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These regulations may be cited as the Zoological Parks Authority Regulations 2002.
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Bill homepageThese regulations may be cited as the Zoological Parks Authority Regulations 2002.
These regulations come into operation on the day on which the Zoological Parks Authority Act 2001 comes into operation.
In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —
appropriate fee means a fee required to be paid under section 10(2)(k) of the Act;
designated means designated by traffic signs under regulation 11;
enclosure means any building, pool, pond, lake, water feature, pound, yard or other means by which animals are enclosed or housed or intended to be enclosed or housed;
entrance gate means a gate designated by the Authority by a sign at the gate for general entry to a zoological park or for entry to special events held in a zoological park;
motor vehicle has the meaning given in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 4;
park, in relation to a vehicle, means to permit the vehicle, whether attended or not, to remain stationary, except for the purpose of —
avoiding conflict with other traffic;
complying with the provisions of any law; or
immediately taking up or setting down persons or goods;
permission has a meaning affected by regulation 4;
stand, in relation to a vehicle, means to stop the vehicle and permit it to remain stationary, except for the purpose of —
avoiding conflict with other traffic; or
complying with the provisions of any law;
traffic sign means a sign, marking, structure or device for the purpose of —
restricting or regulating the use of roads, tracks or paths in a zoological park; or
prohibiting, restricting or regulating the use, standing or parking of vehicles in a zoological park;
use, in relation to a vehicle, includes driving a vehicle and riding or pushing a bicycle.
[Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 8 Jan 2015 p. 142.]
If a provision of these regulations states that an act or activity must not be done or carried on without permission, the reference to permission is to the permission of the Authority.
For the purposes of any such provision, the Authority may refuse permission or in the exercise of the power to grant permission may —
grant permission generally or for any specific instance; or
grant permission on and subject to such terms and conditions as it considers appropriate including terms and conditions as to —
the part of a zoological park to which the permission applies;
the class or description of persons to whom the permission extends; or
the payment of any fee or charge whether before the act is done or the activity is commenced or otherwise.
The Authority may amend or revoke a permission that has been granted.
A permission must be in writing and must be obtained before the act is done or the activity is commenced.
If a permission has been given to a person subject to any condition, the permission is to be taken, in any prosecution against that person, to have lapsed during any period when the condition was not observed or performed according to its tenor by that person.
A person must not, without permission, enter a zoological park except through an entrance gate.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $2 000.
If a person pays the appropriate fee for entry to a zoological park, the Authority or a person acting on behalf of the Authority is to issue an entry ticket to the person who paid the fee.
A person must not, without permission, enter a zoological park without an entry ticket.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
A person who must not enter a zoological park without an entry ticket must produce on demand to a park management officer a ticket for entry to the zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
A person must not, without permission, enter or be or remain in a zoological park at a time when the park is closed to the public.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
It is a defence to a complaint of an offence against subregulation (3) to prove that the ticket has been lost.
[Regulation 5 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 4 and 11(1).]
If a child under 12 years of age enters a zoological park in the charge of an adult person that adult person must ensure that the child is in his or her charge or in the charge of some other adult person at all times whilst the child remains in the park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
A member of staff may refuse to admit a group of children under 12 years of age to a zoological park if in his or her opinion those children are not accompanied by a sufficient number of adult persons to ensure that those children will be kept under adequate supervision whilst in the park.
[Regulation 6 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
If the Authority has set apart any building, enclosure or part of a zoological park for special exhibits or entertainment a person must not, without permission, enter or use that building, enclosure or part of the zoological park unless —
he or she has purchased and obtained from the Authority or a person acting on behalf of the Authority a ticket authorising him or her to do so; and
on demand by a member of staff, gives that ticket to the member of staff.
Penalty: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 7 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(2).]
The Authority may by the erection or establishment of signs —
close a part of a zoological park; or
close a road, track or path in a zoological park,
to pedestrians or vehicles or both for such period as the Authority thinks fit.
The Authority must erect and maintain sufficient signs on or in the vicinity of the part of the zoological park, or road, track or path, that is closed under this regulation to indicate that entry without permission to that part of the zoological park, or to the road, track or path, as the case requires, is prohibited.
The inscription on a sign erected or established under this regulation operates according to its tenor.
A person must not, without permission —
enter a part of the zoological park that is for the time being closed under this regulation; or
use a road, track or path that is for the time being closed under this regulation.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 8 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
It is a defence to a charge of an offence under regulation 5(1), 5(3), 5(5), 7 or 8(4) for the defendant to prove that the act complained of was necessary to prevent or mitigate injury to a person or damage to property.
In this regulation —
ACROD sticker means a parking sticker issued by ACROD Limited (Western Australian Division), a company limited by guarantee and incorporated in the Australian Capital Territory;
ticket vending machine means a machine situated in a zoological park which, following insertion of a note, coin or token, issues a parking ticket.
A person must not, without permission, bring any vehicle into a zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
A person must not, without permission —
drive a vehicle on any part of a zoological park other than a road or a part designated for the time being for the parking or standing of vehicles;
park a vehicle in any part of a zoological park other than a part designated for the time being for the parking of vehicles;
stand a vehicle on any part of a zoological park other than a part designated for the time being for the parking or standing of vehicles; or
park or stand a vehicle in an area designated for the parking or standing of vehicles of disabled persons, unless —
a disabled person is the driver of or a passenger in the vehicle; and
an ACROD sticker is displayed in a prominent position on the vehicle.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
A person must not drive or ride a vehicle in a zoological park at a speed in excess of 10 km per hour.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
A person must not drive or ride a vehicle in a zoological park unless —
the vehicle is equipped with a device for sounding a warning;
the vehicle’s flashing hazard lights are on; or
the vehicle’s lights are on.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $1 000.
An area of a zoological park may be designated for parking subject to the payment of a charge fixed by the Authority and specified on a traffic sign, and a person must not park a vehicle in such an area at any time when the charge applies unless —
the charge has been paid into a ticket vending machine; and
there is displayed in the vehicle at that time a parking ticket issued from a ticket vending machine that shows —
the amount paid;
the date; and
an expiry time for permitted parking that is after that time.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
A parking ticket must be displayed in or on a vehicle in such a manner that a person is able to read it from outside or alongside the vehicle.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 10 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
The Authority may erect or establish traffic signs in a zoological park.
The inscription on a traffic sign operates according to its tenor.
A person must comply with —
the inscription on a traffic sign erected or established under subregulation (1); or
a signal or direction by a park management officer as to the use, parking or movement of a vehicle that is addressed to the person and that is reasonably required for the regulation of traffic in a zoological park.
Penalty for this subregulation: a fine of $600.
[Regulation 11 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 11(1).]
A person must not —
touch, molest, shout at or disturb an animal in a zoological park;
without permission, place an object or substance in an enclosure in a zoological park; or
without permission, feed an animal in a zoological park.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 12 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 5.]
13. Enclosures, building etc.
A person must not, without permission, in a zoological park —
enter an enclosure or a space railed off around or about an enclosure;
interfere with a lock attached to any part of an enclosure;
open, move or otherwise interfere with a gate, slide, grating, mesh or glass barrier attached to or associated with an enclosure;
[(d), (e) deleted.]
enter any building, enclosure or area set apart for —
quarantine purposes;
the use of members of staff or persons performing voluntary work for the Authority; or
other purposes connected with the management of a zoological park.
Penalty: a fine of $2 000.
[Regulation 13 amended: SL 2020/6 r. 6.]
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