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Hidden crags 24-Oct-2005 At 1:38:48 PM climberman

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National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2002
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21 Sporting, recreational and other activities

(1) A person must not in a park:
(a) conduct or take part in any sporting activity that forms part of an organised competition or tournament, or
(b) organise, attend or participate in any concert, public meeting, function, demonstration or gathering involving more than 40 persons or such other number of persons as is stated in a plan of management for the park, or stated in a notice erected in the park or given to a park user, whichever is the lesser, or
(c) organise, attend or participate in any group activity involving more than 40 persons, or such other number of persons as is stated in a plan of management for the park, or stated in a notice erected in the park or given to a park user, whichever is the lesser, any manoeuvre whether of a military, naval, aerial nature or otherwise, any course of training or any similar activity, or
(d) engage in any activity or recreational pursuit that involves risking the safety of the person or the safety of other persons or damaging the environment.

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.

(2) Without limiting the generality of subclause (1) (d), the activities and recreational pursuits to which that paragraph applies include abseiling, base jumping, bungy jumping, rock climbing, caving, parachuting, white water boating, paragliding, parasailing and hang gliding.
(3) A person does not commit an offence under this clause:
(a) for anything done or omitted to be done with the consent of a park authority and in accordance with any conditions to which the consent is subject, or
(b) if a plan of management for a park makes provision for the undertaking of an activity in the park, the person undertakes the activity in the park in accordance with the plan of management, or
(c) if there is no plan of management for a park, the person undertakes an activity in a park in accordance with a notice erected in the park or given to the person which permits the undertaking of the activity in the park.
(4) Despite subclause (3) (b), a person must not undertake an activity in a park if a notice erected in the park or given to the person prohibits the undertaking of the activity in the park or any part of the park.

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.

National Parks and Wildlife Regulation 2002
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16 Erection of structures

(1) A person must not:
(a) erect, alter, extend or occupy any building in a park, or
(b) install, use or occupy a moveable dwelling in a park, or
(c) construct, operate or use any structure, installation, engineering work, plant, equipment, amusement device, fixture or improvement in a park, or
(d) erect a hoarding or notice, or exhibit any commercial or political advertising matter, sign, bill or poster, in a park.

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.

(2) A person does not commit an offence under this clause for anything done or omitted:
(a) with the consent of a park authority and in accordance with any conditions to which the consent is subject, or
(b) if the act or omission occurred in or in relation to a ski resort area in Kosciuszko National Park and was necessary for the carrying out of:
(i) development in accordance with a development consent (within the meaning of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979), or
(ii) an activity, whether by or pursuant to an approval of a determining authority, if the determining authority has complied with Part 5 of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979), or
(c) if the act or omission occurred in or in relation to a place in Kosciuszko National Park (other than a ski resort area) and was necessary for the carrying out of development in accordance with a development consent that is taken to have been granted to Snowy Hydro Limited under section 41 (4) of the Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997.
(3) A person does not commit an offence under subclause (1) (b) if the person camps in a manner that is not prohibited by clause 10.
(4) In this clause, moveable dwelling means any tent or any caravan or other van or other portable device (whether on wheels or not), used for human habitation.

Not that I agreee with it, but there it is.: