{"id":"forestry-regulations-2013","name":"Forestry Regulations 2013","slug":"forestry-regulations-2013","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":235577,"registerId":"sa-forestry-regulations-2013-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Forestry Regulations 2013","content":"South Australia\nForestry Regulations 2013\nunder the Forestry Act 1950\n\nContents\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1\tShort title\n3\tInterpretation\n4\tNon‑derogation from Corporation's powers\nPart 2—Entrance to reserves or parts of reserves\n5\tProhibition of entrance on total fire ban days\n6\tProhibition of entrance by notice\n7\tProhibition of entrance at night\n8\tProhibition of entrance to caves or sinkholes\nPart 3—Controls on activities in reserves\n9\tLighting, maintaining or using fires\n10\tUse of vehicles\n11\tUse of boats\n12\tUse of aircraft and drones\n13\tPossession or use of firearms etc\n13A\tPossession and use of chainsaws\n13B\tUse of generators and alternators\n14\tProtection of animals\n15\tProtection of vegetation\n16\tProtection of water\n17\tProtection of soil, fossils etc\n18\tDepositing rubbish\n19\tAbandoned property\n20\tBringing animals into reserves\n20A\tStraying and grazing of animals\n21\tSeizure, disposal of animals\n22\tDisorderly behaviour etc\n23\tOther activities that must be authorised\n24\tCompliance with notices and signs\nPart 4—Permits\n25\tPermits\n27\tFees\n28\tPayment of bond etc\nPart 5—Miscellaneous\n29\tFalse or misleading statements\n30\tOffence to return if required to leave forest reserve\nSchedule 2—Transitional provisions\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1\tInterpretation\nPart 3—Transitional provision\n3\tTransitional provision\nLegislative history\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Forestry Regulations 2013.\n3—Interpretation\nIn these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—\nAct means the Forestry Act 1950;\naircraft includes any hang‑glider, para‑glider, ultra‑light aircraft, gas or hot air balloon, or other similar craft;\nanimal includes any amphibian, bird, crustacean, fish, mollusc or reptile, but does not include an insect;\nboat means any vessel or craft that is used, or is capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water;\ndrive includes be in control of;\nfirearm means a device from which any kind of shot, arrow, bullet or other missile can be discharged;\nforest reserve includes a native forest reserve;\nfossicking means the gathering of minerals—\n\t(a)\tas a recreation; and\n\t(b)\twithout any intention to sell the minerals or to utilise them for a commercial or industrial purpose,\nbut does not include the gathering of minerals by any means involving the disturbance of land or water by machinery or explosives;\nlawful authority means authority pursuant to the Act or these regulations and includes authority pursuant to—\n\t(a)\ta permit or other authority issued or provided by the Corporation; or\n\t(b)\ta lease, licence, easement or other interest granted by the Corporation;\nminerals includes stone but does not include soil;\nmotor bike means a motor vehicle with 2 wheels, and includes a 2 wheeled motor vehicle with a sidecar attached to it that is supported by a third wheel;\nmotor vehicle means a vehicle built to be propelled by a motor that forms part of the vehicle;\nnight means the period between sunset on one day and sunrise on the next day;\nride, in relation to a motor bike or bicycle or an animal‑drawn vehicle, includes be in control of;\nsoil includes sand, clay and similar material;\ntake, in relation to an animal, includes any act of hunting, catching, restraining, killing or injuring, and any act of attempting or assisting to hunt, catch, restrain, kill or injure;\ntrapping device means a trap, net, snare or other device designed to take or facilitate the taking of animals;\nunprotected animal means an animal that is not a protected animal within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972; \nvehicle has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Act 1961.\n4—Non‑derogation from Corporation's powers\nNothing in these regulations derogates from the power of the Corporation—\n\t(a)\tto deny a person access to, or require a person to leave, a forest reserve or part of a forest reserve as the Corporation thinks fit for the proper control and management of the forest reserve but subject to any lease, licence, easement or other interest, or any permit, granted and in force under the Act or these regulations; or\n\t(b)\tto authorise entry to or an activity in a forest reserve otherwise than by a permit under these regulations.\nPart 2—Entrance to reserves or parts of reserves\n5—Prohibition of entrance on total fire ban days\nA person must not, without lawful authority, enter or remain in a forest reserve on a day on which the lighting or maintaining of fires in the open air for any purpose is banned under the Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005 throughout the State or a part of the State in which the forest reserve is situated.