Published: 1966-01-01
Key Benefits:
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(d) the date and effect of any decision of the Minister in respect of the application, or of the Governor-General on appeal.
21. (1) Any power conferred by these Rules to give a direction shall be construed as including power to cancel or vary that direction by a subsequent direction.
(2) Except where otherwise stated in these Rules any notice to be served or given under these Rules may be served or given either personally at the address in the application made to the Minister or at the office of the Ministry or sent by pre-paid post addressed as aforesaid.
22. Nothing in these Rules or in a consent granted thereunder shall be taken as operating to discharge an obligation or liability, imposed or incurred under any other enactment in force, in relation to any operation or other matter involved in the display of advertisements.
PUBLIC PARKS RULES
(SECTION 6) 1. These Rules may be cited as the Public Parks
Rules. 2. (1) These Rules shall apply to the public lands
(any one of which is in these Rules referred to as a park) specified in the Schedule hereto.
(2) Any person who desires to obtain the permission of the Minister for any of the matters or purposes in these Rules hereinafter mentioned shall apply to the Minister at the Ministry of Works.
3. (1) No person shall organize or take part in any organized game, pastime or sport in any park except in accordance with the terms and conditions of any prior permission given in that behalf by the Minister.
(2) Any person contravening the provisions of this rule shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty dollars.
Directions and notices.
Other statutory obligations not affected.
S.I. 47/1966 S.I. 67/1967 5 of 1987
Citation.
Application and administration of Rules.
Permission required for playing organized games, etc.
5 of 1987.
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4. (1) No person shall convene, hold, organize or take part in any public meeting or any entertainment, exhibi- tion, fair or fête in any park except in accordance with the terms and conditions of any prior permission given in that behalf by the Minister.
(2) Any person contravening the provisions of this rule shall be liable on summary conviction —
(a) in the case of a person who convenes, holds or organizes any of the activities or functions referred to in this rule, to a fine of two hundred dollars;
(b) in the case of a person who takes part in any of the activities or functions referred to in this rule, to a fine of twenty dollars.
5. (1) Any permit granted by the Minister for the use of a park, or any part thereof for organized games, pastimes, sports, public meetings, fairs, fêtes, entertain- ments or exhibitions may at any time be cancelled by the Minister for any reasons which appear to him to be sufficient and shall be subject to such terms and conditions and valid for such period as may be specified therein, and may be made subject to security being given to the satisfaction of the Minister for the cost of repairing any damage to or of reinstating any such park after its use for any such purposes.
(2) In any case in which the Minister grants a permit under the provisions of these Rules, he may make such provision as appears to him to be expedient for tempora- rily excluding persons who are not participating in or supporting the activity to which the permit relates from entering or using any park or part thereof and any person who, after being informed of such temporary restriction, without lawful authority enters or attempts to enter any such park or part thereof, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of twenty dollars.
6. (1) No person shall beg for alms, or peddle, hawk or vend any goods or any food or drink in any park:
Provided that the Minister may grant a permit upon such terms and conditions as he may consider appropriate, including the payment of any fee, to any person —
(a) to sell food or drink in any park; or
Permission required for holding public meetings, etc.
Conditions for temporary use of parks for special purposes.
5 of 1987.
Prohibition of begging, hawking and peddling.
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(b) to sell any goods, food or drink in any park for the duration of any activity or function to which the provisions of rule 3 or 4 of these Rules apply.
(2) Any person who contravenes the provisions of this rule shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars for a first offence, and in the case of a subsequent conviction to a fine of eighty dollars.
7. Any person who exercises any horse in any park or permits any horses, cattle or other herbivorous animals to graze, wander or stray on, or who tethers any animal upon any park shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine of twenty dollars for each day that the offence continues.
8. Except in the case of any ambulance, fire fighting vehicle or police vehicle in an emergency requiring the use of such vehicle, or in any other case with the permission of the Minister, no vehicle of any type shall be driven into or upon any park and any person who drives a vehicle into or upon any park in contravention of this rule shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of forty dollars:
Provided that the prohibition imposed by this rule shall not apply to any road or parking place in any park which is authorised by the Minister for use by vehicles.
9. Any person who throws down, drops or otherwise deposits and abandons in any park any litter or rubbish of any nature or substance whatsoever, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine of one hundred dollars.
5 of 1987.
Animals not to be grazed in parks.
