Admission to part of a zoological park set aside for special purpose 5
Authority may restrict access 5
Defence 6
Part 3 — Regulation of vehicles
Vehicles and parking 7
Traffic signs and directions 9
Part 4 — Protection of animals and zoological park
Disturbing and feeding animals 10
Enclosures, building etc. 10
Damaging vegetation 11
Soils, fences, lawns and works 11
Interference with property 12
General prohibition on animals and birds 12
Certain things prohibited 12
Litter 13
Part 5 — Control of certain behaviour or activities
Noise 14
Smoking 14
Interfering with visitor, member of staff or park management officer 15
Disobeying or failing to comply with a notice or direction 15
Bill sticking, advertising etc. 15
Weapons etc. 16
Lighting fires etc. 16
Unauthorised rides 17
Unauthorised trading 17
Commercial reproduction 17
Organised events, meetings etc. 18
Part 6 — Miscellaneous
Lost property 19
Notice under s. 42(3) 19
Modified penalties 19
Infringement notice 19
Withdrawal of infringement notice 19
Removal of certain notices prohibited 20
Impersonation of park management officer 20
Recovery of costs of removing vehicle, etc. 20
Schedule 1 — Forms
Schedule 2 — Modified penalties
Notes
Compilation table 29
Defined terms
Zoological Parks Authority Act 2001
Zoological Parks Authority Regulations 2002
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Citation
These regulations may be cited as the *Zoological Parks Authority Regulations 2002*.
2. Commencement
These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Zoological Parks Authority Act 2001 comes into operation.
3. Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
appropriate fee means a fee required to be paid under section 10(2)(k) of the Act;
designated means designated by traffic signs under regulation 11;
enclosure means any building, pool, pond, lake, water feature, pound, yard or other means by which animals are enclosed or housed or intended to be enclosed or housed;
entrance gate means a gate designated by the Authority by a sign at the gate for general entry to a zoological park or for entry to special events held in a zoological park;
motor vehicle has the meaning given in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 4;
park, in relation to a vehicle, means to permit the vehicle, whether attended or not, to remain stationary, except for the purpose of —
(a) avoiding conflict with other traffic;
(b) complying with the provisions of any law; or
(c) immediately taking up or setting down persons or goods;
permission has a meaning affected by regulation 4;
stand, in relation to a vehicle, means to stop the vehicle and permit it to remain stationary, except for the purpose of —
(a) avoiding conflict with other traffic; or
(b) complying with the provisions of any law;
traffic sign means a sign, marking, structure or device for the purpose of —
(a) restricting or regulating the use of roads, tracks or paths in a zoological park; or
(b) prohibiting, restricting or regulating the use, standing or parking of vehicles in a zoological park;
use, in relation to a vehicle, includes driving a vehicle and riding or pushing a bicycle.
[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 8 Jan 2015 p. 142.]
4. Permissions
(1) If a provision of these regulations states that an act or activity must not be done or carried on without permission, the reference to permission is to the permission of the Authority.
(2) For the purposes of any such provision, the Authority may refuse permission or in the exercise of the power to grant permission may —
(a) grant permission generally or for any specific instance; or
(b) grant permission on and subject to such terms and conditions as it considers appropriate including terms and conditions as to —
(i) the part of a zoological park to which the permission applies;
(ii) the class or description of persons to whom the permission extends; or
(iii) the payment of any fee or charge whether before the act is done or the activity is commenced or otherwise.
(3) The Authority may amend or revoke a permission that has been granted.
(4) A permission must be in writing and must be obtained before the act is done or the activity is commenced.
(5) If a permission has been given to a person subject to any condition, the permission is to be taken, in any prosecution against that person, to have lapsed during any period when the condition was not observed or performed according to its tenor by that person.
Part 2 — Access to a zoological park
5. Unauthorised entry
(1) A person must not, without permission, enter a zoological park except through an entrance gate.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $2 000.
(2) If a person pays the appropriate fee for entry to a zoological park, the Authority or a person acting on behalf of the Authority is to issue an entry ticket to the person who paid the fee.
(3) A person must not, without permission, enter a zoological park without an entry ticket.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
(4) A person who must not enter a zoological park without an entry ticket must produce on demand to a park management officer a ticket for entry to the zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
(5) A person must not, without permission, enter or be or remain in a zoological park at a time when the park is closed to the public.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
(6) It is a defence to a complaint of an offence against subregulation (3) to prove that the ticket has been lost.