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n6—Prohibition of entrance by notice\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, enter or remain in a forest reserve or part of a forest reserve contrary to the terms of notices erected with the approval of the Corporation at the entrances to that reserve or that part of the reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(2)\tIn subregulation (1), a reference to an entrance to a forest reserve or part of a forest reserve is a reference to a place at which any established road or track intersects the boundary of that forest reserve or that part of the forest reserve.\n7—Prohibition of entrance at night\nA person must not, without lawful authority—\n\t(a)\tcamp in a forest reserve overnight; or\n\t(b)\tenter a forest reserve before sunrise on any day; or\n\t(c)\tenter or remain in a forest reserve after sunset on any day.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n8—Prohibition of entrance to caves or sinkholes\nA person must not, without lawful authority, enter or remain in a cave or sinkhole in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\nPart 3—Controls on activities in reserves\n9—Lighting, maintaining or using fires\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, light, maintain or use a fire in the open air in a native forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(2)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, at any time during the month of November, December, January, February, March or April in any year light, maintain or use a fire in the open air, or use a gas or electrical cooking appliance, heater or lamp in the open air, in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(3)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, light, maintain or use a fire in a forest reserve unless—\n\t(a)\tthe fire is for cooking or personal comfort; and\n\t(b)\tthe fire is contained—\n\t(i)\tin a fire place in the reserve that has been constructed by the Corporation for that purpose; or\n\t(ii)\tin a portable cooking appliance; and\n\t(c)\tthe space immediately around and above the fire is cleared of all flammable material to a distance of at least 4 metres; and\n\t(d)\tthe fire does not occupy an area in excess of 1 square metre; and\n\t(e)\ta person who is able to control the fire is present at the site of the fire from the time it is lighted to the time it is completely extinguished; and\n\t(f)\tan appropriate agent adequate to extinguish the fire is at hand.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n10—Use of vehicles\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, drive or ride a vehicle in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(2)\tSubregulation (1) does not apply to a person who drives or rides a vehicle in a forest reserve other than a native forest reserve—\n\t(a)\ton an established road or track (other than a road or track or part of a road or track that has been closed off by a sign or barrier erected with the approval of the Corporation); or\n\t(b)\twithin 5 metres either side of such a road or track for the purpose only of parking or turning the vehicle.\n\t(3)\tA person must not leave a vehicle in a position that obstructs other vehicles from entering, leaving or proceeding along a road or track in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(4)\tA warden may remove, or cause to be removed, a vehicle left in contravention of subregulation (3) and the Corporation may recover the reasonable costs of removal from the owner of the vehicle as a debt due to the Corporation.\n11—Use of boats\nA person must not, without lawful authority, use a boat on any stream, creek, dam, reservoir, lake, sinkhole or other body of water in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n12—Use of aircraft and drones\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, land or otherwise use an aircraft in a forest reserve except in the case of an emergency.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(2)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, fly a drone or other unmanned aerial vehicle in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(3)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, jump into a forest reserve from an aircraft or drop an object into a forest reserve from an aircraft.