Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024
sec.27Camping areas
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sec.27 Camping areas
This section applies in relation to a protected area or part of a protected area, other than a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge. The chief executive may display a notice (a camping notice ) stating the protected area or part is a camping area. The camping notice must be displayed near the entrance to the protected area or part and state the following— the period during which camping is permitted in the camping area, if applicable; the procedures to be followed, in general terms, by a person intending to camp in the camping area; the conditions applying to a person camping in the camping area; the penalty for camping in the camping area without a camping permit. The chief executive may also display another notice near the camping notice stating conditions applying to a person camping in the camping area that are additional to the conditions stated in the camping notice. A notice under subsection (4) is an additional conditions notice . (sec.27-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a protected area or part of a protected area, other than a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge. (sec.27-ssec.2) The chief executive may display a notice (a camping notice ) stating the protected area or part is a camping area. (sec.27-ssec.3) The camping notice must be displayed near the entrance to the protected area or part and state the following— the period during which camping is permitted in the camping area, if applicable; the procedures to be followed, in general terms, by a person intending to camp in the camping area; the conditions applying to a person camping in the camping area; the penalty for camping in the camping area without a camping permit. (sec.27-ssec.4) The chief executive may also display another notice near the camping notice stating conditions applying to a person camping in the camping area that are additional to the conditions stated in the camping notice. (sec.27-ssec.5) A notice under subsection (4) is an additional conditions notice .
- (a) the period during which camping is permitted in the camping area, if applicable;
- (b) the procedures to be followed, in general terms, by a person intending to camp in the camping area;
- (c) the conditions applying to a person camping in the camping area;
- (d) the penalty for camping in the camping area without a camping permit.