Crown Lands (Recreation Reserve) Regulations 1938

These Regulations may be cited as the Crown Lands (Recreation Reserve) Regulations 1938.

In this Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:

meeting includes agricultural or pastoral show, exhibition, athletic sports, race meeting or other entertainment.

reserve means any lands reserved for the recreation or amusement of the public or for any other public purpose.

the Ordinance means the Crown Lands Ordinance 1931-1935.

trustees means trustees appointed under section 103C of the Ordinance.

The Trustees of any reserve shall once at least in each period of 4 months meet together for the despatch of business affecting such reserve and shall regulate their meetings and proceedings as they think fit and for this purpose 2 trustees shall constitute a quorum, unless or until all the trustees otherwise determine.

The seal of the trustees of any reserve shall not be affixed to any instrument except by the authority of a resolution of the trustees and in the presence of at least 2 trustees who shall sign every instrument to which the seal shall be so affixed in their presence.

The trustees of any reserve shall, at such times as the Minister directs, report to the Minister upon the management of the reserve and upon such matters in connection therewith as the Minister specifies.

The trustees of any reserve shall keep books of account showing all revenue received from or in connection with the reserve and all moneys expended in the maintenance of or otherwise in connection with the reserve and shall permit any person authorized by the Administrator to inspect such books and to audit the accounts relating to the reserve.

The trustees of any reserve shall expend in and about the improving of the reserve and the buildings thereon or the repayment of principal or interest in connection with moneys borrowed for building on or improving the reserve or otherwise in relation thereto, such sums of money as they deem necessary.

Within one month after the end of the financial year ending on 30 June the trustees of a reserve shall furnish to the Minister an audited statement of their receipts and expenditure for that financial year.

A reserve shall be open to the public on all days except:

a day or portion of a day on or during which the Administrator, by notice published in the Gazette, declares that the reserve shall not be open to the public; and

a day or portion of a day on or during which the trustees, by notice of the Gazette, declare that the reserve shall not be open to the public;

Provided:

that the days the trustees may direct the reserve shall not be open to the public shall not exceed 28 in any one year; and

that the trustees may not at any time direct that the reserve shall not be open to the public on more consecutive days than 3.

The trustees of any reserve may, on any day or portion of a day on or during which the reserve is not open to the public, make a charge, approved by the Administrator, for admission to the reserve while it is not so open, and may exclude any person who does not pay the amount charged.

The trustees of any reserve may grant to any person the exclusive right to occupy and use for a meeting the reserve or any portion thereof on any day or portion of a day on or during which the reserve is not open to the public on such terms as the trustees think fit, and the person to whom the right is granted may make a charge, approved by the Administrator, for admission to the reserve during such time as the person continues to have the right, and may exclude any person who does not pay the amount charged.

The trustees of any reserve shall erect such fence or fences on or on the boundary of the reserve as the Administrator, after consultation with the trustees, directs.

The trustees of any reserve shall not, without the consent in writing of the Administrator, erect any building or other erection on the reserve or make any structural alteration to any building or other erection on the reserve.

The trustees of any reserve shall keep all buildings, erections, fixtures, fences and other improvements on the reserve in good and tenantable repair.