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n13—Possession or use of firearms etc\nA person must not, without lawful authority, have control of, carry or use—\n\t(a)\ta firearm or trapping device; or\n\t(b)\tfireworks or explosives,\nin a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n13A—Possession and use of chainsaws\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, have control of, carry or use a chainsaw in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(2)\tSubregulation (1) does not apply to a person who has control of, carries or uses a chainsaw in a forest reserve other than a native forest reserve—\n\t(a)\tin the course of exercising rights or performing obligations pursuant to a lease, licence or agreement entered into by the Corporation; or\n\t(b)\tin the course of exercising rights or performing obligations under an Act or a statutory instrument; or\n\t(c)\tfor the purpose of fighting a bushfire or dealing with any other emergency.\n13B—Use of generators and alternators\nA person must not, without lawful authority, operate a generator or alternator in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n14—Protection of animals\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, take, molest or interfere with an unprotected animal, or the eggs of an unprotected animal, in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(2)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, remove from a forest reserve, or intentionally destroy, damage or disturb in a forest reserve, any animal nest or burrow.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n15—Protection of vegetation\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, remove from a forest reserve, or intentionally destroy, damage or disturb in a forest reserve, any—\n\t(a)\ttree, plant, fungi, lichen, algae or other vegetation; or\n\t(b)\twood, bark, mulch or other dead vegetation.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(2)\tSubregulation (1) does not apply to—\n\t(a)\tthe removal of wood for firewood where the wood has been set aside by the Corporation for removal and use as firewood; or\n\t(b)\tdestruction, damage or disturbance reasonably required in connection with an activity lawfully engaged in by that person in the forest reserve.\n16—Protection of water\nA person must not, without lawful authority—\n\t(a)\ttake water from any tank, watercourse or natural water storage in a forest reserve except as reasonably required in connection with any activity lawfully engaged in by that person in the forest reserve; or\n\t(b)\tdam or divert a watercourse in a forest reserve; or\n\t(c)\tfoul or pollute water in any tank, watercourse or natural water storage in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n17—Protection of soil, fossils etc\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without lawful authority—\n\t(a)\tfossick for minerals in a forest reserve; or\n\t(ab)\tuse a device for detecting metal or minerals in a forest reserve; or\n\t(b)\tremove any soil, minerals or similar material from a forest reserve; or\n\t(c)\tintentionally destroy, damage or disturb any soil, minerals or similar material in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(2)\tSubregulation (1)(c) does not apply to destruction, damage or disturbance reasonably required in connection with an activity lawfully engaged in by that person in the forest reserve.\n\t(3)\tA person must not, without lawful authority—\n\t(a)\tremove any fossil or archaeological remains from a forest reserve; or\n\t(b)\tintentionally destroy, damage or disturb any fossil or archaeological remains in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n18—Depositing rubbish\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, deposit rubbish (including soil, stone, rubble, animal or vegetable matter and other debris, waste or refuse) in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(2)\tSubregulation (1) does not apply in relation to rubbish arising from an activity lawfully engaged in by the person in the forest reserve if the rubbish is deposited in a receptacle or place set aside for that purpose in the reserve.\n19—Abandoned property\n\t(1)\tAny vehicle or personal property abandoned or left unattended for more than 24 hours in a forest reserve may be seized and impounded by a forest warden.\n\t(2)\tThe Corporation may require the owner of any vehicle or personal property seized and impounded under this regulation to pay the cost of seizing, impounding and keeping the vehicle or personal property before returning the vehicle or personal property to the owner.\n\t(3)\tIf, at the expiration of 1 month after the owner of a vehicle or personal property has been notified of its seizure or impounding, the owner has not paid to the Corporation the cost of seizing, impounding and keeping the vehicle or personal property, the Corporation may sell or otherwise dispose of the vehicle or personal property.\n\t(4)\tIf the owner of any vehicle or personal property seized or impounded under this regulation is unknown or cannot be contacted, the Corporation may, after the expiration of 1 month after the vehicle or personal property has been seized or impounded, sell or otherwise dispose of the vehicle or personal property.