National Parks Regulations

25. Instructions by wildlife police offiers 26. Closure of roads, etc., by wildlife police officers 27. Exemption of wildlife police officers 28. Offences and penalties 29. Revocation of Statutory Instrument No. 9 of 1972 FIRST SCHEDULE-Prescribed forms SECOND SCHEDULE-Prescribed fees SECTION 185-NATIONAL PARKS REGULATIONS Regulations by the Minister after consultation with the Director Statutory Instrument 88 of 1993 Act No. 13 of 1994 1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Parks Regulations. Title 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires- Interpretation "estate road" has the meaning ascribed to it in section eight of the Roads and Road Traffic Act. Cap. 464 3. (1) These Regulations shall apply to National Parks, except such part of the Mosi-Oa-Tunya National Park as lies outside the area demarcated as Mosi-Oa-Tunya Zoological Park, and to the said part regulations 4 (1) (b), 4(3), 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 (b), 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 only shall apply. Application (2) In the case of Liuwa National Park the provisions of these Regulations, other than regulations 6, 17, 18, 22 (b) 25 and 28 shall not apply to any bona fide resident of that National Park: Provided that the Minister may by order in writing exclude any part of any National Park from the application of all or any of these Regulations. 4. (1) A person, not being a person belonging to any of the categories enumerated in subsection (2) of section forty-three of the Act, shall not Entry and residence in National Park (a) enter a National Park unless he is in possession of a valid Entry Permit issued under these Regulations; (b) reside in a National Park unless he is in possession of a valid Residence Permit issued under these Regulations: Provided that the Director may in special circumstances by writing permit any person to enter or reside in a National Park without obtaining the appropriate Permit. (2) An Entry Permit may be issued by the Director, or by any officer authorised by the Director in writing in that behalf, in Form 1 as set out in the First Schedule on payment of the fees prescribed in the Second Schedule. (3) A Residence Permit may be issued by the Director in Form 2 as set out in the First Schedule, but no fees shall be payable therefor. (4) Any person who is a tourist from outside Zambia shall be in possession of a valid Conservation Stamp issued under these Regulations in addition to a valid Entry Permit before entering any National Park. (5) A Conservation Stamp may be issued by the Director or any Wildlife Police Officer, or any person authorised by the Director in writing in that behalf on payment of the fee prescribed in the Second Schedule. (6) Proceeds from the issue of the Conservation Stamps shall go directly to meet the management and development costs of the National Parks. (7) Where the Conservation Stamp is issued by any person authorised in writing by the Director, such person shall be entitled to a ten per cent commission of the Conservation Stamp Fee. 5. Except with the written permission of the Director, no person shall enter or leave a National Park otherwise than at a recognised point of entry or exit or without making relevant and complete entries in the register kept for that purpose at such point of entry or exit. Restriction on entry and exit 6. Every person passing through a National Park along a public road shall declare at the point of entry and again at the point of exit any firearm, ammunition or explosive in his possession, and shall enter the details thereof in the registers kept for that purpose at the points of entry and exit. Declaration of arms and ammunition by persons passing through National Park 7. (1) A person may not enter or leave a National Park, or leave the defined area around a lodge or camp within a National Park, during the hours of darkness: Prohibition of entry into, or exit from, or movement within National Park at night Provided that this regulation shall not apply to any wilderness trail, nocturnal tour or other authorised tourist activity which has been specifically exempted in writing by the Director. (2) For the purpose of this regulation, the term "hours of darkness" means the period between one half-hour after sunset and one half-hour before sunrise. 