National Trust (Northern Territory) Act 1976

The Council may make such by-laws, not inconsistent with this Act that are necessary or convenient to make for the purpose of the administration and enforcement of this Act.

Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Council may, in respect of property vested in or controlled or managed by the Trust, make by-laws, not inconsistent with this Act, for any of the following purposes:

for ensuring the safety and the preservation of, and preventing damage to or destruction of, that property;

for regulating traffic and for ensuring orderly conduct on the part of visitors on that property;

for fixing the hours during which that property or any building or structure on that property shall be open to the public;

for fixing the payment to be made for admission to any property or any building or structure on any property and for providing for the exclusion or removal from any property or from any part thereof or building or structure thereon, of persons who have not made the prescribed payment, or who behave in a disorderly manner;

for preventing trespassing;

for preventing persons from injuring, destroying, taking or removing, or in any way interfering with, animals, birds, trees and plants; and

for imposing the following maximum penalties for a contravention of the by-laws:

for an individual - $50;

for a corporation - 40 penalty units.