You are not allowed to bring your dog into a national park. This rule applies to you if you own a dog or if you are looking after someone else's dog. The only times you can bring a dog into a national park are when this law or the park's own rules say it's okay. These special cases are rare, so most of the time, dogs are not allowed in national parks.

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56: Bylaws, or

"Rules for keeping national parks safe and enjoyable"

56B: Dog control permits, or

"You can ask for special permission to bring your dog into parts of a national park"

Part 5AControl of dogs

56ARestrictions in relation to dogs

Except as provided in this Act or in any bylaws made under this Act, no person, being an owner of a dog or a person in charge of a dog, shall allow that dog to be in a national park.

Notes

Section 56A: inserted, on 2 May 1996, by section 3 of the National Parks Amendment Act (No 2) 1996 (1996 No 15).