8. Except with the written permission of the Director, a person shall not (a) alight from a motor vehicle or boat within a National Park except at a lodge, camp or designated picnic site or bird hide; or (b) enter or travel within a National Park on foot at any place not included in Paragraph (a): Restriction on entry and movement Provided that this regulation shall not apply to any person whilst he is accompanied by a wildlife police officer or to any person travelling along a public road. 9. Except with the written permission of the Director, a person shall not enter or travel within a National Park on a cycle or a motor cycle: Restriction on cycles or motor cycles Provided that this regulation shall not apply to any person travelling along a public road. 10. A person shall not within a National Park (a) drive a motor vehicle with a defective or wholly or partly inoperative silencing system or exhaust or a motor vehicle producing such noise as may cause alarm, annoyance or disturbance to any animal or person; (b) unnecessarily sound the horn of a motor vehicle; (c) drive a motor vehicle anywhere except on a recognised road unless specifically authorised in writing by the Director; (d) drive a motor vehicle in excess of 50 kilometres per hour or of any other speed limit indicated at any place by signs: Restriction on motor vehicle Provided that this paragraph shall not apply to a motor vehicle driven along a public road, other than an estate road; or (e) drive a motor vehicle in a manner likely to disturb or endanger any animal or person. 11. Except with the written permission of the Director, a person shall not bring a caravan or trailer into a National Park, except in accordance with the terms and conditions of his Entry Permit or Residence Permit, as the case may be. Restriction on caravans and trailers 12. A person shall not use a boat within a National Park without the written permission of the Director or in accordance with the terms and conditions of his Entry Permit or Residence Permit, as the case may be, and such permission or Permit may stipulate conditions as to the place where such boats may be used and may limit or prohibit the use of an engine to propel any such boat. Restriction on boats 13. (1) Except with the written permission of the Director, a person Restriction on shall not fly an aircraft over a National Park at a height of less than 300 metres above ground level except when lawfully landing or taking off from a licensed aerodrome or airfield within such a National Park. aircraft (2) Except with the written permission of the Director and upon payment of the fees prescribed in the Second Schedule, a person shall not land an aircraft in a National Park: Provided that this sub-regulation shall not apply to such aircraft as may enter a National Park on a routine schedule or for government purposes. (3) A person shall not land an aircraft at any point within a National Park other than on a licensed aerodrome or airfield. 14. Except with the written permission of the Director, a person shall not erect any building or structure, construct any roads or tracks or carry out any form of land alteration or improvement within a National Park. Restriction on building and other forms of improvement within National Park 15. Except with the written permission of the Director, a person shall not cut, deface, damage or destroy any vegetation in a National Park. Prohibition of destruction of vegetation 16. A person shall not light a fire for domestic purposes, such as the cooking of food, within a National Park, except at such points as are designated by the Director. Restriction against lighting of fires for domestic purposes 17. Without the written permission of the Director, a person shall not remove any wild animal, whether dead or alive, or any trophy, vegetation or any object of prehistoric, archaeological, historical or scientific interest from a National Park or from one part of a National Park to another part of the same National Park. Prohibition of removal of trophies etc., within National Park 18. A person shall not drive a predator away from a kill. Prohibition of disturbance of predator 19. A person shall not feed a wild animal in a National Park. Feeding of wild animals 20. (1) A person shall not fish in a National Park unless he is in possession of a valid Angling Permit issued under these Regulations and except in accordance with the conditions laid down in the Permit: Restriction on fishing Provided that the Director may in writing authorise fishing for subsistence or traditional purposes without an Angling Permit and without payment of fees, but subject to such conditions, if any, as he may consider fit to specify. (2) An Angling Permit may be issued by the Director, or by any officer authorised by the Director in writing in that behalf, in Form 3, as set out in the First Schedule on payment of the fees prescribed in the Second Schedule. 21. (1) A person shall not take still or cine photographs or make sound recordings within a National Park for commercial purposes unless he is in possession of a valid Photography and Sound Recording Licence issued under these Regulations. Restriction on commercial photography or recording (2) A Photography and Sound Recording Licence may be issued by the Director, or any officer authorised by the Director in writing in that behalf, in Form 4 as set out in the First Schedule on payment of the fees prescribed in the Second Schedule. 