\n20—Bringing animals into reserves\n\t(1)\tA person must not, without lawful authority—\n\t(a)\tcause or permit a horse of which the person has care and control to enter or remain in a forest reserve; or\n\t(b)\tlead or ride a horse in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(2)\tA person must not, without lawful authority, cause or permit any other animal of which the person has care and control to enter or remain in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(3)\tSubregulation (2) does not apply to a person who brings a dog onto the forest reserve other than a native forest reserve if—\n\t(a)\tin the case of an area of the forest reserve designated by the Corporation for that purpose—the dog is restrained on a lead not exceeding 3 m in length; or\n\t(b)\tin any other case—the dog is, at all times, under the person's effective control or the effective control of some other person.\n\t(4)\tFor the purposes of this regulation, a dog will be taken to be in the effective control of a person if the person is exercising control of the dog—\n\t(a)\tby means of a physical restraint; or\n\t(b)\tby command, the dog being in close proximity to the person and the person being able to see the dog at all times.\n20A—Straying and grazing of animals\nA person must not, without lawful authority, permit an animal to stray into, or graze in, a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n21—Seizure, disposal of animals\n\t(1)\tIf an unprotected animal is in a forest reserve and—\n\t(a)\tis not under the control of any person; and\n\t(b)\tis not in the reserve pursuant to a permit or other authority, or a lease, licence, easement or other interest, granted by the Corporation,\na forest warden or any other person authorised by the Corporation may, subject to subregulation (2)—\n\t(c)\tcapture and dispose of the animal by sale or in any other manner; or\n\t(d)\tdestroy the animal.\n\t(2)\tIf a forest warden or other person authorised by the Corporation knows, or has reason to believe, that a person claims ownership of an animal in a forest reserve, the warden or other person must, before disposing of or destroying the animal, serve notice on the person claiming ownership requiring him or her to remove the animal from the reserve within 7 days.\n\t(3)\tThe notice may be served—\n\t(a)\tpersonally or by post; or\n\t(b)\tif the whereabouts of the person on whom the notice is to be served are unknown, by publishing the notice—\n\t(i)\ton a website determined by the Minister; or\n\t(ii)\tin a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State.\n\t(4)\tThe costs of capturing and disposing of an animal or destroying an animal under this regulation are a debt due by the owner of the animal to the Corporation.\n\t(5)\tAn animal or the carcass of an animal that has been captured or destroyed must not be surrendered to its owner until those costs have been paid.\n22—Disorderly behaviour etc\nA person must not, in a forest reserve—\n\t(a)\tcause a disturbance or behave in a disorderly, offensive or indecent manner; or\n\t(b)\tuse offensive or indecent language; or\n\t(c)\twilfully obstruct, disturb, interrupt or annoy any other person engaged in the proper use of the reserve; or\n\t(d)\tthrow, roll or discharge a stone, substance or missile so as to endanger any person or animal in the reserve; or\n\t(e)\tdeface, paint, write on, cut names or letters in or otherwise make marks or affix bills on, trees, rocks, gates, fences, buildings, signs or other property in the reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n23—Other activities that must be authorised\nA person must not, without lawful authority—\n\t(a)\ttake a photograph, or make a film or other audio or video recording, for commercial purposes in a forest reserve; or\n\t(b)\tconduct a tour in a forest reserve for fee or reward or organise such a tour; or\n\t(c)\tconduct any athletic, horse riding, fishing, cycling or other kind of competition in a forest reserve or organise such a competition; or\n\t(d)\tsell or hire goods, or offer goods for sale or hire, in a forest reserve; or\n\t(e)\tprovide, or offer to provide, any service in a forest reserve for fee or reward; or\n\t(f)\tconduct a motor vehicle race, rally, speed trial or similar event in a forest reserve or organise such an event; or\n\t(g)\tconduct scientific experiments in a forest reserve; or\n\t(h)\tkeep bees in a forest reserve; or\n\t(i)\tundertake any activity in a forest reserve for the purpose of fund raising or making a profit; or\n\t(j)\tuse or cause to be used any loud speaker or similar device or other noisy equipment in a forest reserve; or\n\t(k)\tconstruct or erect any booth, marquee or other structure in a forest reserve; or\n\t(l)\torganise or cause to be organised, or attend or participate in, a public meeting, demonstration or gathering in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n24—Compliance with notices and signs\nA person must not, without lawful authority, contravene or fail to comply with a direction by the Corporation regulating or prohibiting—\n\t(a)\tthe driving or parking of a vehicle in a forest reserve or part of a forest reserve; or\n\t(b)\taccess to a forest reserve or part of a forest reserve; or\n\t(c)\tthe conduct of an activity in a forest reserve or part of a forest reserve,\nthat is specified in a notice or sign displayed in the reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\nPart 4—Permits\n25—Permits\n\t(1)\tSubject to these regulations, the Corporation may issue a permit authorising an act or activity in a forest reserve that would, if undertaken without lawful authority, constitute an offence under these regulations.