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National Parks Act 1980

Control of dogs

56B: Dog control permits

You could also call this:

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

The Director-General can give you a special permit to take your dog into a national park. This permit lets you and your dog go into specific parts of the park that the permit says are okay.

The Director-General might not give you a permit if your dog is considered dangerous or isn't registered. They also might not give you a permit if you've been in trouble for not being a good dog owner before, or if you've broken laws about protecting animals and nature.

If you get a permit, you need to carry it with you whenever you and your dog are in the national park. The permit might have other rules you need to follow too.

Your permit will say what you're allowed to do with your dog in the park and why you're allowed to do it.

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Part 5AControl of dogs

56BDog control permits

  1. Subject to section 56C, the Director-General may from time to time issue in respect of any dog a dog control permit allowing the owner or any other person in charge of that dog to take that dog into any national park or part of a national park specified in the permit.

  2. Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), it is hereby declared that the Director-General may refuse to issue a dog control permit if the permit is sought—

  3. in relation to a dog that is classified as a dangerous dog under section 31 of the Dog Control Act 1996 or is not registered under that Act; or
    1. by a person who is—
      1. a person classified under section 21(1) of the Dog Control Act 1996 as a probationary owner; or
        1. a person disqualified under section 25 of the Dog Control Act 1996 from being the owner of any dog; or
          1. a person who has been convicted of an offence under the Dog Control and Hydatids Act 1982; or
            1. a person who has been convicted of an offence against section 26ZZP or section 26ZZQ of the Conservation Act 1987 or section 56I of this Act; or
              1. a person who has been convicted of an offence against the Wildlife Act 1953, the Marine Mammals Protection Act 1978, or the Trade in Endangered Species Act 1989 or any regulations made under any of those Acts.

              2. Every dog control permit issued under subsection (1) shall be subject to—

              3. the condition that the holder carry the permit on his or her person whenever the holder is in a national park and is accompanied by the dog; and
                1. such other conditions as the Director-General thinks fit to impose.

                  1. Every dog control permit issued under subsection (1) shall state the activity and purpose for which it is issued.

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