[Regulation 5 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 4 and 11(1).]
6. Entry of children
(1) If a child under 12 years of age enters a zoological park in the charge of an adult person that adult person must ensure that the child is in his or her charge or in the charge of some other adult person at all times whilst the child remains in the park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
(2) A member of staff may refuse to admit a group of children under 12 years of age to a zoological park if in his or her opinion those children are not accompanied by a sufficient number of adult persons to ensure that those children will be kept under adequate supervision whilst in the park.
[Regulation 6 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
7. Admission to part of a zoological park set aside for special purpose
If the Authority has set apart any building, enclosure or part of a zoological park for special exhibits or entertainment a person must not, without permission, enter or use that building, enclosure or part of the zoological park unless —
(a) he or she has purchased and obtained from the Authority or a person acting on behalf of the Authority a ticket authorising him or her to do so; and
(b) on demand by a member of staff, gives that ticket to the member of staff.
Penalty: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 7 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
8. Authority may restrict access
(1) The Authority may by the erection or establishment of signs —
(a) close a part of a zoological park; or
(b) close a road, track or path in a zoological park,
to pedestrians or vehicles or both for such period as the Authority thinks fit.
(2) The Authority must erect and maintain sufficient signs on or in the vicinity of the part of the zoological park, or road, track or path, that is closed under this regulation to indicate that entry without permission to that part of the zoological park, or to the road, track or path, as the case requires, is prohibited.
(3) The inscription on a sign erected or established under this regulation operates according to its tenor.
(4) A person must not, without permission —
(a) enter a part of the zoological park that is for the time being closed under this regulation; or
(b) use a road, track or path that is for the time being closed under this regulation.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 8 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
9. Defence
It is a defence to a charge of an offence under regulation 5(1), 5(3), 5(5), 7 or 8(4) for the defendant to prove that the act complained of was necessary to prevent or mitigate injury to a person or damage to property.
Part 3 — Regulation of vehicles
10. Vehicles and parking
(1) In this regulation —
ACROD sticker means a parking sticker issued by ACROD Limited (Western Australian Division), a company limited by guarantee and incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory;
ticket vending machine means a machine situated in a zoological park which, following insertion of a note, coin or token, issues a parking ticket.
(2) A person must not, without permission, bring any vehicle into a zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
(3) A person must not, without permission —
(a) drive a vehicle on any part of a zoological park other than a road or a part designated for the time being for the parking or standing of vehicles;
(b) park a vehicle in any part of a zoological park other than a part designated for the time being for the parking of vehicles;
(c) stand a vehicle on any part of a zoological park other than a part designated for the time being for the parking or standing of vehicles; or
(d) park or stand a vehicle in an area designated for the parking or standing of vehicles of disabled persons, unless —
(i) a disabled person is the driver of or a passenger in the vehicle; and
(ii) an ACROD sticker is displayed in a prominent position on the vehicle.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
(4) A person must not drive or ride a vehicle in a zoological park at a speed in excess of 10 km per hour.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
(5) A person must not drive or ride a vehicle in a zoological park unless —
(a) the vehicle is equipped with a device for sounding a warning;
(b) the vehicle’s flashing hazard lights are on; or
(c) the vehicle’s lights are on.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $1 000.
(6) An area of a zoological park may be designated for parking subject to the payment of a charge fixed by the Authority and specified on a traffic sign, and a person must not park a vehicle in such an area at any time when the charge applies unless —
(a) the charge has been paid into a ticket vending machine; and
(b) there is displayed in the vehicle at that time a parking ticket issued from a ticket vending machine that shows —
(i) the amount paid;
(ii) the date; and
(iii) an expiry time for permitted parking that is after that time.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
(7) A parking ticket must be displayed in or on a vehicle in such a manner that a person is able to read it from outside or alongside the vehicle.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 10 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
11. Traffic signs and directions
(1) The Authority may erect or establish traffic signs in a zoological park.
(2) The inscription on a traffic sign operates according to its tenor.
