Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Regulations 2000
Subregulation 12.23(3)
ULURU – KATA TJUTA NATIONAL PARK
PROHIBITION OF ENTRY AT SPECIFIED TIMES
TO PART OF THE PARK
ULURU ROCK OUTCROP
I, Dennis Karl Dyason, Assistant Secretary, Parks Australia Division, Department of the Environment and Energy, delegate of the power of the Director of National Parks under 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 the Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park, being the ‘Uluru Rock Outcrop’ (as defined in the Schedule) might endanger public safety, HEREBY PROHIBIT entry to the Uluru Rock Outcrop, by all persons at the times specified in the Schedule.
AND I HEREBY REVOKE the previous prohibition made on 14 October 2013 in respect of the area described in the Schedule.
Dated this 15th day of July 2019
[SIGNED]
…………………………..
Dennis Karl Dyason
SCHEDULE
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 (Uluru Rock Outcrop).
Prohibited Times
The prohibited times at which the Uluru Rock Outcrop must not be accessed are:
(a) from 4.00pm until 7.00am on each following day, commencing on 16 July 2019 (or such later day as this prohibition comes into effect) and ending on 25 October 2019;
(b) after 7.00am on days when the forecast maximum temperature for Yulara, Northern Territory issued by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology at 4.30pm the previous day is 36 degrees Celsius or greater;
(c) when the actual temperature at the base of the Uluru Rock Outcrop is 36 degrees Celsius or greater;
(d) when more than 20% of the Uluru Rock Outcrop surface is wet due to rainfall;
(e) when there is a greater than 20% chance of rain in the subsequent 3 hours at the Uluru Rock Outcrop;
(f) when there is a greater than 5% chance of thunderstorms in the subsequent 3 hours at the Uluru Rock Outcrop;
(g) when the wind speed at the summit of the Uluru Rock Outcrop exceeds 25knots;
(h) when cloud covers the summit of the Uluru Rock Outcrop; or
(i) when the rescue of a person from the Uluru Rock Outcrop is in progress.