5 of 1987.
Prohibition of vehicles.
5 of 1987.
Prohibition of leaving litter.
5 of 1987.
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SCHEDULE (Rule 2) NOTE: In this Schedule the expression “plan” where used in any description of land, refers where such description is numbered — (a) from 1 to 20 inclusive, to Ministry of Works Parks Recorded
Plan No. 51 s-16A, 1, 2, 3 and 4 as the case may be; and (b) 21, to Ministry of Works Park Recorded Plan No. 84 s-16A;
and (c) from 22 to 25 inclusive, to Ministry of Works Parks Recorded
Plan No. 335 s-16A; (d) 26, to Ministry of Works Park Recorded Plan No. 365 s-16,A;
and (e) 27, to Ministry of Works Park Recorded Plan No. 366 s-16A. the above plans may be inspected at the Office of the Ministry of Works, Nassau Court, Nassau, New Providence, at any time during normal working hours.
Description Name 1. All those parcels of land comprising
Fort Charlotte area, Clifford Park and Haynes Oval situate about 4,500 feet west of Rawson Square in the Western District of the Island of New Providence and bounded as fol- lows —
Fort Charlotte Grounds including Clifford Park and Haynes Oval.
On the North by West Bay Street, on the East by a public road, on the South partly by a curved road and partly by a fence and on the West by Chippingham Road. The said area is shown on the plan coloured CRIM- SON and numbered (1) and labelled “Fort Charlotte Grounds including Clifford Park and Haynes Oval” thereon.
2. All those parcels of land totalling three in number and situate on the Southern side of East Bay Street and located in the vicinity of Church Street in the Eastern District of the Island of New Providence and bounded as follows —
Eastern Parade and Park.
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Description Name FIRST PARCEL: On the North by
East Bay Street, on the East by Dow- deswell Street, on the South by Dow- deswell Street and on the West by a fence separating it from private pro- perty and shown on the plan and marked (2A) and coloured YELLOW thereon.
SECOND PARCEL: On the North by Bay Street, on the East by Church Street, on the South by a walkway formerly a part of Dowdeswell Street and on the West by Dowdeswell Street and shown on the plan and marked (2B) and coloured YELLOW thereon.
THIRD PARCEL: On the North by East Bay Street, on the East by new portion of Ernest Street, on the South by a footpath and on the West by Church Street and shown on the plan and marked (2C) and coloured YELLOW thereon.
3. All that parcel of land situate about 300 feet west of Mackey Street and North of East Bay Street in the East- ern District of the Island of New Pro- vidence and bounded as follows — On the North by the Harbour of Nassau, on the East by East Bay Street, on the South by East Bay Street and on the West by Govern- ment land leased to Pan American Airways. The said parcel of land is shown on the plan and marked (3) and coloured LIGHT GREEN there- on.
Malcolm’s Park.
4. All that irregular shaped parcel of land bounded as follows — On the North by the sea, on the East by the sea, on the South partly by a road and partly by East Bay Street and on the West by a fence separat- ing it from the grounds of the
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Description Name Nassau Yacht Club. The said parcel
of land is shown on the plan and marked (4) and coloured BLUE thereon.
Fort Montagu Grounds and Foreshore.
5. All that parcel of land situate in the Eastern District of the Island of New Providence and bounded as fol- lows — On the North by East Bay Street, on the East by a fence separating it from private property, on the South by Ernest Street and on the West by Mackey Street. The said parcel of land is shown on the plan and marked (5) and coloured BROWN thereon.
Mackey Street Park.
6. All that parcel of land situate at the entrance of Prince George Wharf in the City of Nassau in the Island of New Providence and bounded as fol- lows — On the North by a roadway, on the East by a roadway, on the South by Bay Street and on the West by a roadway. The said parcel of land is oval in shape and is shown on the plan and marked (6) and coloured PINK thereon.
Rawson Square.
7. All that parcel of land situate in the City of Nassau in the Island of New Providence and bounded as fol- lows — On the North by a walkway separat- ing it from the Supreme Court Build- ing, on the East by Bank Lane, on the South by Shirley Street and on the West by Parliament Street. The said parcel of land is shown on the plan and marked (7) and coloured GREEN thereon.
Library Green.
