Set aside determination National Parks Regulations - Port Campbell National Park
National Parks Act 1975
National Parks Regulations 2024
Set Aside(s) for Port Campbell National Park
The National Parks Regulations 2024 have been made under sections 32AA, 37 and 48 of the National Parks Act 1975.
Regulation 11 provides that the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority may make a determination to set aside an area as an area in which an activity or conduct is permitted, required, restricted or prohibited.
Additional temporary determinations and set asides are put in place from time to time for purposes such as planned burning, seasonal road closures or pest animal control programs. These temporary determinations and set asides operate in conjunction with ongoing determinations for general park management and, where there is a conflict or perceived conflict, the temporary determinations take precedence.
Signed
at Baines Cres Torquay by
Name Jodie Sizer
Title Chief Executive Officer of the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority
Date 29/08/2024
Areas set aside in Port Campbell National Park
Regulation(s)
20(1)(a) Areas where access is prohibited or restricted
Purpose of set aside determination
To set aside an area to which access for a person or class of persons is prohibited without a permit.
Area set aside
OFFICIAL
Details of set aside
Specified conditions Further information
Times or period Other conditions
20(1)(a) Areas where access is prohibited or restricted
To set aside an area to which access for a person or class of persons is prohibited without a permit.
The following areas:
1. beaches (between the high-water mark and base of the cliffs) between Castle Rock and the Razorback lookout.
2. London Bridge Beach (between the low-water mark and base of the cliffs) as indicated on Maps 1a and 1b (Attachment 1).
All roads and tracks designated for Management Vehicles Only as listed in Table 6 and shown in Figure 4 of the Port Campbell National Park Management Plan 1998 (Attachments 4 and 5).
At all times.
Entry to the area(s) set aside is not allowed.
This set aside is necessary for the purposes of public safety within the park.
20(1)(a) Areas where access is prohibited or restricted To set aside an area to which access for a person or class of persons is prohibited without a permit.
The whole of the park except the vehicle roads and tracks as listed in Table 6 and shown in Figure 4 of the Port Campbell National Park Management Plan 1998 (Attachments 4 and 5).
At all times.
Entry of persons driving or riding motorised vehicles including AWD vehicles, 2WD vehicles, 4WD vehicles, motorbikes, trailbikes and motorised bicycles; is prohibited from the area set aside.
At all times.
The term ‘motorised bicycle’ is defined and administered by Vic Roads
https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/
This set aside is for the purposes of the preservation, protection or management of the park.
Entry of persons using non-motorised vehicles including bicycles, monocycles, skateboards, roller skates, in-line roller blades or coasters, roller skis and scooters is prohibited from the area set aside.
The term ‘non-motorised vehicle’ is defined and administered by Vic Roads
https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/
This set aside is for the purposes of the preservation, protection or management of the park.
28(1) Areas for collection of bait
To set aside an area of a relevant park as an area for the collection of
All of the park except for the intertidal areas of the Special Protection Area listed in Table 1 and shown in Figure 2 of the Port Campbell National Park Management Plan 1998 (Attachments 2 and 3).
At all times.
The taking of animals for use as bait is allowed in accordance with the Fisheries Act 1995.
N.B. Bait must not be collected in the adjacent Twelve Apostles Marine National Park, in
Regulation(s)
30(1) Areas for Indigenous fish preservation
Purpose of set aside determination Area set aside
animals by a hand operated bait pump for use as bait.
To set aside an area of a relevant park as an area for the preservation of indigenous fish.
39 Areas for animals To set aside an area of a park as an area into which animals may be brought.
OFFICIAL
Details of set aside
Specified conditions Further information
Times or period
Other conditions
Intertidal areas of the Special Protection Area listed in Table 1 and shown in Figure 2 of the Port Campbell National Park Management Plan 1998 (Attachments 2 and 3).
The following roads and tracks:
1. No. 1 Road (Sherbrook River Valley)
2. all vehicle roads and tracks designated as open to the public and listed in Table 6 and shown in Figure 4 of the Port Campbell National Park Management Plan 1998 (Attachments 4 and 5).
At all times.
Fishing is not allowed in the area(s) set aside.
accordance with section 45A of the National Parks Act 1975.
N.B. Fishing is not permitted in the adjacent Twelve Apostles Marine National Park, in accordance with section 45A of the National Parks Act 1975
Between sunrise and sunset.
Access:
• Horses must remain on roads and tracks.
• Horses must be on lead when not in a yarded area.
Group Size:
• Maximum group size of 10.
Management of horses:
• Horses cannot directly be watered waterbodies in the park.
• Buckets should be used for drinking if possible.
• Horses must not be washed in or near rivers, streams, aqueducts or other waterbodies. Buckets must be used for washing.
• Nosebags must be used for feeding. Feed type should be
Regulation(s)
76(2)
Lighting or maintaining fires restricted
Purpose of set aside determination
Area set aside
OFFICIAL
Details of set aside
Specified conditions Further information
Times or period
To set aside an area of a park as an area in which a person may light or maintain a fire in a place other than public fireplace.
