National Parks (Cousin Island Special Reserve) Regulations

1991 ED] NATIONAL PARKS AND NATURE CONSERVANCY ACT [CAP 141 National Parks (Cousin Island Special Reserve) Regulations [16th October, 1979] ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULATION 1. Citation. 2. Interpretation. 3. Unlawful to kill or disturb living things or their habitats. 4. Introduction of plants or animals unlawful. ~. Pollution and other acts unlawful. 6. Possession of weapons, traps and poisons unlawful. 7. Lighting of fires unlawful. 8. Authorization of certain acts for Reserve management. 9. Restrictions. 10. Fees. S.I:-930fl979. S.1. 22 of 1981. 1. These Regulations may be cited as the National Parks Citation. (Cousin Island Special Reserve) Regulations. 2. In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise Interpretation, requires - S.1. 22/1981. "I.e.B.p." means International Council for Bird Preserva tion and includes its appointed servants and agents; "Reserve" means Cousin Island Special Reserve as desig natedby theNational ParksandNatureConservancy (Des- SJ.I00/1975 ignation of Special Reserve) (Cousin Island) Order; (Cap. 141. Sub. Leg.) "Warden" means the servant ofthe I.C.B.P. appointed. with the agreement of the Commission, to be in charge of the Reserve. 23 1991 ED) NATIONAL PARKS AND NATURE CONSERVANCY ACT [CAP 141 Unlawful to kill or disturb living things or their habitats. Introduction of plants or animals unlawful. Pollutionand other acts unlawful. Possession of weapons, traps and poisons unlawful. 3. Subject to regulation 8, any person who. within the Re serve (a) kills, captures. takes or wilfully injures, has in his possession, disturbs or destroys by any means what soever any plant or animal or the eggs, spawn, nests or shells thereof, whether marine or terrestrial and whether vertebrate or invertebrate and whether living or dead; or (b) removes or wilfully disturbs any humus. soil, sand, mud, gravel, rock, coral or reef debris, for any purpose whatsoever from or in any part of the Reserve, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of R 2,000 and to imprisonment for 12 months. 4. Subject to regulation 8, any personwho wilfully introduces into the Reserve any living creature, or any plant, or' egg ofany living creature, or any seed or other part of any plant, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of R. 2,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months. 5. Subject to regulation 8, any person who, other than in receptacles provided for that purpose, throws down, drops, leaves or otherwise deposits anything whatsoever in such circumstances as to cause, contribute to or tend to lead to the defacement by litter or the pollution by chemicals or other noxious substances or domestic effluent of any part of the Reserve, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine ofR. 2,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months. 6. Subject to regulation 8, any person who introduces into or has in his possession in the Reserve any weapon or device designed for or capable ofbeing used for the capture, injury or killing ofwildlife, or any explosive, explosive device orfirework or any poisonous substance, shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine ofR. 2,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months. 24 1991 ED] NATIONAL PARKS AND NATURE CONSERVANCY ACT [CAP 141 7. Subject to regulation 8, any person who lights a fire or does anything likely to cause a fire in the Reserve shall be guilty ofan offence and liable to a fine ofR. 2,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months. 8(1) I.C.B.P. may, with the agreement of the Commission, authorize in writing any act which, in the absence of such authorization, would contravene the provisions ofregulations 3. 4,5,6 and 7: Provided that (i) such authorization shall be confined to lawful acts related to the management of the Reserve or to scientific research within the Reserve and to the securing of these Regulations and of the Act; and (ii) I.C.B.P. may impose such conditions on the authori zation of such acts as it sees fit. (2) Any person who fails to comply with the Conditions of authorization of'these acts within the Reserve shall be guilty ofan offence and liable to a fine ofR. 2,000 and to imprisonment for 3 months. 9. I.C.B.P. may. with the agreement of the Commission (a) close any part or parts ofthe Reserve to public access; (b) indicate days or times when the public may land on the Reserve; (c) at its discretion, impose such other restrictions on public access asmay be inthe interests ofgood wildlife management. Lighting of fires unlawful. Authorization of certain acts for ResCTVe management. Restrictions. 10. I.C.B.P. may. with agreement of the Commission, make Fees. such provision as it thinks fit for the imposing and collection of fees for entry into or performance of acts within the Reserve. 25