New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (MANUFACTURED HOME ESTATES, CARAVAN PARKS, CAMPING GROUNDS AND MOVEABLE DWELLINGS) REGULATION 2021 - REG 131

131 Primitive camping grounds

(1) The maximum number of designated camp sites in a primitive camping ground must not exceed an average of 2 for each hectare in the camping ground.

(2) If the approval to operate a primitive camping ground does not designate camp sites, a council may impose a condition on the approval that the installation of tents, caravans, campervans and annexes is not permitted in specified areas of the primitive camping ground--

(a) for the health and safety of occupiers of the camping ground, or

(b) to ensure consistency with the principles of ecologically sustainable development, or

(c) for another purpose.

(3) The following conditions apply to a primitive camping ground--

(a) if at least 1 camp site is designated--camping is not permitted within the primitive camping ground other than on the designated camp site or sites,

(b) if no camp sites are designated--the maximum number of caravans, campervans and tents permitted to use the camping ground at the same time must not exceed an average of 2 for each hectare in the camping ground,

(c) a caravan, annexe or campervan must not be permitted to be installed within 6 metres of another caravan, annexe, campervan or tent,

(d) a tent must not be permitted to be installed within 6 metres of a caravan, campervan or an annexe or within 3 metres of another tent,

(e) the camping ground must be provided with a water supply, toilet and refuse disposal facilities as specified in the approval for the camping ground,

(f) unoccupied caravans, campervans and tents are not permitted to remain in the camping ground for more than 24 hours,

(g) if a fee is charged for camping--a register must--

(i) be kept in accordance with section 121, and

(ii) must specify the size of the group accompanying the registered person,

(h) fire fighting facilities required by the approval must be provided at the primitive camping ground.

(4) Subdivisions 1-8 do not apply to a primitive camping ground.

(5) The general manager of the council for the area in which a primitive camping ground is located may modify the conditions applying to the camping ground if the general manager is reasonably satisfied that it is necessary to accommodate displaced persons.

(6) In subsection (3)(b), 2 or more tents occupied by no more than 12 persons camping together must be counted as 1 tent.

(7) In this section--

"average" means the average calculated over the total area of the primitive camping ground.