\n\t(2)\tA permit must be in writing in a form determined by the Corporation.\n\t(3)\tAn application for a permit—\n\t(a)\tmust be made in the manner and form determined by the Corporation; and\n\t(b)\tmust be accompanied by the prescribed fee (if any) for a permit of the relevant class.\n\t(4)\tA permit may be issued applying to a group of persons named in the permit on the application of 1 member of the group.\n\t(5)\tA permit may be issued subject to such conditions as are specified in the permit.\n\t(6)\tWithout limiting the conditions to which a permit may be subject, those conditions may include 1 or more of the following:\n\t(a)\ta condition that only persons licensed or otherwise qualified to engage in an activity to which the permit relates may engage in that activity;\n\t(b)\ta condition specifying the area to which the permit relates;\n\t(c)\ta condition restricting a person to whom the permit applies to the use of a specified type of vehicle, boat, aircraft, drone or other unmanned aerial device, generator or alternator, metal or mineral detector, camping equipment, firearm or trapping device in undertaking an activity to which the permit relates;\n\t(d)\ta condition requiring the restoration of a forest reserve or portion of a forest reserve to a condition similar to that which existed prior to the conduct of the activity to which the permit relates;\n\t(e)\ta condition requiring a person to whom the permit applies to lodge with the Corporation a financial assurance in accordance with regulation 28.\n\t(7)\tA permit—\n\t(a)\tcomes into force on the day fixed in the permit for its commencement or, if no day is fixed, on the day on which it is issued; and\n\t(b)\texpires on the day fixed in the permit for its expiry (being a day not more than 12 months from the day of commencement) or, if no expiry day is fixed, on the expiration of 12 months after the day on which it came into force.\n\t(8)\tA person must not contravene or fail to comply with a condition of a permit applying to the person.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n\t(9)\tA permit may—\n\t(a)\tif a person to whom the permit applies contravenes or fails to comply with a condition of the permit—be varied or revoked by the Corporation by instrument in writing served personally or by post—\n\t(i)\ton the person to whom the permit was issued; or\n\t(ii)\ton the person who contravened or failed to comply with the condition; or\n\t(b)\tif, in the opinion of the Corporation, it is necessary or desirable to do so for the purpose of protecting a forest reserve or anything in a forest reserve—be varied or revoked by the Corporation by instrument in writing served personally or by post on the person to whom the permit was issued.\n\t(10)\tA person whose application for a permit is refused must, on request, be refunded an amount equal to the fee that accompanied the application.\n\t(11)\tSubject to regulation 26, a person to whom a permit under these regulations applies must carry the permit or ensure that it is readily available for production at all times while the person is acting pursuant to the permit in a forest reserve.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\n27—Fees\n\t(1)\tSubject to this regulation, the prescribed fee is payable in respect of the issue of a permit authorising an act or activity that would, if undertaken without lawful authority, constitute an offence under these regulations.\n\t(2)\tIf a permit authorises more than 1 act or activity, the prescribed fee specified for each act or activity authorised is payable.\n\t(3)\tIf a permit—\n\t(a)\tauthorises an act or activity that would, if undertaken without lawful authority, constitute an offence under these regulations; and\n\t(b)\tis issued for the purposes of the conduct of a commercial or scientific activity or an organised sporting, political or other event,\nsuch fee (if any) as is determined by the Corporation is payable in respect of that permit.\n\t(4)\tThe fee for a permit may be waived if the Corporation is satisfied that it is appropriate to do so having regard to—\n\t(a)\tthe purposes for which the permit is sought; or\n\t(b)\tthe limited financial means of the applicant.