Bahamas Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority Act, 2014 (No. 49 of 2014).

This Act establishes the Public Parks and Public Beaches Authority as a body corporate and defines its functions and powers. The Act also provide for the declaration of public parks and public beaches and provides with respect to such public areas. The Authority shall, among other things: control, plan, design, develop, administer, manage and maintain the public parks and public beaches designated by the Authority; propagate, protect and preserve the animals, plants and other organisms within the public parks and public beaches, and preserve objects and places of aesthetic, historical or scientific interest. The Board shall be the governing body of the Authority.
The Act sets out the purposes of which public parks and public beaches may be used and prohibits various activities in public parks and public beaches without the approval of the Director of Public Parks and Public Beaches. Such activities include: cut, collect or displace any tree or plant; clear, break up, dig or cultivate any land; damage any plant or animal; hunting. The Minister may make Regulations for giving effect to the provisions of this Act.