South Australian Numbered Regulations

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE (NATIONAL PARKS) REGULATIONS 2016 (NO 204 OF 2016) - REG 7

7—Opening and closing of reserves

        (1)         The relevant authority may, by causing a notice to be published in the Gazette, give notice of the hours during which a reserve is open to the public.

        (2)         The relevant authority may vary or revoke a notice under this regulation at any time by subsequent notice published in the Gazette.

        (3)         The relevant authority may close a reserve or any part of a reserve—

            (a)         if, in the relevant authority's opinion, the closure is necessary or desirable for the proper management of the reserve; or

            (b)         if a total fire ban is in force in an area that includes all or part of the reserve, or the risk of uncontrolled fire in the reserve is, in the relevant authority's opinion, extreme; or

            (c)         if the staff necessary to patrol the reserve are unavailable; or

            (d)         if it is, in the relevant authority's opinion, in the interest of public safety to close the reserve.

        (4)         A person must not, without the permission of the relevant authority, enter or remain in a reserve when it is closed to the public.