\n28—Payment of bond etc\n\t(1)\tSubject to this regulation, the Corporation may, by condition of a permit, require a person to whom a permit applies to lodge with the Corporation a financial assurance in the form of a bond (supported by security approved by the Corporation) or a specified pecuniary sum, the discharge or repayment of which is conditional on compliance with the conditions of the permit.\n\t(2)\tThe amount of the bond or pecuniary sum required must not exceed the amount that in the opinion of the Corporation is the likely cost of taking action to rectify any damage or detriment to the forest reserve or the operation of the forest reserve that might result from a failure to comply with the conditions of the permit.\n\t(3)\tThe Corporation may not require the lodgement of a bond or pecuniary sum unless satisfied that such a condition is justified in view of the risk of rectification being required if conditions of the permit are not complied with.\n\t(4)\tAfter the expiry or revocation of a permit, the Corporation must, if the conditions of the permit have been complied with—\n\t(a)\tdischarge any bond lodged pursuant to the permit; or\n\t(b)\ton application by a person who lodged a pecuniary sum pursuant to the permit, repay that sum together with any interest that has accrued on that sum.\n\t(5)\tIf the conditions of a permit are not complied with, the Corporation may, where a bond or pecuniary sum has been lodged with the Corporation pursuant to the permit—\n\t(a)\tdetermine that the whole or part of the amount of the bond or pecuniary sum (and interest, if any) is forfeited to the Corporation; and\n\t(b)\tapply any money so forfeited in payment for or towards the costs, expenses, loss or damage incurred by the Corporation as a result of the failure to comply with the permit conditions; and\n\t(c)\tin the case of a pecuniary sum, repay on application by the person by whom the sum was lodged any portion of the sum (or interest) that remains.\nPart 5—Miscellaneous\n29—False or misleading statements\n\t(1)\tA person must not make a statement that is false or misleading in a material particular in, or in connection with, an application for a permit under these regulations.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\n\t(2)\tIt is a defence to a charge of an offence against subregulation (1) for the defendant to prove that he or she believed on reasonable grounds that the statement was true.\n30—Offence to return if required to leave forest reserve\nIf a forest warden, in accordance with the Act, requires a person to leave a forest reserve, the person must not re‑enter the reserve for a period of at least 48 hours (or such lesser period as the warden may specify) after so leaving.\nMaximum penalty: $750.\nExpiation fee: $105.\nSchedule 2—Transitional provisions\nPart 1—Preliminary\n1—Interpretation\nIn this Schedule—\nrevoked regulations means the Forestry Regulations 2005.\nPart 3—Transitional provision\n3—Transitional provision\nA permit authorising an act or activity that was in force under the revoked regulations immediately before the commencement of this clause will be taken to be a permit authorising that act or activity issued under these regulations (and will, subject to these regulations, expire on the date on which it would have expired under the revoked regulations).\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tPlease note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.\n\t•\tEarlier versions of these regulations (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.\n\t•\tFor further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.\nLegislation revoked by principal regulations\nThe Forestry Regulations 2013 revoked the following:\nForestry Regulations 2005\nPrincipal regulations and variations\nNew entries appear in bold.\nYear\nNo\nReference\nCommencement\n2013\n48\nGazette 30.5.2013 p2080 \n30.9.2013: r 2\n2013\n187\nGazette 18.7.2013 p3099\n30.9.2013 immediately after 48/2013: r 2\n2017\n238\nGazette 8.8.2017 p3479\n8.8.2017: r 2\n2021\n10\nGazette 4.2.2021 p254\n4.2.2021: r 2\nProvisions varied\nNew entries appear in bold.\nEntries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.\nProvision\nHow varied\nCommencement\nPt 1\n\n\nr 2\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n8.8.2017\nr 3\n\n\nadult\ndeleted by 10/2021 r 4(1)\n4.2.2021\nbus\ndeleted by 10/2021 r 4(2)\n4.2.2021\nchild\ndeleted by 10/2021 r 4(3)\n4.2.2021\nfamily\ndeleted by 10/2021 r 4(4)\n4.2.2021\nsenior or pensioner\ndeleted by 10/2021 r 4(5)\n4.2.2021\nPt 3\n\n\nr 9\n\n\nr 9(3)\nvaried by 10/2021 r 5\n4.2.2021\nr 12\n\n\nr 12(1)\nr 12 redesignated as r 12(1) by 10/2021 r 6\n4.2.2021\nr 12(2) and (3)\ninserted by 10/2021 r 6\n4.2.2021\nrr 13A and 13B \ninserted by 10/2021 r 7\n4.2.2021\nr 15\n\n\nr 15(1)\nvaried by 10/2021 r 8\n4.2.2021\nr 17\n\n\nr 17(1)\nvaried by 10/2021 r 9\n4.2.2021\nr 20\n\n\nr 20(3)\nsubstituted by 10/2021 r 10\n4.2.2021\nr 