22. A person shall not within a National Park (a) play any radio, gramophone, tape recorder, record player or musical instrument so as to cause unnecessary disturbance to any animal or person; or (b) provoke or chase any wild animal or cause alarm, annoyance or unnecessary disturbance to any wild animal. Restriction against disturbance 23. A person shall not discard any litter, refuse or rubbish in a National Park, except in a receptacle or other means of disposal for such purpose. Restriction against litter 24. A person shall not engage in any trade or business in a National Park without the written permission of the Minister. Restriction on trading 25. All persons within a National Park shall obey all lawful instructions given by a wildlife police officer. Instructions by wildlife police officers 26. Any wildlife police officer of or above the rank of wildlife ranger may at any time close any road (other than a public road), pontoon, lodge, camp, picnic site or bird hide and thereupon entry to such road, pontoon, lodge, camp, picnic site of bird hide shall be prohibited, notwithstanding that any person would otherwise be entitled to enter, pass through or remain in any such place. Closure of roads, etc., by wildlife police officer 27. The provisions of regulations 4 to 13, inclusive, and 15 to 20, inclusive, shall not apply to a wildlife police officer while on official duty in a National Park. Exemption of wildlife police officer 28. (1) Any person who contravenes any of these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding three thousand two hundred fee units or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or to both. Offences and penalties (2) Without prejudice to any proceedings or other consequence which may result from a contravention of any of these Regulations, a wildlife police officer of or above the rank of wildlife ranger may revoke any permit or licence if he is reasonably satisfied that any of the persons named therein has contravened any of these Regulations. (As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994) 29. The National Parks Regulations, 1972 are hereby revoked. Revocation of S.I. No. 9 of 1972 FIRST SCHEDULE PRESCRIBED FORMS Form 1 (Regulation 4) REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA The National Parks and Wildlife Act The National Parks Regulations ENTRY PERMIT National Park Date of Issue , 19................ This Permit is valid up to................. hours on 19..............., for the persons named and the car/aircraft specified below. It is not transferable. Names 1 ....................................................................of 2 ....................................................................of 3 ....................................................................of 4 ....................................................................of 5 ....................................................................of 6 ....................................................................of are hereby authorised to enter the National Park subject to the conditions set out on the reserve of this Permit. Car/aircraft Registration No. Point of entry Gate/airfield Point of exit Gate/airfield FEES PAID Car/aircraft entrance at ................................ ......................................................... .............................................................. occupants at..................................... TOTAL RECEIPT Received from the sum of (It is essential to produce this Form at the Entrance Gates) Signed Date Original: to be retained by visitor for production at entrance gate Duplicate: for filing Triplicate: to support General Revenue Cash Book Quadruplicate: to Accountant (Revenue) NPWS Quintuplicate: to be retained in the book (To be printed on the reverse of the Entry Permit) CONDITIONS OF ISSUE 1. This Permit is valid for multiple entry only for the period stated and for the persons named herein. 2. Persons may stay overnight only if they are accommodated at a lodge or camp. 3. Entrance gate will open at 0600 hours throughout the year but will close at 1830 hours between 1st April, and 30th November; and at 1900 hours between 1st December and 31st March. Visitors must ensure that they leave the National Park before gates close. 4. Visitors should note that the violation of any provision of the National Parks and Wildlife Act or of the National Parks Regulations by any person named in this Permit may result in the cancellation of the Permit, and all the persons named therein being required to leave the National Park immediately. In addition, such violation shall also render the offender liable to prosecution. It is therefore urged that all visitors should acquaint themselves with the provisions of the Act and the Regulations. Form 2 (Regulation 4) REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA The National Parks and Wildlife Act The National Parks Regulations RESIDENCE PERMIT National Park This Permit is valid for the person and the members of his family and dependants named below: Mr...................................................................of and Members of Family 1 2 3 4 5 6 Dependants 1 2 3 are hereby authorised to enter and reside within the boundaries of the National Park. Director, National Parks and Wildlife Service Form 3 (Regulation 20) REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA The National Parks and Wildlife Act The National