Botanic Gardens Regulations (Cap. 41:03)

LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS www. legalaffairs.gov.tt Botanic Gardens SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION BOTANIC GARDENS REGULATIONS ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS REGULA110N 1. Citation. 2. Hours of opening . 3. Conduct of visitors 4. Vehicles. 5. Motor vehicles. 6. An imals. 7. Hawking. 8. Operat ing of pavilions. 9. Rubbish. 10. Picking of flowers. 11. Injuring trees, notice boards , etc. I} "Pi rearms nr other WP'}lpnnS 13. Molesting birds or animals. 14 . Causing annoyance, etc. 15 . Games pro hibited. 16. Public meetings. 17. Guides. 18. Penalties. Chap. 41:03 LRD.l/2006 7 UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www. legalaffairs.gov.tt 8 [S ub sldl ur y] Chap. 41:03 Botanic Gardens G.15.3.34. 164/1946 ~nl1 () " l 18/19551. Citation. Hours of opening . Conduct of visitors . Vehicles. Motor vehicles. Animals. Hawking. 130/19511 . Operaung or pavilions. 118/19551 . BOTANIC GARDENS REGULATIONS made under section 4 1. T he se Regulations may be cited as t he Bo tanic Gardens Regulat ions. 2. The Gardens shall be open daily to the public from 6.00 a.rn. until half an hour after sunset and on moonlight evenings until 8.00 p.m. On evenings when the Police Band is playing in the Bandstand in the Garden s, they shall be open until fifteen minutes after the end of the performance . 3. Visitors must be sufficiently and properly clad and must conduct themselves in an orderly manner. 4. Subject to regulation 5, no wheeled vehicles of any description, except perambulators, shall be allowed in the Gardens. 5. Motor vehicles may, with the perm ission of the Superintendent Public Gardens , Grounds and Pastures enter the Gardens. The driver of every such vehicle shall obey all traffic directions issued by the Superintendent Public Gardens , Grounds and Pastures and every such vehicle while awaiting passengers shall be parked in such place as the Superintendent Public Gardens, Grounds and Pastures shall indicate. 6. No animals, except dogs upon a leash or chain, shall be allowed in the Gardens 7. Subject to regulation 8, no person shall sell, or expose for sale, any article of merchandise or refreshment within the Gardens, except with the permission of the Minister first had and obtained. 8. A pavilion for the sale of refreshments and souvenirs may be operated in accordance with such terms and conditions as the Minister may impose (a) within the Garden s, by or on behalf of the Tourist Board ; UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS www. legalaffairs.gov.tt Botanic Gardens Botan ic Gardens Regulations Chap. 41:03 9 [Subsld.1ary] (h) within the Emperor Valley Zoo , by or on behalf of the Zoological Socie ty of Trinidad and Tobago. 9. No visitor shall deposit bott les, paper or rubbish of any kind within the Gardens , except in the receptacles provided for the purpos e. 10. No visitor shall pick, handle, gather, cut, or collect any fruit, flower, plant, branch or portion thereof, or carry away fallen fruit , or in any way injure any tree , plant, or shrub growing in any part of the Gardens. 11. No visitor shall climb or sit upon the fences, or swing or climb upon the trees or branches, or write, cut, or carve upon, or otherwise deface, the benches or buildings in the Gardens, or remove, or break, or inj ure, the fences or boundary marks, or remove, injure, or deface the labels , notice boards or notices. Rubbish. Picking of tlow ers . Injuring trees. notice boards , etc. 12. No visitor shall use firearms or any other weapons of Firearms or destruction in the Gardens. other weapons. 13. No visitor shall hunt or molest any wild animals, birds, butterflies or other insects (except venomous reptiles or insects) nor take any birds eggs within the Gardens. 14. No visitor shall cause annoyance , inconvenience , or obstruction to other visitors. Molesting birds or animals . Cau sing annoyance, etc. 15. Ball games of all kinds are prohibited within the Gardens. Garnes prohibited . 16. Public meetings or speaking for political or other purposes Public meetings. are prohibited within the Gardens. 17. (I) The Chief Tec hnical Officer (Agriculture) may G uide s. authorise in writing any person licensed under section 93(1) of the Summary Offences Act to act as a guide to visitors to the Gardens Ch. 11 ,02. and may at any time by a notice in writing served on any such person withdraw or suspend the authorisation. LRD.l/2006 UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009 MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LAWS OF TJUNlDAD AND TOBAGO www.legalaffairs.gov.tt 10 [Subsld.1ary] Chap. 41:03 Botanic Gardens Botanic Gardens Regulations Penalties. (2) No person shall within or at or near any entrance to the Gardens offer his services to any visitor to the Gardens unless he has been authorised to act as a guide by the Chief Technical Officer (Agriculture) under subregulation (I). (3) No person shall offer his services or accept any engagement to act as a guide except at the Pavilion near the western entrance to the Gardens . (4) The ChiefTechnical Officer (Agriculture) may appoint one or more persons to be a controller or controllers of guides. No person shall, when a controller of guides is present at the Pavilion , offer his services or accept any engagement as a guide except through the controller. (5) The Chief Technical Officer (Agriculture) may make rules for the conduct of persons authorised to act as guides within the Gardens. A copy of the rules shall be exhibited in a prominent place in the Gardens . 18. Any person contravening any provrsron of these Regulations is liable on summary conviction to a fine of four hundred dollars and any such person may be ejected from the Gardens or be arrested without warrant by the Superintendent of Public Gardens, Grounds and Pastures, the Keeper, or by any member of the Police Service. UPDATED TO DECEMBER 31ST 2009