Section 155 - National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 - Regulations relating to parks

155Regulations relating to parks

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155 Regulations relating to parks

(1) In this section, park means national park, historic site, state conservation area, regional park, nature reserve, karst conservation reserve or Aboriginal area.

(2) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, for or with respect to any matter that, by this Act, is required or permitted to be prescribed by regulations or that is necessary or convenient to be prescribed by regulations for carrying out or giving effect to this Act and, in particular, for or with respect to the following—

(a) the regulation of the use and enjoyment of parks,

(b) the securing of decency and order in parks,

(c) the removal of trespassers and other persons causing annoyance or inconvenience in parks,

(d) the regulation or prevention of the taking of intoxicants into, and the consuming thereof in, parks,

(e) the regulation, control or prohibition of the taking of animals on or into parks and public and other roads traversing parks or the permitting or suffering of animals to be on or in parks and any such roads,

(f) the regulation, control or prohibition of mooring, parking, camping or residing in parks, the making of charges for mooring, parking, camping or residing in parks and the collecting and receiving of those charges by the Minister or by other persons,

(g) the preservation or protection of, or prevention of damage to, trees, shrubs, ferns, creepers, vines, palms, plants, flowers, herbage or other vegetative cover in parks,

(h) the conditions under which trees or timber may be cut or removed from parks and the amount of royalties, fees and charges payable in respect thereof,

(i) the preservation or protection of any rocks, soil, sand, stone, or other similar substance on or under or comprising part of a park, or the removal of any such substance from a park and the amount of royalties, fees and charges payable in respect thereof,

(j) the preservation or protection of any animals in parks,

(k) the preservation or protection of, or prevention of damage to, any Aboriginal object or Aboriginal place in a park,