South Australian Consolidated Acts

WILDERNESS PROTECTION ACT 1992 - SECT 41

41—Regulations

        (1)         The Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by this Act, or as are necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act.

        (2)         Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may—

            (a)         confer powers, authorities, duties and obligations upon the Minister, the Chief Executive Officer, the Director, wardens or any officers appointed under this Act, that may be necessary or expedient for the enforcement of this Act; and

            (b)         regulate the use and enjoyment of wilderness protection areas or zones; and

            (c)         provide for the safety of persons in wilderness protection areas or zones; and

            (d)         establish standards of conduct to which those who may resort to wilderness protection areas or zones must conform while in the areas or zones; and

            (e)         provide for the removal of trespassers from wilderness protection areas or zones; and

            (f)         restrict or prohibit access to wilderness protection areas or zones or any portions of wilderness protection areas or zones; and

            (g)         provide for the preservation and protection of natural features of wilderness protection areas or zones; and

            (h)         provide for the protection, conservation and management of animals and plants in wilderness protection areas or zones; and

                  (i)         regulate, restrict or prohibit the taking of animals and plants into wilderness protection areas or zones or the removal of animals and plants from wilderness protection areas or zones; and

            (j)         regulate, restrict or prohibit the removal of wood, mulch or other dead vegetation from wilderness protection areas or zones; and

            (k)         provide for the impounding, removal, destruction, or disposal of animals found straying upon wilderness protection areas or zones; and

            (l)         regulate, restrict or prohibit the taking of firearms or other devices into, or the use of firearms or other devices in, a wilderness protection area or zone; and

            (m)         provide for the collection of scientific specimens and the pursuit of research in wilderness protection areas or zones; and

            (n)         reserve the whole or any portion of wilderness protection areas or wilderness protection zones for a separate or exclusive use prescribed by the regulations; and

            (o)         restrict or prohibit access to wilderness protection areas or zones or to any portion of a wilderness protection area or zone by any person or class of persons; and

            (p)         regulate, restrict or prohibit the use of roads or tracks in wilderness protection areas or wilderness protection zones; and

            (q)         regulate, restrict or prohibit the use of motor vehicles or other vehicles in wilderness protection areas or zones; and

            (r)         empower the Director to fix one or more speed limits for vehicles driven within a wilderness protection area or zone or any part of a wilderness protection area or zone; and

            (s)         provide for the impounding, removal or disposal of any vehicle or property found in a wilderness protection area or zone in contravention of a regulation; and

            (t)         prescribe fees in relation to the administration of this Act and in particular prescribe, and provide for the collection or recovery of, charges or entrance fees to be made of persons entering or desiring to enter a wilderness protection area or zone or desiring to use facilities provided in a wilderness protection area or zone; and

            (u)         regulate, restrict or prohibit the parking of vehicles in a wilderness protection area or zone; and

                  (v)         regulate, restrict or prohibit camping within a wilderness protection area or zone; and

            (w)         provide for the protection and preservation of buildings, structures, signs and other improvements in wilderness protection areas or zones; and

                  (x)         exempt, conditionally or unconditionally, Aboriginal people generally, or Aboriginal people of a specified class, from all or any of the provisions of this Act in order to enable the observance of Aboriginal tradition in the wilderness protection area or wilderness protection zone specified in the regulations; and

            (y)         prescribe penalties, recoverable summarily, for breach of, or non-compliance with, any regulation; and

            (z)         fix expiation fees for alleged offences against the regulations.

        (3)         Any fees prescribed under this Act may be differential, varying according to any factor stated in the regulation.