National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2019
20Erection and occupation of structures
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20 Erection and occupation of structures
20 Erection and occupation of structures
(1) A person must not—
(a) erect, alter, extend or occupy any building in a park, or
(b) install, use or occupy a moveable dwelling in a park, or
(c) construct, operate or use any structure, installation, engineering work, plant, equipment, amusement device, fixture or improvement in a park, or
(d) erect a hoarding or notice, or exhibit any commercial or political advertising matter, sign, bill or poster, in a park.
Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.
(2) A person does not commit an offence under this clause for anything done or omitted to be done—
(a) with the consent of a park authority and in accordance with any conditions to which the consent is subject, or
(b) if the act or omission occurred in or in relation to a ski resort area in Kosciuszko National Park and was necessary for the carrying out of—
(i) development in accordance with a development consent (within the meaning of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979), or
(ii) an activity, whether by or pursuant to an approval of a determining authority, if the determining authority has complied with Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, or
(iii) a project approved under Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, or
(iv) State significant infrastructure approved under Division 5.2 of Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, or
(c) if the act or omission occurred in or in relation to a place in Kosciuszko National Park (other than a ski resort area) and was necessary for the carrying out of development in accordance with a development consent that is taken to have been granted to Snowy Hydro Limited under section 41(4) of the Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997.