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Description Name 8. All that parcel of land situate in the
City of Nassau in the Island of New Providence and bounded as fol- lows — On the North by West Bay Street, on the East by the projection of West Street and on the South and West by private property on which stands the Olympia Hotel. The said parcel of land is shown on the plan and marked (8) and coloured GREEN thereon.
Princess Anne’s Park.
9. All that oval shaped parcel of land si- tuate in the City of Nassau upon which stands the lighthouse water- tower and bounded on all sides by a road and is shown on the plan and marked (9) and coloured GREEN thereon.
Fort Fincastle Grounds.
10. All that parcel of land situate in the Western District of the Island of New Providence and bounded as fol- lows — On the North by Meeting Street, on the East by private property, on the South by a school compound and on the West by Augusta Street. The said parcel of land is shown on the plan and marked (10) and coloured GREEN thereon.
Bethlehem Park.
11. All that parcel of land situate in the Southern District of the Island of New Providence and bounded as fol- lows — On the North by Windsor Lane, on the East by a fence separating it from private property, on the South by Wulff Road and on the the West by East Street. The said parcel of land is shown on the plan and marked (11) and coloured GREEN thereon.
Windsor Park.
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Description Name 12. All that parcel of land situate in the
Western District of the Island of New Providence and bounded as fol- lows — On the North by private property, on the East by Nassau Street, on the South partly by private property and partly by Horse Shoe Drive and on the West by private property. The said parcel of land is shown on the plan an marked (12) and coloured RED thereon.
Christie Park.
13. All that parcel of land situate in the Southern District of the Island of New Providence and bounded as fol- lows — On the North by a school compound, on the East by Market Street, on the South by Cockburn Street and on the West by Baillou Hill Road. The said parcel of land has such position and shape as shown on the plan marked (13) and coloured YELLOW thereon.
Southern Recreation Ground.
14. All that parcel of land situate in the Village of Fox Hill in the Eastern District of the Island of New Provi- dence and bounded as follows — Northwardly partly by Bernard Road and partly by Fox Hill Road and Eastwardly, Southwardly and West- wardly by curved portions of the Fox Hill Road. The said parcel of land has such position and shape as shown on the plan marked (14) and co- loured GREEN thereon.
Fox Hill Green.
15. All that parcel of land situate in the Village of Fox Hill in the Eastern District of the Island of New Provi- dence and bounded as follows —
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Description Name On the North by Rees Street, on the
East by private property and on the West by Fox Hill Road. The said parcel of land has such position and shape as shown on the plan and marked (15) and coloured ORANGE thereon.
Fox Hill Playing Field.
16. All that rectangular parcel of land si- tuate in Chippingham in the Western District of the Island of New Provi- dence and bounded as follows — On the North by Strachan Street, on the East by private property, on the South by Howard Street and on the West by private property. The said parcel of land is located 100 feet east of Dunmore Avenue and has such position and shape as shown on the plan and marked (16) and coloured GREEN thereon.
Chippingham Park.
17. All that parcel of land situate in the City of Nassau in the Island of New Providence and bounded as fol- lows — On the North by Bay Street, on the East by Armstrong Street, on the South by private property and on the West by private property. The said parcel of land has such position and shape as shown on the plan marked (17) and coloured YELLOW thereon.
Farrington Park.
18. All that parcel of land situate in the City of Nassau in the Island of New Providence and bounded as fol- lows — On the North by Bay Street, on the East by Bank Lane, on the South by the Post Office Building and on the West by Parliament Street. The said parcel of land has such position and shape as shown on the plan and marked (18) and coloured GREEN thereon.
Public Square.
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Description Name 19. All that parcel of land containing
0.734 acres situate in the area about 700 feet west of Baillou Hill Road and about 500 feet south of Poinci- ana Drive in the Subdivision desig- nated “Big Pond” in the Southern District of the Island of New Provi- dence and bounded as follows — On the North partly by Water Street and partly by lots numbered 131 and 130, on the East partly by lots num- bered 132, 133, 134, 135, 136 and 116 and partly by Lake Court, on the South partly by lots numbered 113, 114 and 115 and partly by Tucker Road and on the West partly by lots numbered 137, 138, 139, 140, 141 and 142 and partly by Pond Court. The said parcel of land has such posi- tion shape dimensions and boundary markers as are shown delineated and represented on the plan and coloured PINK thereon.
Roland Park.