(3) A person must comply with —
(a) the inscription on a traffic sign erected or established under subregulation (1); or
(b) a signal or direction by a park management officer as to the use, parking or movement of a vehicle that is addressed to the person and that is reasonably required for the regulation of traffic in a zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 11 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
Part 4 — Protection of animals and zoological park
12. Disturbing and feeding animals
A person must not —
(a) touch, molest, shout at or disturb an animal in a zoological park;
(b) without permission, place an object or substance in an enclosure in a zoological park; or
(c) without permission, feed an animal in a zoological park.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 12 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 5.]
13. Enclosures, building etc.
A person must not, without permission, in a zoological park —
(a) enter an enclosure or a space railed off around or about an enclosure;
(b) interfere with a lock attached to any part of an enclosure;
(c) open, move or otherwise interfere with a gate, slide, grating, mesh or glass barrier attached to or associated with an enclosure;
[(d), (e) deleted.]
(f) enter any building, enclosure or area set apart for —
(i) quarantine purposes;
(ii) the use of members of staff or persons performing voluntary work for the Authority; or
(iii) other purposes connected with the management of a zoological park.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 13 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 6.]
14. Damaging vegetation
A person must not, without permission, in a zoological park —
(a) damage, cut, break, deface, pull, pick, remove or destroy a tree, shrub, plant or flower;
(b) remove or damage a stake or label supporting or adjacent or attached to a tree, shrub, plant or flower; or
(c) hang or attach any thing on or to a tree, shrub, plant or flower.
Penalty: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 14 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 7 and 11(2).]
15. Soils, fences, lawns and works
(1) A person must not —
(a) damage, cut up, disfigure or interfere with the landscaping, soil, turf or surface of any part of a zoological park, or the roadways and footways in a zoological park, or the enclosures, buildings, electrical equipment, rockwork, water systems or seats in a zoological park; or
[(b) deleted.]
(c) expectorate into, pollute or interfere with a pool, waterway or enclosure in a zoological park; or
(d) expectorate on a walkway, lawn, enclosure, building or other structure in a zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
(2) A person must not climb on or over a fence in or around a zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 15 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 8.]
16. Interference with property
A person must not use, move, damage or interfere with a vehicle or other thing owned by or in the custody of the Authority.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 16 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
17. General prohibition on animals and birds
(1) A person must not, without permission, take an animal or bird into or permit an animal or bird to enter a zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $2 000.
(2) A person must not, without permission, leave, abandon or release an animal or bird in a zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $2 000.
(3) Subregulation (1) does not limit the operation of section 8 of the Dog Act 1976.
[Regulation 17 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
18. Certain things prohibited
(1) A person must not, without permission, take into a zoological park —
(a) skates or a ball, bicycle, skate board, scooter, laser light, party balloon or sporting equipment; or
(b) any thing that may be a danger to animals or persons.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
(2) A person must not —
(a) inflate a party balloon or have an inflated party balloon in a zoological park other than in an area designated for that purpose by signs erected by the Authority; or
(b) allow an inflated party balloon to blow out of or be taken from an area mentioned in paragraph (a).
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 18 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
19. Litter
(1) In this regulation —
litter has the same meaning as it has in the Litter Act 1979.
(2) A person must not —
(a) deposit litter or cause litter to be deposited in a zoological park unless the litter is deposited in a litter receptacle; or
(b) deliberately break any bottle or other glass object in a zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
(3) If the Authority directs by a sign on a litter receptacle that the receptacle is provided for the purpose of the deposit of litter of a particular type, a person must not deposit litter that is not of that type in the receptacle.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 19 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
Part 5 — Control of certain behaviour or activities
20. Noise
(1) A person must not, without permission, bring into or use within, a zoological park a public address system, radio or instrument, equipment or apparatus designed to produce, broadcast or amplify sound.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $2 000.
(2) A person must not by use of any mechanical, electrical or other instrument, equipment or apparatus produce any offensive noise in a zoological park or disrupt the Authority’s communication system.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 20 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 9 and 11(1).]
21. Smoking
(1) The Authority may, by a notice erected at the entrance gates to a zoological park or in any part of a zoological park, prohibit smoking either throughout the park or in that part of the park, as the case may be, if and for so long as the Authority considers necessary in order to maintain the safety of the park, or of any animals or property in the park, or of any persons using or employed in the park.
