Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 37(1) amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 35), 19/2018 s. 208(2), 42/2021 s. 132(2).
(1) Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority may by instrument in writing authorize an authorized officer or another person to use carry or have in the authorized officer's or another person's possession a gun or other weapon in a specified park for such purposes, at such times and on such conditions as Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority specifies.
S. 37(2) inserted by No. 9247 s. 6(b), amended by Nos 10166 s. 16(a)(b), 38/1989 s. 18(3)(l), 43/1990 s. 16(3), 7/1997 s. 11(1)(a)(b), 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 35), 50/2002 s. 9(a)–(c), 7/2012 s. 5(1), 19/2018 s. 208(3).
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsection (1) Parks Victoria may—
(a) grant a permit to any person or persons named therein; or
(b) by notice published in the Government Gazette authorize any class or classes of persons—
to carry or use any firearms or other weapons or class or classes of firearms or other weapons in the parks or in parts of the parks described in the specified areas of Part 37 of Schedule Two or in Parts 38 and 39 of Schedule Two B or Parts 2A, 3, 6 and 8 of Schedule Three or Parts 4 and 5 of Schedule Four for such period or periods as are specified and subject to such conditions and restrictions as are specified in the permit or notice.
S. 37(3) inserted by No. 9247 s. 6(b), substituted by No. 9570 s. 9, amended by Nos 44/1986 s. 12, 37/1989 s. 8(b), 38/1989 s. 18(3)(m), 40/1992 s. 8(b), 57/1995 s. 40(a)(i)–(iii), 7/1997 s. 11(2)(a)(b), 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 35), 90/2009 s. 8(1), 19/2018 s. 208(3).
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in subsections (1) and (2) Parks Victoria may—
(a) grant a permit to any person or persons named therein; or
(b) by notice published in the Government Gazette authorize any class or classes of persons—
to carry and use any firearms or other weapons or class or classes of firearms or other weapons in the course of hunting deer by stalking in the parks described in Parts 7 and 8 and the specified areas of Part 27 or Part 37 of Schedule Two and Part 2 of Schedule Two A, Part 12 of Schedule Three and Parts 4 and 5 of Schedule Four or in such part or parts of the parks for such period or periods and subject to such conditions and restrictions as are specified in the permit or notice.
S. 37(4) inserted by No. 9570 s. 9, amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 35), 19/2018 s. 208(4).
(4) Parks Victoria may revoke a permit granted under subsection (3) by notice in writing given to the person or persons named in the permit or sent to them at their address or addresses notified in the permit.
S. 37(5) inserted by No. 9570 s. 9, amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 35), 19/2018 s. 208(4).
(5) Parks Victoria may revoke amend or alter any authority given pursuant to paragraph (b) of subsection (2) or paragraph (b) of subsection (3) by a notice published in the Government Gazette.
S. 37(6) inserted by No. 9570 s. 9, amended
by Nos 44/1986
s. 12, 38/1989 s.
18(3)(n), 43/1990
s. 16(4),
40/1992
s. 8(c), 57/1995 s. 40(b), 7/1997 s. 11(3)(a)–(c),
90/2009 s. 8(2).
(6) The Governor in Council may make such regulations as are necessary or convenient to regulate hunting in the parks described in Parts 7 and 8 and the specified areas of Parts 27 and 37 of Schedule Two and Part 2 of Schedule Two A and Part 10 of Schedule Two B and Parts 2A, 3, 6 and 8 of Schedule Three and Parts 4 and 5 of Schedule Four.
S. 37(7) inserted by No. 37/1989
s. 8(d), amended by Nos 40/1992
s. 5(1)(a)(b),
46/1998
s. 7(Sch. 1).
(7) In subsection (2), "specified areas" means those areas of Part 37 of Schedule Two marked A1 and shown by dark shading or vertical hatching or marked A6/A6A or A8 and shown by light shading on the plan lodged in the Central Plan Office and numbered N.P. 70/1f.
S. 37(7A) inserted by No. 57/1995
s. 40(c).
(7A) In subsections (3) and (6), "specified areas", in relation to the park described in Part 27 of Schedule Two, means that part of the park described in Part 27 of Schedule Two east of the Thomson Valley Road.
S. 37(8) inserted by No. 37/1989
s. 8(d), amended by Nos 40/1992
s. 5(2)(a)–(f), 57/1995
s. 40(d),
46/1998
s. 7(Sch. 1), 50/2000 s. 7(a)(b), 7/2012 s. 5(2).
(8) In subsections (3) and (6), "specified areas", in relation to the park described in Part 37 of Schedule Two, means those areas of Part 37 of Schedule Two marked A1 and shown by dark shading or vertical hatching, marked A6/A6A, A7, A7A, A8, A9, A10, A11, A12 and A19 and shown by light shading or marked A13 and A13A and shown by light shading or cross hatching, marked A14 and shown by light shading or open circle pattern, marked A20 and shown by light shading, herringbone pattern, diagonal hatching or open circle pattern or marked A21 and shown by light shading or open circle pattern or marked WONG. and shown by hatching on the plan lodged in the Central Plan Office and numbered N.P. 70/4f and shown bordered red or coloured yellow on the plan lodged in the Central Plan Office and numbered N.P. 70/1m and such other areas of Part 37 as may be specified in a management plan for the park described in that part but excluding any areas under the Reference Areas Act 1978 .
S. 37(9) inserted by No. 37/1989
s. 8(d), amended by No. 57/1995
s. 40(e).
(9) A person who does not comply with the conditions specified in a notice given under subsection (3)(b) is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty units.
S. 37AA (Heading) inserted by No. 19/2018 s. 209(1), amended by No. 42/2021 s. 133(1).
S. 37AA inserted by No. 57/1995
s. 41.