South Australia
South Australian Museum Regulations 1993
under the South Australian Museum Act 1976

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Revocation
4	Interpretation
5	Authorised officers
6	Authorisation of Board
Part 2—General controls
7	Interference with exhibits
8	General behavioural controls
Part 3—Vehicular controls
9	Driving offences
10	Parking offences
Part 4—Enforcement
11	Suspected offender must state name and address
12	Exclusion of certain persons from Museum and grounds
Schedule—Transitional provisions
1	Interpretation
2	Authorised persons
3	Parking controls
Legislative history

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the South Australian Museum Regulations 1993.
2—Commencement
These regulations will come into operation on 1 September 1993.
3—Revocation
All regulations previously made under the South Australian Museum Act 1976 are revoked.
4—Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
the Act means the South Australian Museum Act 1976;
Loading Zone means an area marked by signs or lines (or a combination of signs and lines) as a Loading Zone;
the Museum grounds means land under the control of the Board;
No Parking Area means an area marked by signs or lines (or a combination of signs and lines) as a No Parking Area;
Permit Parking Area means an area marked by signs or lines (or a combination of signs and lines) as a Permit Parking Area.
5—Authorised officers
	(1)	The Board may appoint suitable persons to be authorised officers for the purposes of these regulations.
	(2)	The Board must provide an identity card to each authorised officer appointed by it.
	(3)	An authorised officer must produce his or her identity card at the request of a person in relation to whom the officer has exercised, or intends to exercise, powers under these regulations.
	(4)	A person must not hinder or obstruct an authorised officer in the carrying out of his or her duties.
Penalty: $500.
	(5)	No liability attaches to an authorised officer for an act or omission done or made in the exercise or purported exercise of official powers or functions.
	(6)	Any action that would, but for subregulation (5), lie against an authorised officer lies instead against the Crown.
6—Authorisation of Board
	(1)	The Board may authorise a person to carry out an activity that would otherwise constitute an offence against these regulations.
	(2)	An authorisation given by the Board for the purposes of these regulations—
	(a)	may be subject to such conditions as are specified by the Board; and
	(b)	may be varied or revoked by the Board at any time.
	(3)	Where the Board gives an authorisation subject to a condition, the person to whom the authorisation is given must not contravene or fail to comply with the condition.
Penalty: $500.

Part 2—General controls
7—Interference with exhibits
A person must not, without lawful authority, touch or in any way interfere with an exhibit in the Museum or on the Museum grounds, a case containing such an exhibit or a sign associated with such an exhibit.
Penalty: $500.
8—General behavioural controls
A person must not, without lawful authority—
	(a)	smoke while in the Museum; or
	(b)	consume food or a beverage while in the Museum; or
	(c)	bring an animal (other than a guide dog) into the Museum; or
	(d)	deposit litter in any part of the Museum or the Museum grounds except in a receptacle set aside for litter; or
	(e)	sell or offer for sale anything while in the Museum or on the Museum grounds; or
	(f)	distribute material or display a banner, placard or sign while in the Museum; or
	(g)	photograph, copy or reproduce an exhibit in the Museum or on the Museum grounds.
Penalty: $200.