Parks Regulations ANGLING PERMIT National Park Date of Issue , 19................. This Permit is valid up to , 19................, for the persons named below and is not transferable. Names 1 ....................................................................of 2 ....................................................................of 3 ....................................................................of 4 ....................................................................of are hereby authorised to fish within the boundaries of the National Park by angling. FEES PAID At the rate of per person RECEIPT Received from the sum of IT IS ESSENTIAL TO PRODUCE THIS FORM AT THE ENTRANCE GATES Signed Dated Original: to be retained by visitor for production at entrance gate. Duplicate: for filing. Triplicate: to support General Revenue Cash Book. Quadruplicate: to Accountant (Revenue) NPWS. Quintuplicate: to be retained in the book. (To be printed on the reverse of the Angling Permit) CONDITIONS OF ISSUE This Permit is valid only for angling. Chemical substances, explosives or any other device for fishing shall render this Permit void. Breach of any provision of the National Parks and Wildlife Act or of the National Parks Regulations on the part of any person named in the Permit shall render the permit liable to cancellation, and shall also render the offender liable to prosecution. Permit holders are therefore advised to acquaint themselves with the provisions of the Act and the Regulations. Form 4 (Regulation 21) REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA The National Parks and Wildlife Act The National Parks Regulations PHOTOGRAPHY AND SOUND RECORDING LICENCE National Park Date of Issue , 19................. This Licence is valid up to , 19............., for the person named below and is not transferable. Mr. .................................................................of is hereby licensed to take still and cine photographs and to record sounds within the National Park during the period of the validity of this Licence for commercial purposes. FEES PAID RECEIPT Received from the sum of IT IS ESSENTIAL TO PRODUCE THIS FORM AT THE ENTRANCE GATES Signed Dated Original: to be retained by visitor for production at entrance gate. Duplicate: for filing. Triplicate: to support General Revenue Cash Book. Quadruplicate: to Accountant (Revenue) NPWS. Quintuplicate: to be retained in the book. (To be printed on the reverse of the Licence) CONDITIONS OF ISSUE 1. This Licence does not entitle the licensee to enter the National Park without an Entry Permit. 2. Breach of any provision of the National Parks and Wildlife Act or of the National Parks Regulations on the part of the licensee shall render this Licence liable to cancellation and shall also render the offender liable to prosecution. SECOND SCHEDULE (Regulations 4, 13, 20 and 21) PRESCRIBED FEES Local Overseas Tourists Tourists Fee units US$ 1. Fees for an Entry Permit: (a) Luangwa South 2 per day 15.00 per person per day (b) Kafue 1 per day 5.00 per person per day (c) Sumbu 1 per day 5.00 per person per day (d) Lochinvar 1 per day 5.00 per person per day (e) Other National Parks 1 per day 5.00 per person per day 2. Vehicle entry fee 2 per day 10.00 per person per day 3. Aircraft entry fee 20 per landing per day 4. Commercial filming, painting and sound recording 1,000 per week 500.00 per week 5. Camping in a National Park (per adult) 10 per night 10.00 per night 6. Camping in a National Park (child) over 12 years 5 per night 7. Angling Permit 1 per day 5.00 per day 8. Keeping a boat in a National Park 10 per month 9. Child under 12 years Free 10. Tour operators vehicle Free 11. School parties Free 12. Fee for a conservation stamp 15.00 US Dollars per person NOTES: (i) Camp sites in National Parks do not, as a rule have any service but where basic services are provided, additional fees may be payable to the agency providing the service. (ii) The fees indicated in the Second Schedule also apply to walking safari camps. (As amended by Act No.13 of 1994) SECTION 27-THE NATIONAL PARKS DECLARATION ORDER Statutory Instrument 44 of 1972 58 of 1993 Act No. 13 of 1994 1. This Order may be cited as the National Parks Declaration Order. Title 2. The areas set out in the Schedule are hereby declared to be National Parks for the purposes of the Act. Declaration of National Parks 3. The National Parks Declaration Order, 1972 is hereby revoked. Revocation of S.I. No. 44 of 1972 SCHEDULE (Regulation 2) NATIONAL PARK No. 1: SOUTH LUANGWA Starting at the confluence of the Luangwa and Mpupushi Rivers, the boundary follows the right bank of the latter river upstream to its confluence with the Mfuke (Mfushi) Stream; thence up the right bank of this stream to its source in the Muchinga Escarpment; thence along the brink of the said escarpment in a general north by north-easterly direction to the source of the Luanda River; thence down the left bank of this river to its confluence with the Kapamba River; thence up the right bank of the Kapamba River to its confluence with the Kangala River;