20(4)\ninserted by 10/2021 r 10\n4.2.2021\nr 20A\ninserted by 10/2021 r 11\n4.2.2021\nr 21\n\n\nr 21(3)\nvaried by 238/2017 r 4\n8.8.2017\nPt 4\n\n\nr 25\n\n\nr 25(3)\nvaried by 10/2021 r 12(1)\n4.2.2021\nr 25(6)\nvaried by 10/2021 r 12(2)\n4.2.2021\nr 26\ndeleted by 10/2021 r 13\n4.2.2021\nr 27\n\n\nr 27(1) and (2)\nsubstituted by 10/2021 r 14(1)\n4.2.2021\nr 27(3)\nvaried by 10/2021 r 14(2)\n4.2.2021\nr 27(5)\ndeleted by 10/2021 r 14(3)\n4.2.2021\nSch 1 before deletion by 10/2021\n\n\ncll 2 and 3\nsubstituted by 187/2013 r 4\n30.9.2013\nSch 1\ndeleted by 10/2021 r 15\n4.2.2021\nSch 2\n\n\nPt 2\nomitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002\n8.8.2017\nHistorical versions\n30.9.2013\n\n8.8.2017\n\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed — no legislative content was provided. The source URL returned a 'Page Not Found' error, likely due to a website migration on 24 March 2026 that broke pre-existing hyperlinks."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was returned — only a website error page","Unable to assess complexity of the actual regulations without content","Score of 1 reflects absence of analysable material, not simplicity of the underlying law"],"plain_english_summary":"**What happened here?**\n\nThe link provided for the *Forestry Regulations 2013* (South Australia) did not load — the South Australian legislation website returned a **Page Not Found** error. This means the actual text of the regulations was not retrievable from the source provided.\n\n**What this means for you:**\nNo analysis of the *Forestry Regulations 2013* can be provided based on this content, because no legislative text was supplied — only a broken webpage. If you need to review these regulations, try:\n- Visiting [www.legislation.sa.gov.au](https://www.legislation.sa.gov.au) directly and searching for 'Forestry Regulations 2013'\n- Emailing the SA Office of Parliamentary Counsel at OPCWeb@sa.gov.au to report the broken link\n- Checking if the regulations have been repealed, renamed, or consolidated into another instrument"},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The 2013 Regulations replaced the 2005 Regulations (Schedule 2 transitional clause 3) and have been varied since to broaden and update regulated activities. Key scope extensions in later amendments include explicit bans on flying drones and unmanned aerial vehicles in reserves (r 12(2) and (3) — inserted by 10/2021 r 6), specific controls on possession/use of chainsaws (r 13A) and generators/alternators (r 13B) (inserted by 10/2021 r 7), and new rules on straying and grazing (r 20A — inserted by 10/2021 r 11). Amendments also altered fire rules (r 9(3) varied by 10/2021 r 5) and adjusted permit/fee mechanics (rr 25, 27 varied by 10/2021 rr 12,14). Core scope remains management of access and activities in forest reserves, but the Regulations now cover additional modern equipment and clarify permit and financial assurance powers (see legislative history entries for 2017 and 2021 variations)."},"complexity_factors":["Large number of narrowly framed, single-subject offences with identical maximum penalties and expiation fees (many regs across Part 2 and Part 3) increases transactional complexity for users and enforcement.","Broad administrative discretion vested in the Corporation to deny access, authorise entry outside the permit regime, issue/condition/vary/revoke permits and require financial assurances (regs 4, 25(5),(9), 28).","Permit regime mechanics — written form, prescribed fees, conditions (including restoration and financial assurance), expiry rules and obligation to carry permits — create compliance and administrative burdens (regs 25, 27, 28).","Financial assurance rules allow bonds or pecuniary sums tied to estimated rectification costs, with forfeiture and repayment mechanics (reg 28) — introduces valuation and enforcement complexity.","Cross-references to other statutes and instruments (Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005 for total fire bans; Road Traffic Act 1961 for vehicle definition; National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972 for protected animals) create multi‑instrument compliance risk (reg 5; interpretation).","Granular definitional provisions (native forest reserve distinction, definitions of fossicking, vehicle, night, motor bike etc.) affect applicability and create interpretive detail (reg 3).","Operational enforcement provisions permitting seizure and disposal of abandoned property and animals, cost recovery as a debt, and service of notices by website/newspaper add procedural layers (regs 19, 21(3),(4),(5)).","Series of later amendments and insertions (noted in legislative history) add new regulated activities (drones, chainsaws, generators) and alter permit/fee rules, increasing legal variance over time."],"plain_english_summary":"These Regulations set detailed rules for entering and using South Australian forest reserves: they prohibit or limit entry at certain times and places, forbid specific actions (fires, vehicles off tracks, drones, firearms, fossicking, depositing rubbish etc.), and require permits for many commercial or organised activities. The Corporation (forest manager) may grant, condition, vary or revoke permits and can require fees or bonds. They affect visitors, recreational users, commercial operators and anyone seeking to carry out activities inside forest reserves because non-compliance attracts fines or seizure powers."