Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000
Subregulation 12.23(3)
ULURU – KATA TJUTA NATIONAL PARK
PROHIBITION OF ENTRY AT SPECIFIED TIMES
TO THE ULURU ROCK OUTCROP
I, Peter Michael Cochrane, Director of National Parks, acting pursuant to subregulation 12.23(3) of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000, having taken into account and being satisfied that access to that part of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park being the Uluru Rock Outcrop, described in Part 1 of the Schedule hereto, at the times specified in Part 2 of the Schedule hereto, might endanger public safety HEREBY PROHIBIT access to that part of the Park by all persons at those times.
AND I HEREBY REVOKE the previous prohibition made on 18 December 2008 in respect of the Uluru Rock Outcrop.
THIS PROHIBITION WILL COMMENCE on 17 December 2012
Dated this ...........3rd ................... day of......... September................ 2012
SIGNED
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Peter Michael Cochrane
Director of National Parks
SCHEDULE
Part I
Prohibited Area
That part of Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park being all of the Uluru Rock Outcrop, as indicated by the shaded area in the plan below.
Part II
Prohibited Times
(a) From 5:00pm until 7:00am on the following day 1 February to 30 September, and 5:00pm to 6.30am on the following day from 1 October to 31 January
(b) Subject to paragraph (d), after 8.00am on days when the forecast maximum temperature for Yulara issued by the Bureau of Meteorology at 4.30pm the previous day is 36 degrees Celsius or greater
(c) Subject to paragraph (d), when the temperature for Yulara issued by the Bureau of Meteorology is 36 degrees Celsius or greater
(d) From 1 December to 28 February (or 29 February in leap years) inclusive, after 8.00am each day
(e) When more than 20% of the rock surface is wet due to rainfall
(f) When there is a greater than 20% chance of rain in the subsequent 3 hours
(g) When there is a greater than 5% chance of thunderstorms in the subsequent 3 hours
(h) When the wind speed at the summit of Uluru exceeds 25knots
(i) When cloud covers the summit of Uluru
(j) When the rescue of a person from the Uluru rock outcrop is in progress.