South Australian Current Acts

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 42

42—Prohibited areas

        (1)         Where the Minister is satisfied that it is expedient for the purpose of protecting human life or conserving native plants or animals the Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare any portion of the reserve to be a prohibited area.

        (1a)         Except in an emergency, the Minister may only make a declaration under subsection (1) in relation to a co-managed park—

            (a)         if there is a co-management board for the park—with the agreement of the board; or

            (b)         in any other case—after consultation with the co-management advisory committee for the park.

        (2)         Any notice published under subsection (1) must state the grounds upon which the declaration is made.

        (3)         A person must not be within a prohibited area unless authorised to enter the area by a permit issued by the Minister under this section.

Maximum penalty: $1 000.

        (4)         The Minister may, on appropriate terms and conditions, issue to any person a permit to be within a prohibited area.

        (5)         The Minister may, at the request of the co-management board for a co-managed park, exempt members of the relevant Aboriginal group from the restriction applying to a prohibited area within the co-managed park under this section.