National Parks and Wildlife Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1988 No. 3321

 

National Parks and Wildlife Regulations2

(Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulation under the National Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1975.

Dated 7 December 1988.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

Graham Richardson

Minister of State for the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories

 

Regulation 2B of the National Parks and Wildlife Regulations is repealed and the following regulation substituted:

Payment of charge

“2b. (1) Where:

(a) a person has engaged, or engages, in an activity referred to in subsection 17 (1a) of the Act in relation to which a charge is payable under that subsection; and

(b) the person did not pay the charge before engaging in that activity;

the person shall upon being requested to do so by a warden or ranger pay to the warden or ranger the amount of the charge or, if it would not be reasonable in the circumstances to expect the person to so pay at that time, pay the amount of the charge to a warden or ranger, or to the Director, within the period of 14 days dating from the day on which the request is made.

Penalty: $500.

(S.R. 298 88)—Cat. No.  16/4.11.1988

 

“(2) Where an amount is paid by a person under subregulation (1) to a warden or ranger, the warden or ranger:

(a) shall issue a receipt for the amount to the person; and

(b) shall pay the amount to the Director.

“(3) A person to whom a request is made under subregulation (1) who is not required to pay the amount of the charge at the time the request is made shall state his or her full name and usual place of residence to the warden or ranger.

Penalty: $500.

“(4) Where a warden (other than a member of a police force who is in uniform) or a ranger requests a person to pay the amount of a charge, the warden or ranger shall:

(a) in the case of a member of a police force—produce, for inspection by that person, written evidence of the fact that he or she is a member of a police force; or

(b) in any other case—produce his or her identity card for inspection by that person;

and, if he or she fails to do so, that person is not obliged to comply with the request.”.

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 14 December 1988.

2. Statutory Rules 1977 No. 217 as amended to date. For amendments see Note 2 to Statutory Rules 1988 No. 79 and see also Statutory Rules 1988 Nos. 79, 226 and 232.

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