(2) A person must not smoke in a zoological park, or in a part of a zoological park, in contravention of a notice under subregulation (1).
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $2 000.
[(3) Deleted.]
[Regulation 21 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 10 and 11(1).]
22. Interfering with visitor, member of staff or park management officer
A person must not in any part of a zoological park —
(a) wilfully obstruct, disturb, interrupt or annoy any other person in the proper use or enjoyment of the park; or
(b) insult any member of staff or a park management officer or wilfully obstruct any member of staff or a park management officer in the execution of his or her duty.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 22 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
23. Disobeying or failing to comply with a notice or direction
(1) A person must not disobey or fail to comply with —
(a) any notice or sign erected by the Authority under these regulations; or
(b) any direction, instruction, request or requirement lawfully given or made by a park management officer in the execution of his or her duty.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $2 000.
(2) Subregulation (1)(a) does not apply to a traffic sign.
(3) Subregulation (1)(b) does not apply to a direction, instruction, request or requirement as to the use, parking or movement of a vehicle.
[Regulation 23 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
24. Bill sticking, advertising etc.
A person must not, without permission —
(a) distribute or display a pamphlet, handbill, notice, advertisement, placard or other document in a zoological park;
(b) post, stick, stamp, stencil, paint, or otherwise affix a pamphlet, handbill, notice, placard, advertisement or other document on or to a rock, tree, fence, post, gate, wall, pavement, roadway, footpath, enclosure or building or other structure, in a zoological park;
(c) cause any of the acts prohibited by paragraph (a) or (b) to be done by another person.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 24 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
25. Weapons etc.
(1) In this regulation —
firearm has the meaning given in the Firearms Act 2024 section 6.
(2) A person must not, without permission, carry or discharge any firearm, speargun, catapult or other weapon in a zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $2 000.
(3) Subregulation (2) does not apply to the carrying or use of a firearm by a police officer in the course of duty.
[Regulation 25 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1); SL 2024/298 r. 13.]
26. Lighting fires etc.
A person must not, without permission —
(a) make, light or use a fire except in a fireplace provided by the Authority; or
(b) use a portable gas barbecue or other portable cooker,
in a zoological park.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 26 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
27. Unauthorised rides
A person must not while in a zoological park take a seat, ride, or attempt to ride, on a merry‑go‑round or amusement ride unless —
(a) he or she has purchased and obtained from a member of staff a ticket authorising him or her to do so and on demand by a member of staff, has given that ticket to the member of staff; or
(b) he or she is a member of a group that has paid a fee for permission for its members to ride on a merry‑go‑round or amusement ride and he or she takes a seat, rides or attempts to ride on the merry‑go‑round or amusement ride in accordance with that permission.
Penalty: a fine of $1 000.
[Regulation 27 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
28. Unauthorised trading
A person must not, without permission —
(a) sell, hire, or offer or expose for sale or hire in a zoological park any goods or services; or
(b) provide any service, or conduct any business or activity, in a zoological park for fee or reward.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 28 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
29. Commercial reproduction
A person must not, without permission, take still or motion pictures or make a reproduction in a zoological park by photographic, electronic or any other means for —
(a) the purpose of public display, broadcast or transmission; or
(b) use in the promotion or sale of goods or services.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 29 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
30. Organised events, meetings etc.
A person must not, without permission —
(a) play or practise a sport, throw sporting equipment or take part in an organised sporting activity that causes a nuisance to visitors to a zoological park;
(b) take part in any instrumental or vocal performance in a zoological park; or
(c) engage in public speaking in a zoological park.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 30 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
Part 6 — Miscellaneous
31. Lost property
(1) A person who finds any property in a zoological park that is apparently lost or abandoned must hand that property to a park management officer.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $1 000.
(2) A park management officer must return that property to the owner on being given satisfactory proof of ownership.
[Regulation 31 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
32. Notice under s. 42(3)
A notice given under section 42(3) of the Act is to be in the form of Schedule 1 Form 1.
33. Modified penalties
(1) The offences created by the provisions of these regulations specified in the second column of Schedule 2 are prescribed for the purposes of section 43(2) of the Act.
(2) The amount specified in the fourth column of Schedule 2 corresponding to an offence created by a provision of these regulations specified in the second column of that Schedule is the modified penalty for that offence.
