Kaiteur National Park Act (Cap. 20:02)

LAWS OF GUYANA Kaieteur National Park 3Cap. 20:02 L.R.O. 3/1998 CHAPTER 20:02 KAIETEUR NATIONAL PARK ACT ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS SECTION 1. Short title. 2. Constitution of Kaieteur National Park. 3. Until Board established Commissioner of Lands to control Park. 4. Use of Park to be in accordance with rules. 5. Power to make rules. 6. Power to ranger to arrest offender. SCHEDULE—Boundaries of Kaieteur National Park. An Act to constitute a certain area of land in the vicinity of the Kaieteur Fall on the Potaro River in the County of Essequibo a National Park and to provide for the control of the said park and for the preservation of the natural scenery, fauna and flora of the said park. [4TH JANUARY, 1930] 1. This Act may be cited as the Kaieteur National Park Act. (a) “Amerindian” has the same meaning as in the Amerindian Act; (b) “Ameridian people” means the Ameridians who as a group had been living proximate to the boundries of the Extended Kaieteur National Park as defined in the Schedule by Order dated March 9, 1999* and have conducted activites of daily living therein” 2. (1) The area of State land contained within the boundaries defined in the Schedule is hereby constituted a national park to be known as the Kaieteur National Park. 1953 Ed. c. 188 41 of 1929 Short title. Constitution of Kaieteur National Park. Schedule. [12 of 2000] LAWS OF GUYANA Kaieteur National ParkCap. 20:024 (2) The Minister may from time to time, by order, vary the boundaries of the said park. 3. (1) The Minister may establish a board to be known as the Kaieteur National Park Board (referred to in this Act as the Board) consisting of such number of members as he deems fit to take and have the general charge and control of the said park. (a) Nothing in this Act shall be constured as being in derogation of any right, privilege or freedom hitherto exercised by the Ameridian people, who shall continue to enjoy such right, privilege or freedom, to fish, hunt and generally to forage, and in so doing to promote sustainable forest and wild life management: Provided that the aforesaid right, privilege or freedom shall only be exerciseable within the additional lands in the extended boundries of the Kaieteur National Park as defined in the Schedule by Order dated 9th March, 1999* (b) Within the boundries of the Kaieteur National Park as defined in the Schedule before 9th March, 1999 the Ameridian people in that area shall enjoy unrestricted right to travel in and out of the Park.” (2) Until a Board has been appointed under subsection (1), the Commissioner of Lands shall have the general charge and control of the said park. (3) There shall be such number of rangers as are required for the purposes of this Act who shall be under the orders and direction of the Board or the Commissioner of Lands, as the case may be, and who shall perform such duties as may be prescribed. 4. (1) It shall not be lawful for any person to enter into, travel or encamp within the park or to build any structure therein, or to hunt, chase, catch, shoot at, kill or otherwise disturb any animal or cut, pluck or gather any of the flora or interfere with or disturb the soil by mining or other operations within the park or to remove anything whatsoever from the park except in accordance with regulations made under this Act. Until Board established Commissioner of Lands to control Park. [4 of 1972] Use of park to be in accor dance with rules. [6 of 1997] [12 of 2000] Unrestricted right to travel [12 of 2000] LAWS OF GUYANA Kaieteur National Park 5Cap. 20:02 L.R.O. 3/1998 (2) Any person acting in contravention of any of the provisions of subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of ninety seven thousand five hundred dollars, and anything taken by such person from the park shall be forfeited. 5. (1) The Minister may make regulations generally for carrying into effect the objects and purposes of this Act, and in particular with respect to the functions of the Board, the Commissioners and the rangers and with respect to the conditions on which the park may be used by the public. (2) There may be annexed to the breach of any rule a penalty not exceeding nineteen thousand five hundred dollars. 6. A ranger may take into custody without warrant any person found committing any offence under this Act, and shall bring such person before a magistrate as soon as practicable after he is so taken into custody. SCHEDULE BOUNDARIES OF KAIETEUR NATIONAL PARK Commencing at a point on the left bank Potaro River, two hundred feet below the Tukeit Rest House Compound, thence along the trail to the Korume Creek, thence up the Korume Creek to its source, thence to and including Menzies landing on the left bank Potaro River, thence across the Potaro River to its right bank, thence inland for a distance of one quarter of a mile, thence downwards and parallel to the right bank Potaro River at a distance of one quarter of a mile to an unnamed tributary of the Potaro River on its right bank about three hundred feet below the foot of Tukeit Falls, thence down the left bank of that tributary to the right bank Potaro River, thence across the Potaro River to the point of commencement. Power to ranger to arrest offender. Power to make rules. [4 of 1972 6 of 1997]