Recreation Areas Management Act 2006

Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a camping permit is granted when the chief executive decides the application and gives the applicant a permit.

A person who applies for a camping permit for an e-permit camping area by way of the internet website authorised by the chief executive is taken to have been granted a permit when the person receives a notice stating the number identifying the permit.

A person who applies by phone for a camping permit for an e-permit camping area is taken to have been granted a permit when all of the following steps have been completed—

the person gives the information required on the approved form;

the person states that the person understands and accepts the conditions of the permit;

the person pays the correct permit fee by giving the person’s credit card details;

the person is issued a number identifying the permit.

For a self-registration camping area, a person is taken to have been granted a camping permit for the area and period stated in the camping form when the person complies with section 36(3).

However, a camping permit for a self-registration camping area is taken not to have been granted if—

the person pays the camping fee by cheque and the cheque is dishonoured; or

the person completes the credit card payment section of the camping fee envelope and the person’s financial institution does not authorise the payment.

Subsections (2) and (3) have effect subject to section 38.