Part 3—Vehicular controls
9—Driving offences
	(1)	A person must not drive a motor vehicle in the Museum grounds in a dangerous or careless manner or without reasonable consideration for others.
Penalty: $500.
Expiation fee: $8.
	(2)	A person must not drive a motor vehicle in the Museum grounds at a speed in excess of 10 kilometres per hour.
Penalty: $200.
Expiation fee: $8.
10—Parking offences
	(1)	A person must not park a motor vehicle in the Museum grounds except in an area set aside for the parking of motor vehicles.
Penalty: $200.
Expiation fee: $8.
	(2)	A person must not park a motor vehicle in the Museum grounds in a No Parking Area.
Penalty: $100.
Expiation fee: $8.
	(3)	A person must not park a motor vehicle in the Museum grounds in a Permit Parking Area unless—
	(a)	a permit issued or recognised by the Board is displayed on the inside of the windscreen on the side opposite to the driver's position (or, if the vehicle does not have a windscreen, in some other prominent position) so that the permit is easily legible to a person standing beside the vehicle; and
	(b)	the vehicle is parked in accordance with the terms of that permit.
Penalty: $100.
Expiation fee: $8.
	(4)	A person must not park a motor vehicle in the Museum grounds in a Loading Zone unless—
	(a)	the vehicle is being loaded or unloaded and the vehicle is parked for no longer than such time as is necessary to complete the loading or unloading (but in any event for no longer than 30 minutes); or
	(b)	the vehicle is parked only for the purpose of the immediate setting down or picking up of a passenger.
Penalty: $100.
Expiation fee: $8.
	(5)	For the purposes of an offence against this regulation constituted of unlawfully parking in an area or zone, a vehicle will be taken to be parked in the area or zone if any part of the vehicle is within the area or zone.

Part 4—Enforcement
11—Suspected offender must state name and address
	(1)	If an authorised officer has reasonable cause to suspect that a person has committed, is committing or is about to commit an offence against the Act or these regulations, the authorised officer may require the person to state his or her name and address.
	(2)	A person must not—
	(a)	refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under subregulation (1); or
	(b)	make a statement in response to such a requirement that is false or misleading in a material particular.
Penalty: $500.
12—Exclusion of certain persons from Museum and grounds
	(1)	If an authorised officer has reasonable cause to suspect—
	(a)	that a person who is not permitted to enter the Museum or the Museum grounds has done so or is about to do so; or
	(b)	that a person in the Museum or on the Museum grounds has committed, is committing or is about to commit an offence against the Act or these regulations; or
	(c)	that a person in the Museum or on the Museum grounds is so much under the influence of alcohol or a drug as to be visibly affected by it,
the authorised officer may require the person to leave or not to enter the Museum or the Museum grounds (as the case requires).
	(2)	A person must not—
	(a)	refuse or fail to comply with a requirement under subregulation (1); or
	(b)	in the case of a requirement under subregulation (1)(b)—return to the Museum or the Museum grounds within 24 hours of being requested to leave.
Penalty: $500.

Schedule—Transitional provisions
1—Interpretation
In this Schedule—
the revoked regulations means the regulations revoked by regulation 3.
2—Authorised persons
A person holding office as an authorised person under the revoked regulations immediately before the commencement of these regulations will be taken to be an authorised officer appointed under these regulations.
3—Parking controls
An area or zone in the Museum grounds marked out under the revoked regulations as an area set aside for parking, a Loading Zone, a No Parking Area or a Permit Parking Area immediately before the commencement of these regulations continues to be such an area or zone for the purposes of these regulations.

Legislative history
Notes
	•	For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes.
Revocation of regulations
The South Australian Museum Regulations 1993 were revoked by Sch 1 cl 1 of the South Australian Museum Regulations 2004 on 10.6.2004.
Principal regulations and variations
Year	No	Reference	Commencement	
1993	197	Gazette 26.8.1993 p952	1.9.1993: r 2	
1996	259	Gazette 23.12.1996 p2262	3.2.1997: r 2	
Provisions varied
Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.
Provision	How varied	Commencement	
r 9			
r 9(1) and (2)	varied by 259/1996 r 3 (Sch cl 25)	3.2.1997	
r 10			
r 10(1)—(4)	varied by 259/1996 r 3 (Sch cl 25)	3.2.1997	
r 13	deleted by 259/1996 r 3 (Sch cl 25)	3.2.1997	
Transitional etc provisions associated with regulations or variations
No 259 of 1996
4—Transitional provision
A regulation varied or revoked by these regulations will continue to apply (as in force immediately prior to the variation or revocation coming into operation) to an expiation notice issued under the varied or revoked regulations.