Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024
sec.37Declaration of area closed to the public
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sec.37 Declaration of area closed to the public
This section applies in relation to a protected area other than a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge. The chief executive may declare the protected area or a part of the protected area to be closed to the public for a period. However, the chief executive may make the declaration only if the chief executive considers the declaration is necessary— to respond to an urgent or temporary circumstance affecting public safety; or bush fire, rock slide, flooding, maintenance works, dangerous animals nesting to otherwise ensure public health or safety. A declaration to respond to a circumstance mentioned in subsection (3) (a) may be made by publishing the declaration on the department’s website. Otherwise, a declaration may be made only by displaying a regulatory notice near the entrance to the area or part. (sec.37-ssec.1) This section applies in relation to a protected area other than a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge. (sec.37-ssec.2) The chief executive may declare the protected area or a part of the protected area to be closed to the public for a period. (sec.37-ssec.3) However, the chief executive may make the declaration only if the chief executive considers the declaration is necessary— to respond to an urgent or temporary circumstance affecting public safety; or bush fire, rock slide, flooding, maintenance works, dangerous animals nesting to otherwise ensure public health or safety. (sec.37-ssec.4) A declaration to respond to a circumstance mentioned in subsection (3) (a) may be made by publishing the declaration on the department’s website. (sec.37-ssec.5) Otherwise, a declaration may be made only by displaying a regulatory notice near the entrance to the area or part.
- (a) to respond to an urgent or temporary circumstance affecting public safety; or Examples for paragraph (a) — bush fire, rock slide, flooding, maintenance works, dangerous animals nesting
- (b) to otherwise ensure public health or safety.