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The regulations have expanded significantly beyond traditional forestry management. Originally focused on timber and basic conservation, the 2021 amendments added modern concerns like drones (regulation 12(2)), chainsaws (13A), and generators (13B). The scope now covers recreational management (camping, dogs, horses), commercial activity control (filming, tours, events), and public order (disorderly behaviour, demonstrations). The deletion of Schedule 1 (which previously contained detailed fee structures for different visitor categories like 'adult', 'child', 'senior') in 2021 suggests a shift from detailed prescriptive fee-setting to delegated discretionary charging, further broadening the Corporation's management powers."},"complexity_factors":["18 defined terms in the interpretation section, including nested definitions (e.g., 'motor bike' defined separately from 'motor vehicle')","Frequent use of 'without lawful authority' qualifier — this creates a dual structure where every prohibition has an implicit exception for permitted activities","Differential treatment between 'forest reserves' and 'native forest reserves' throughout, requiring readers to track which rules apply where","Multiple nested exceptions (e.g., regulation 10(2) creates exception to 10(1), but 10(2) itself has parenthetical limitations)","Cross-references to external legislation (Fire and Emergency Services Act 2005, National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972, Road Traffic Act 1961)","Detailed procedural requirements for permits (regulation 25) with 11 subsections and multiple condition types","Transitional provisions preserving permits from revoked 2005 regulations","Legislative history showing multiple amendments (2013, 2017, 2021) with deletions and substitutions creating patchwork text"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations set the rules for how people can use South Australia's **forest reserves** — areas of land managed by the Forestry Corporation. Think of them as the \"house rules\" for public forests.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Visitors** — anyone camping, hiking, driving, or using drones in forest reserves\n- **Commercial operators** — photographers, tour guides, event organisers, beekeepers\n- **Landholders** — people whose animals might stray into reserves\n- **Permit holders** — people granted special permission for restricted activities\n\n**Key rules covered:**\n\n**Entry restrictions:**\n- No entering on **total fire ban days** (when fire danger is extreme)\n- No camping overnight or entering after dark without permission\n- No entering caves or sinkholes without authority\n- No entering areas with signs prohibiting entry\n\n**Banned activities (unless you have a permit):**\n- Lighting fires (strict rules apply even with permission)\n- Driving vehicles off established tracks\n- Using boats, aircraft, or **drones**\n- Using **chainsaws**, generators, firearms, or metal detectors\n- Taking animals (including horses and dogs, with limited exceptions)\n- Removing wood, plants, fossils, or minerals\n- Commercial filming, tours, or events\n- Fundraising or selling goods\n\n**The permit system:**\nMost banned activities can be done **with a permit** from the Forestry Corporation. Permits last up to 12 months, may have conditions attached (like bonds for potential damage), and can be revoked for non-compliance.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese rules protect forests from fire, pollution, and damage while balancing public access. The regulations are particularly strict for **native forest reserves** (natural bushland) compared to other forest areas, where some activities (like driving on tracks or bringing leashed dogs) are allowed.\n\n**Penalties:**\nMost offences carry a maximum fine of **$750**, with an \"expiation fee\" (on-the-spot fine) of **$105** for minor breaches."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/forestry-regulations-2013","history":"/api/acts/forestry-regulations-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/forestry-regulations-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/forestry-regulations-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/forestry-regulations-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/forestry-regulations-2013/documents"}}