2584 NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE No. 83

description (including aeroplanes, helicopters, gliders, microlights).

(2) Except, in accordance with the permission of a warranted officer, no person, operator or pilot-in-command of an aircraft of any description shall make use of any part of a park or forest for the purpose of setting down, picking up or recovery from within the park or forest of any person, livestock, carcass or article of any description.

(3) Any permission given under this bylaw shall not constitute any acknowledgement of, or absolve from compliance with any requirement of the Director of Civil Aviation.

(4) No person shall operate any model aircraft of any description (including radio-controlled aircraft) in a park or forest in a manner that is likely to endanger or annoy other members of the public.

11. Gates
    No person shall leave any gate in a different position from that in which it is found. Gates found open shall be left open and gates found closed shall be left closed.

12. Water
    (1) No person shall within a park or forest permit or cause wastage of water, or permit any water tap to flow for a longer period than is reasonably required to obtain water for drinking, cooking, or other lawful purpose.

(2) No person shall in any manner pollute or otherwise render unfit for use for any purpose (whether for human consumption or not), any water supply within a park or forest.

(3) No person shall pollute, block, obstruct, dam, or divert any river, stream or waterway in any park or forest.

13. Fires
    (1) No person shall light any fire in any park or forest, except in fireplaces, portable barbecues, or other designated areas provided by the council for that purpose.

(2) Any person who lights a fire shall not leave it unattended and shall extinguish that fire before leaving.

(3) No person shall light a fire or expose a naked flame (including gas or other fuel operated barbecues) when a prohibition against the lighting of fires for that particular area is in force.

(4) Any warranted officer may order that a fire be extinguished if in the opinion of that officer the fire may cause a hazard, or annoy any other person or persons. Should any person refuse to extinguish the fire the warranted officer may cause to have it extinguished.

(5) No match, lighted or not lighted, cigarette, or other lighted matter shall be dropped, thrown or otherwise placed in any grass or other flammable materials.

(6) Nothing in this section shall relieve any person from any liability for damage caused by any fire, whether permitted by this section or not.

14. Fireworks
    (1) Except with the consent of a warranted officer or in areas allocated by signs expressly permitting this activity, no person shall ignite or in any way use fireworks in a park or forest.

(2) No person in a park or forest shall ignite or use fireworks in a manner that is likely to annoy, frighten or endanger the safety of other users or stock.

15. Planting
    Except with the prior consent of the Manager, Recreation or Manager, Forestry, no person shall plant any tree, shrub, or plant of any kind, or sow or scatter the seed of any tree, shrub, or plant of any kind in any park or forest or introduce any substance injurious to plant life in any park or forest.

16. Damage to Property and Removal of Vegetation
    (1) No person shall remove, disturb, break, destroy, or interfere with any facility or service, or paint, carve or write names or letters or words or figures or devices on, or deface any building, object of art, natural object, safety device, structure, tool, instrument, seat, gate, bridge, fence, tree or vegetation of any description within any park or forest.

(2) Nothing in section (1) of this bylaw shall affect the removal of noxious plants or the cutting and removal of forestry products authorised by the Manager, Forestry or Manager, Recreation.

17. Notice Boards and Posters
    Except with the prior permission of a warranted officer, no person shall post any placard, poster, or display, or damage, remove, replace, or alter any existing placard, poster, display, notice, or sign within any park or forest.

18. Revegetation Areas
    No person shall walk, drive, ride on any newly sown grass plot, revegetation area, or other place set aside or designated for the purpose of regeneration or cultivation of plants within a park or forest.

19. Stock
    (1) Except with the consent of the Manager, Recreation or Manager, Forestry and subject to such conditions imposed on granting of consent, no person shall allow any stock to wander on to, or graze on any park or forest.

(2) No person shall disturb or annoy any stock which is lawfully in, or grazing on any park or forest.

20. Dogs
    (1) Unless a dog is led on a leash or otherwise properly secured, no person shall bring any dog into a park or forest, or allow any dog in their custody, charge or control to be within the park or forest.

(2) If in the opinion of a warranted officer, members of the public would not be frightened or annoyed, the officer may allow dogs to run unleashed for a period of time in a controlled situation.

(3) Any warranted officer may seize and detain any dog found within a park or forest not secured as mentioned in section (1) of this bylaw. If the owner of the dog is not known or cannot reasonably be ascertained, it shall be committed to the care of the local authority animal ranger.

(4) No person shall allow a dog to be in a closed area or an area where dogs are not permitted.

(5) No person for the time being in charge of a dog shall allow the dog to annoy or frighten any other person, or behave in such a manner that is likely to cause an accident of any kind, or affect the safety of any other person or persons in the park or forest.

(6) The council may designate by signs or public notices areas of a park or forest where persons who bring dogs or other animals are required to pick up and remove the faeces deposited by such dogs or animals.

21. Organised Public Events
    (1) Except with prior written consent of the Manager, Recreation or Manager, Forestry, no person shall conduct any event, meeting or large gathering to which the public are invited generally or specifically, in any park or forest.

(2) Any warranted officer may ask any organiser or person apparently in charge of the event to produce evidence of prior written consent and if the person fails to do so the warranted officer may require the organiser and any other persons attending the event to leave the park or forest.