National Parks Act 1980 (No. 226 of 1980).

The objective of the establishment of National Parks is the preservation and protection of wildlife and objects of geological, historical and ethnological interest and, through their conservation and rational exploitation, the promotion of public education (sect. 4). The Act makes provisions for the establishment of the National Parks Advisory Council, which shall assist the Minister on matters relating to the conservation, utilization, management and development of National Parks. Furthermore, a Committee shall be established in each National Park and shall be responsible for the conservation and management of the National Park. The occupation or use of lands within a National Park is permitted only for the purposes and under the conditions established in section 9. Section 10 prohibits mining within National Parks unless they are of sufficient importance to warrant it, as per 10.2
In the last Consolidation are changed the following provisions (i) the composition of the National Parks Advisory Council (section 5); (ii) the composition of the National Park committees constituted by the Minister for each National Park (section 7).