Schedule 2

SECOND SCHEDULESection 7Powers of Board

1. To manage the national parks, nature reserves and parklands.

2. To regulate the planting and maintenance of plants in green areas by prescribing guidelines and requirements for the design and maintenance thereof.

3. To enter into contracts for the supply of goods, services or materials or for the execution of works or other contracts as may be necessary for the discharge of the duties and functions of the Board under this Act.

4. To receive fees, donations, grants, gifts of movable or immovable property from any source or raise funds by any lawful means.

5. To regulate and control public access to the national parks, nature reserves and parklands.

6. To promote or undertake publicity in any form.

7. To make provision for the specialised training of any employee of the Board and in that connection offer scholarships for such training and expenditure incidental thereto.

8. To make awards of recognition, grants, scholarships or contributions as the Board considers fit for the purposes of this Act.

9. To offer consultancy services, inform, advise and make recommendations or proposals to the Government or any person on any matter relating to the designation, conservation, development and management of parks and other areas reserved for the propagation of plants and animals, or any other function of the Board.

10. To act in combination or association with any person engaged, concerned or interested in the promotion of the functions of the Board, and pay for or contribute to the cost and expenses involved in such combination or association.

11. With the approval of the Minister, to form or participate in the formation of companies or to enter into a partnership or an arrangement for the sharing of profits.

12. With the approval of the Minister, to raise loans for the purposes of this Act.

13. To do anything incidental to any of its functions.