Carparks in the following management zones:
1. Conservation and Recreation Zone
2. Recreation Development Zone as shown in Figure 2 of the Port Campbell National Park Management Plan 1998 (Attachment 3).
At all times.
Other conditions selected to minimise the risk of the spread of weeds, such as pellets, certified clean chaff/hay and rolled or cracked, clean grain.
• All waste associated with horses including manure, hay and other feed must be removed from the park and not left in loading and unloading areas in carparks or campsites.
Fires using gaseous and liquid fuels are allowed in the area(s) set aside.
All gaseous and liquid fires must comply with the Forest (Fire Protection) Regulations 2014.
The person in charge of the fire must ensure the ground and airspace within a distance of 1.5 metres from the outer perimeter and uppermost point of the
Regulation(s)
89(1) Areas where using vessels restricted or prohibited.
Purpose of set aside determination Area set aside
OFFICIAL
Details of set aside
Specified conditions Further information
Times or period
Other conditions
fire is clear of flammable material.
Before leaving the place of the fire, the fire must be completely extinguished.
To set aside an area of a park as an area in which any of the following is prohibited or restricted, either for all vessels or for those classes of vessels that are specified in the determination-
(a) the launching of vessels;
(b) the landing of vessels;
(c) the loading and unloading of vessels;
(d) the mooring of vessels;
(e) the anchoring of vessels;
(f) the operating of vessels.
The waters landward of the high-water mark at the beaches between Castle Rock and the Razorback lookout, and the waters landward of the low-water mark at London Bridge Beach, as indicated on Maps 1a and 1b (Attachment 1).
At all times.
Motorised vessels must not launch, land, moor, load, unload, anchor or operate in the area(s) set aside.
OFFICIAL
Regulation 11 Determinations setting areas aside
(3) If the land manager makes a set aside determination under the Regulations, the land manager must, as soon as practicable after making the determination:
(a) cause signs or notice of the determination and the conditions they must comply with, to be displayed; and
(b) publish the determination on the land manager’s website.
Regulation 13 Signs and notices
(1) If the land manager makes a determination under the Regulations and is required to display a sign or notice in relation to that determination, that sign or notice must:
(a) be displayed in a place and manner that is likely to be seen by any person affected by the determination; and
Example
A sign placed at each entry to an area set aside.
(b) identify in words or symbols any activity that is prohibited, restricted or permitted in the area under determination;; and
(c) either:
(i) specify the conditions of the activities that are prohibited, restricted, or permitted; or
(ii) specify by reference to a determination published under regulation 11(3)(b) the activity that is prohibited, restricted or permitted and any conditions that apply to carrying out that activity.
(2) If the land manager revokes or amends a determination made under these Regulations, the land manager must as soon as practicable cause any sign or notice that has been displayed under these Regulations to be removed or amended to reflect the revocation or amendment of that determination.
Regulation 9 Application of Regulations to traditional owner group members where land is subject to agreement under Part 6 of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010
(1) If a traditional owner group entity has entered into a traditional owner group agreement, any provision of these Regulations (other than a provision of these Regulations specified in the Table in subregulation (2)) that provides for an offence for carrying out an activity or doing anything that is an agreed activity does not apply to a member of the traditional owner group
(a) who is bound by the traditional owner group agreement; and
(b) who carries out the agreed activity to which the offence relates in accordance with the traditional owner group agreement and on land to which that agreement applies.
(2) For the purpose of subregulation (1) the following Table sets out the specified provision and the extent to which that provision applies to a member of the traditional owner group.
Column 1
Specified regulation
Regulation 14(2)
Regulation 17
Regulation 21(1), (2) and (3)
Regulation 22
Regulation 24(1) and (2)
Regulation 32
Regulation 76(1)
Regulation 79(1)
Regulation 82(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)
Regulation 83(1) and (2)
Regulation 84
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Column 2
Extent to which specified regulation applies
The whole
The whole
The whole
The whole
The whole
The whole
The whole, except if the member lights or maintains a fire in a park for the purpose of undertaking cultural activities
The whole
The whole
The whole
The whole
Regulation 10 Application of Regulations to Aboriginal group members where land is not subject to agreement under Part 6 of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010
An Aboriginal group member, when undertaking an Aboriginal tradition on land in a park that is not land over which there is an agreement under Part 6 of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010, is exempt from these Regulations, other than the provisions set out in Column 1 of the following Table to the extent set out in Column 2 of the following Table. Table
Column 1
Specified regulation
Regulation 14(2)
Regulation 17
Regulation 21(1), (2) and (3)
Regulation 22
Regulation 24(1) and (2)
Regulation 32
Column 2
Extent to which specified regulation applies
The whole
The whole
The whole
The whole
The whole
The whole
Column 1
Specified regulation
Regulation 76(1)
Regulation 79(1)
Regulation 82(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5)
Regulation 83(1) and (2)
Regulation 84
OFFICIAL
Column 2
Extent to which specified regulation applies
The whole, except if the member lights or maintains a fire in a park for the purpose of undertaking cultural activities
The whole
The whole
The whole
The whole
Map 1a – Castle Rock to The Razorback lookout
Map 1b – London Bridge Beach (Google Imagery 2024)
