use of any such camping sites, or picnic places:
- prohibiting or regulating the use or parking of vehicles or the use or mooring of boats in any park:
- setting apart and prescribing conditions and fixing charges for the use of parking areas within any park, and providing for the removal from any such area of any motor vehicle parked there in breach of any such condition:
- prohibiting or regulating the use of any internal combustion engine in any park, whether or not that engine is the means of propulsion of any vehicle, boat, machinery, or appliance:
- prescribing conditions on which persons may be permitted to enter or remain in any wilderness area within any park:
- prescribing the safety devices to be fitted to any machinery or device operated in any park under the authority of any agreement, lease, or licence made or granted by the Minister, and regulating the operation and maintenance of such machinery or devices:
- prohibiting the hovering over or landing of any aircraft on any part of a park:
- prescribing conditions upon which operators and pilots in command of aircraft may land and take off or set down, pick up, or recover within any park any person, livestock, carcass, or article of any description:
- prescribing fines, not exceeding $5,000 in any one case, for the breach of any bylaw made under paragraphs (a) to (j):
- prescribing fines, not exceeding $10,000 in any one case, for the breach of any bylaw made under paragraphs (k) to (l).
Bylaws may be made under subsection (1) in respect of parks generally, or in respect of any 1 or more of those parks.
Publication of the bylaws in accordance with subsection (4) is conclusive evidence that the bylaws have been made under this section.
Bylaws under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).
Notes
- Section 56(1): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
- Section 56(1)(d): replaced, on , by section 124 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
- Section 56(1)(m): replaced, on , by section 10 of the Conservation (Natural Heritage Protection) Act 2013 (2013 No 89).
- Section 56(1)(n): replaced, on , by section 10 of the Conservation (Natural Heritage Protection) Act 2013 (2013 No 89).
- Section 56(3): amended, on , by regulation 9 of the Legislation Act (Amendments to Legislation) Regulations 2021 (LI 2021/247).
- Section 56(3): amended, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).
- Section 56(4): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).