20. All that parcel of land containing 0.852 acres and situate in the area about 700 feet west of Baillou Hill Road and about 500 feet south of Poinciana Drive in the Subdivision designated “Big Pond” in the South- ern District of the Island of New Pro- vidence and bounded as follows — On the North by lot number 12, on the East by land the property of the Bahamas Electricity Corporation, on the South partly by Tucker Road and partly by lots numbered 22, 23, 24 and 25 and on the West partly by lots numbered 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 and partly by Lakeshore Road. The said parcel of land has such position shape dimensions and boundary markers as are shown deli- neated and represented on the plan and coloured GREEN thereon.
Theodore Park.
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Description Name 21. All that piece parcel or tract of land
(hereinafter referred to as the said piece of land) and situate about 134 feet North of Meeting Street and im- mediately East of Hospital Lane in the city of Nassau on the Island of New Providence and bounded on the North by land said to be the property of Angelina Darrell and running thereon for a distance of approxi- mately 160 feet on the East partly by land said to be the property of Do- nald Brennan and partly by land said to be the property of Bruce Coakley and running thereon for a distance of about 129 feet on the South by land said to be the property of one Mrs. Burrows and running thereon for a distance of about 162 feet and on the West by Hospital Lane and running thereon for a distance of approxi- mately 118 feet. The said piece parcel or tract of land being a Park is shown on Plan on record in the Min- istry of Works.
Hospital Lane Park.
22. All that piece parcel or tract of land comprising an area of 1.72 acres and situate about 6,200 feet West of Blue Hill Road and immediately North of the new reservation of Harold Road in the Southern District of the Island of New Providence and bounded on the North by Mactaggart Street on the East by Frangipani Way on the South by the new Harold Road reser- vation and on the West by lots num- bered 816, 817, 818, 819 and 820 of the sub-division development desig- nated “Graham’s Garden”. The said piece parcel or tract of land is shown on Plan on record in the Ministry of Works.
Blake Square.
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Description Name 23. All that piece parcel or tract of land
comprising an area of 1.46 acres and situate about 6.000 feet West of Blue Hill Road and immediately North of the new reservation of Harold Road in the Southern District of the Island of New Providence and bounded on the North by a strip of land 100 feet in width known as the Bahamas Elec- tricity Corporation way leave on the East by land reserved for a school and playground on the South by the new reservation of Harold Road and on the West by Frangipani Way. The said piece parcel or tract of land is shown on Plan on record in the Min- istry of Works.
Sir George Roberts Park.
24. All that piece parcel or tract of land rectangular in shape and situate about 1,500 feet West of Blue Hill Road and about 135 feet North of the new reservation of Harold Road in the Southern District of the Island of New Providence and bounded on the North by Roberts Drive on the East by Nelson Street on the South by Eaton Road and on the West by Doyle Street. The said piece parcel or tract of land is shown on Plan on re- cord in the Ministry of Works.
Haig’s Square.
25. All that piece parcel or tract of land comprising an area of 1.80 acres and situate about 1,350 feet West of Blue Hill Road and about 15 feet North of the new reservation of Harold Road in the Southern District of the Island of New Providence and bounded on the North by Robert’s Drive on the East by land reserved for a school and playground on the South by a strip of land 15 feet in width and on the West partly by lot number 349 and partly by Nelson Street. The said piece parcel or tract of land is shown on Plan on record in the Ministry of Works.
Queen’s Park.
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Description Name 26. All that piece parcel or portion of a
lot of land comprising an area of 0.40 acres and situate about 130 feet West of Kemp Road and South of Shirley Street in the Eastern District of the Island of New Providence and bounded on the North partly by the Southern boundary of Cole Thomp- son Pharmacy partly by Shirley Street and partly by the property of Samuel Minns on the East by land the pro- perty of Samuel Minns on the South by land the property of P. R. Whyley on the West partly by land the pro- perty of Joseph N. Giles and partly by land the property of Cole Thompson Pharmacy. The said piece parcel or portion of a lot of land is shown on Plan on record in the Ministry of Works.
Georgina K. Symonette Park.
27. All that piece parcel or lot of land comprising an area of 0.08 acres and situate immediately South of Mea- dow Street and immediately West of West Street in the Southern District of the Island of New Providence and bounded on the North by Meadow Street on the East by West Street on the South by land said to be the property of John Bullard and on the West by land said to be the property of Bishop Eneas. The said piece par- cel or lot of land is shown on Plan on record in the Ministry of Works.
Mother Butler Park.