34. Infringement notice
An infringement notice given under section 43(2) of the Act is to be in the form of Schedule 1 Form 2.
35. Withdrawal of infringement notice
A notice under section 43(7) of the Act withdrawing an infringement notice is to be in the form of Schedule 1 Form 3.
36. Removal of certain notices prohibited
A person, other than the owner, driver or person in charge of a vehicle, must not remove a notice attached to, or left in or on, the vehicle under section 42(4) or 44(2)(b) of the Act.
Penalty: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 36 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
37. Impersonation of park management officer
A person must not impersonate a park management officer.
Penalty: a fine of $1 000.
[Regulation 37 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
38. Recovery of costs of removing vehicle, etc.
The Authority may recover the costs of exercising the power in section 29(2)(c) of the Act from the owner of the vehicle, animal or other thing concerned in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Authority.
Schedule 1 — Forms
[r. 32, 34, 35]
Form 1
Zoological Parks Authority Act 2001
Notice to owner of vehicle involved in offence
Date …..../….../…...
To: (1) ......................................................................................................................
contrary to regulation (6).................. of the Zoological Parks Authority Regulations 2002.
You are required under section 42 of the Zoological Parks Authority Act 2001 to identify the person who was the driver or person in charge of the vehicle at the time when the offence is alleged to have been committed.
If you do not prove otherwise, you will be deemed to have committed the offence unless —
(a) within 28 days after being served with this notice —
(i) you inform the Zoological Parks Authority or a member of the staff of the Authority authorised for the purpose of section 42(6)(a) of the Act as to the identity and address of the person who was the driver or person in charge of the vehicle at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed; or
(ii) you satisfy the Zoological Parks Authority that the vehicle had been stolen or unlawfully taken, or was being unlawfully used, at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed;
or
(b) you were given an infringement notice for the alleged offence and the modified penalty specified in it is paid within 28 days after the notice was given or such further time as is allowed.
Name of park management officer giving the notice ...........................................
contrary to regulation (5) ..................... of the Zoological Parks Authority Regulations 2002.
The modified penalty for the offence is $ .....................
If you do not wish to have a complaint of the alleged offence heard and determined by a court, the amount of the modified penalty may be paid to an authorised person(6) at (7) .............................................…………………………….……………………….within a period of 28 days after the giving of this notice.
Name of park management officer giving the notice ......................................….
(1) Name of alleged offender [“owner of (vehicle identification) ” suffices if notice given with a notice under section 42 of the Act]
(2) Address of alleged offender [not required if notice given with a notice under section 42 of the Act]
(3) Time at which offence allegedly committed
(4) Place at which offence allegedly committed
(5) Regulation designation
(6) An authorised person is a person who is appointed under section 43(10) of the Act to be an authorised person for the purpose of receiving payments of modified penalties
(7) Place where modified penalty may be paid
Form 3
Zoological Parks Authority Act 2001
Withdrawal of infringement notice
Serial No ........................
Date ……/….../…...
To: (1) ......................................................................................................................
Infringement notice No. ............................... dated .…../….../…... for the alleged offence of ...............................................................................................................
(1) Name of alleged offender to whom infringement notice was given
(2) Address of alleged offender
Schedule 2 — Modified penalties
[r. 33]
Item
Regulation
Description of offence
Modified penalty ($)
1.
5(1)
Entering a zoological park except through an entrance gate provided without permission
200
2.
5(3)
Entering a zoological park without an entry ticket without permission
60
3.
5(4)
Failing to produce on demand to a park management officer a ticket for entry to the zoological park
60
4.
5(5)
Entering or remaining in a zoological park when the park is closed to the public without permission
60
5.
6(1)
Failing to ensure that a child under 12 years of age is in the charge of an adult
60
6.
7
Without permission entering part of a zoological park set aside for special purpose without a ticket or failing to give that ticket to a member of staff
60
7.
8(4)
Entering part of a zoological park or using a road, track or path that is closed without permission
60
8.
10(2)
Bringing a vehicle into a zoological park without permission
60
9.
10(3)(a)
Driving a vehicle except on a road etc. without permission
60
10.
10(3)(b)
Parking a vehicle except in part of a zoological park designated for parking without permission
60
11.
10(3)(c)
Standing a vehicle except in part of a zoological park designated for parking without permission
60
12.
