18 AUGUST NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 2585

22. Booths, Stalls and Other Structures

(1) No person shall put up or erect any stall, booth, tent, swing, or structure of any kind within a park or forest, except with the prior written permission of the council, and then only at such place, for such time or term, or of such dimensions, and subject to such conditions as are specified in the permit.
Any fee charged by the council in respect of the permit may be payable in advance.

(2) Any warranted officer may remove or cause to be removed any stall, booth, tent, swing or structure whether temporary or permanent, erected or placed in a park or forest without the written consent of the council.

23. Commercial Operations

No person shall within any park or forest carry out any trade, business, service or activity for hire or reward, except with the prior permission in writing of the council, and then only in compliance with every condition specified in the permit.

24. Selling Food or Drink

• (1) No person shall within a park or forest sell or offer or expose for sale, or have in their possession for the purposes of sale any article of food, or merchandise, or any drink (whether intoxicating or otherwise), except with the prior permission in writing of the council, and then only in compliance with every condition specified in the permit.

(2) No such permit shall be deemed to authorise the sale, or offering or exposing for sale, or the having in possession for the purpose of sale of any intoxicating liquor in contravention of any provision of the Sale of Liquor Act 1989.

25. Recreational Activities

No person shall engage in any recreational activity in a park or forest if expressly forbidden to do so by a warranted officer on the grounds that such an activity will interfere with, or endanger other users, or is likely to damage any grassed areas, trees, shrubs or other vegetation areas.

26. Noise Control

No person shall, if forbidden to do so by a warranted officer (either generally or in any particular case), use or play in any instrument, radio, or audio device of any description, or any tape or public address or amplified sound system in any park or forest, or cause in any way any sound or noise that disturbs or annoys, or is likely to disturb or annoy, other occupiers or users of the park or forest.

27. Wildlife

Except with a permit issued by a warranted officer for that purpose, no person shall remove, kill, injure, frighten, disturb, catch, snare, trap, or lay poison for any wildlife in a park or forest.

28. Camping

(1) Except with a permit and in a place set aside by the council for that purpose, no person shall camp in a park or forest.

(2) Any warranted officer may on reasonable grounds ask any person to relocate to another site within the park or forest or leave the area.

29. Swimming Areas

No person shall swim or enter any river, stream, water storage area or other area of water within a park or forest if expressly forbidden to do so by signs, or by request from a warranted officer on the grounds of safety or health of that or any other person.

30. Closed Areas

No person shall enter, walk, run, ride or in any way use or cause to be used any footway, roadway, bridge, river, stream, reservoir, or area which for reasons of repair, revegetation, or public safety or health is prohibited from use by the public. Such areas to be clearly marked by the appropriate signs.

31. General

(1) Nothing in these bylaws shall be deemed to limit or prevent the taking of proceedings under any Act in respect of an offence committed within any park or forest.

(2) Every warranted officer of the council may enforce the provisions of these bylaws.

(3) Every warranted officer of the council, upon production of his or her warrant, may request the name and address, and evidence of its correctness, of any person found committing an offence against these bylaws.

(4) Every person commits a further offence who fails or refuses to supply his or her details when requested to do so as mentioned in subsection (3).

(5) The Manager, Recreation or Manager, Forestry, may revoke a warrant if he or she believes that the holder is not a fit and proper person to enforce the provision of these bylaws.

(6) Any person commits an offence who fails to return a warrant when requested to do so by the Manager, Recreation or Manager, Forestry.

(7) Any constable may enforce any of the provisions of these bylaws, upon evidence of his or her identity.

32. Offences

(1) Every person commits an offence against these bylaws who fails to comply with any condition, term or restriction imposed by these bylaws, or any notice or permission issued by the council or a warranted officer of the council.

(2) Where any person commits an offence against the foregoing bylaws, a further offence shall be committed if that person fails to comply forthwith with any request or requirement made or issued by any warranted officer under these bylaws.

33. Penalty

Every person who commits an offence against these bylaws shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding $500 and where the offence is continuing a fine not exceeding $50 a day for each day the offence continues.

Signed at Wellington this 13th day of August 1994.

JOHN BANKS, Minister of Local Government.