10(3)(d)
Parking or standing a vehicle in an area designated for disabled persons without permission
60
13.
10(4)
Exceeding speed limit
60
14.
10(5)(a)
Driving a vehicle that is not equipped with a device for sounding a warning
100
15.
10(5)(b)
Driving a vehicle without flashing hazard lights on
100
16.
10(5)(c)
Driving a vehicle without lights on
100
17.
10(6)
Parking in a designated parking area without paying a fixed charge or displaying a parking ticket
60
18.
10(7)
Failing to display a parking ticket so that it can be read by a person
60
19.
11(3)
Failing to comply with a traffic sign or signal or direction
60
19A.
12(a)
Touching, molesting, shouting at or disturbing an animal
200
20.
12(b)
Placing an object in an enclosure without permission
200
21.
12(c)
Feeding an animal without permission
200
22.
13(a)
Entering an enclosure without permission
200
23.
13(b)
Interfering with a lock of an enclosure without permission
200
24.
13(c)
Interfering with a gate etc. of an enclosure without permission
200
[25, 26. Deleted.]
27.
13(f)
Entering a building etc. set aside for certain purposes without permission
200
28.
14(a)
Damaging a plant
60
29.
14(b)
Removing or damaging a stake or label
60
30.
14(c)
Attaching a rope etc. to a plant
60
31.
15(1)(a)
Damaging grounds
60
[32. Deleted.]
33.
15(1)(c)
Interfering with a water area
60
34.
15(1)(d)
Expectorate on part of a zoological park
60
34A.
15(2)
Climbing on or over a fence
200
35.
17(1)
Taking or allowing an animal or bird to enter a zoological park without permission
200
36.
17(2)
Abandoning or releasing an animal or bird in a zoological park without permission
200
37.
18(1)(a)
Taking certain prohibited things into a zoological park without permission
60
38.
18(2)(a)
Inflating a party balloon or having an inflated party balloon other than in a designated area
60
39.
18(2)(b)
Allowing an inflated party balloon to blow out of or be taken from a designated area
60
40.
19(2)(a)
Depositing litter other than in a litter receptacle
60
41.
19(3)
Failure to deposit litter of a particular type in a receptacle designated for that type of litter
60
42.
20(1)
Bringing or using a public address system etc. in a zoological park without permission
200
43.
21(2)
Smoking in part of a zoological park where smoking is prohibited
200
44.
24(a)
Distributing or displaying a handbill etc.
200
45.
24(b)
Posting a handbill etc.
200
46.
25(2)
Carrying or discharging a firearm etc. in a zoological park without permission
200
47.
26(a)
Setting fire except in a fireplace without permission
200
48.
26(b)
Use a portable gas barbecue or other portable cooker without permission
200
49.
27(a)
Taking ride without a ticket or giving a ticket to member of staff on demand
100
50.
28(a)
Selling etc. goods or services without permission
200
51.
28(b)
Providing service etc. without permission
200
52.
30(b)
Taking part in an instrumental or vocal performance without permission
200
53.
30(c)
Engage in public speaking without permission
200
54.
31(1)
Failing to hand lost or abandoned property to a park management officer
100
55.
36
Removing a notice attached to, or left in or on, a vehicle
60
[Schedule 2 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 12.]
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Notes
This is a compilation of the Zoological Parks Authority Regulations 2002 and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.
Compilation table
Citation
Published
Commencement
Zoological Parks Authority Regulations 2002
8 May 2002 p. 2371-402
22 May 2002 (see r. 2 and Gazette 10 May 2002 p. 2445)
Zoological Parks Authority Amendment Regulations 2014
8 Jan 2015 p. 141‑2
r. 1 and 2: 8 Jan 2015 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 27 Apr 2015 (see r. 2(b) and Gazette 17 Apr 2015 p. 1371)
Zoological Parks Authority Amendment Regulations 2020
SL 2020/6 11 Feb 2020
r. 1 and 2: 11 Feb 2020 (see r. 2(a)); Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 12 Feb 2020 (see r. 2(b))
Environment Regulations Amendment (Firearms) Regulations 2024 Pt. 6
SL 2024/298 21 Dec 2024
31 Mar 2025 (see r. 2(b) and SL 2024/289 cl. 2)
Defined terms
[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]
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