{"id":"F2025L00672","name":"Australian Capital Territory National Land (Road Transport) (Parking Fees) Determination (No. 2) 2025","slug":"australian-capital-territory-national-land-road-transport-parking-fees-determination-no-2-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442848,"registerId":"F2025L00672-fast-fetch-1775957782835","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Australian Capital Territory National Land (Road Transport) (Parking Fees) Determination (No. 2) 2025","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nAustralian Capital Territory National Land (Road Transport) (Parking Fees) Determination (No. 2) 2025\n\nI, Kristy McBain, Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories, make the following determination.\n\nDated: 5 June 2025\n\nKristy McBain\n\nMinister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Schedules\n\n6  Parking fees\n\n7  Parking permit fees—ticket parking area\n\n8  Parking permit fees—open area\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nAustralian Capital Territory National Land (Road Transport) (Parking Fees) Determination 2025\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Australian Capital Territory National Land (Road Transport) (Parking Fees) Determination (No. 2) 2025.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument 1 July 2025. 1 July 2025\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 96(1) of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 (ACT)(Cth), as applied by the Australian Capital Territory National Land (Road Transport) Ordinance 2025 and the Australian Capital Territory National Land (Road Transport) Rules 2025.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Ordinance or the Rules, including the following:\n\n(a) NCA;\n\n(b) Ordinance.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nmulti‑stay parking area means a ticket parking area where all‑day parking is permitted by the signs applying to the area.\n\nRules means the Australian Capital Territory National Land (Road Transport) Rules 2025.\n\nshort‑stay parking area means any ticket parking area other than a multi‑stay parking area.\n\nthird-party parking service provider means a person with whom the Minister (or their delegate) has entered into an arrangement under section 12 of the Ordinance.\n\n5  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\n6  Parking fees\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 96(1) of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 (ACT)(Cth), this section determines the fee payable for the use of a ticket parking space in a ticket parking area that forms part of a ticket parking scheme established by the Minister (or their delegate) under section 35 of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2017 (ACT)(Cth).\n\n (2) The amount set out in column 2 of an item in the following table is the fee payable in relation to a ticket parking space in the ticket parking area mentioned in column 1 of that item.\n\n \n\n- Fees for ticket parking areas\n- Item Column 1If the ticket parking area is a… Column 2the fee is…\n- 1 short‑stay parking area For up to and including 4 hours:(a) for the first hour—$4.20; and(b) for the second hour—$4.20; and(c) for the third hour—$4.20; and(d) for the fourth hour—$4.20.\n- 2 multi‑stay parking area (a) for up to and including 4 hours:(i) for the first hour—$4.20; and(ii) for the second hour—$4.20; and(iii) for the third hour—$4.20; and(iv) for the fourth hour—$4.20; or(b) for 1 business day—$17.50; or(c) for 5 consecutive business days—$85.00.\n\n\n \n\n (3) The fee payable for the use of a ticket parking space in a ticket parking area for part of an hour is the amount set out in table item 1, column 2, paragraphs (a) to (d) or table item 2, column 2, paragraph (a) of the table in subsection (2) that is the pro rata equivalent to the part of the hour.\n\n (4) The fee is payable to the Commonwealth by the person using the ticket parking space.\n\n (5) The fee may be collected by a third-party parking service provider on behalf of the Commonwealth.\n\n\n\n\n7  Parking permit fees—ticket parking area\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 96(1) of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 (ACT)(Cth), this section determines the fee payable for a parking permit issued by the Minister (or their delegate) under paragraph 64(1)(b) of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2017 (ACT)(Cth).\n\n (2) The amount set out in column 2 of an item in the following table is the fee payable in relation to a parking permit mentioned in column 1 of that item.\n\n \n\n- Parking permit fees\n- Item Column 1Permit Column 2Amount\n- 1 Construction zone permit $17.50 per ticket parking space per business day\n- 2 Special event parking permit $17.50 per ticket parking space per business day\n\n\n \n\n (3) The fee is payable to the Commonwealth by the applicant for the parking permit.\n\n8  Parking permit fees—open area\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 96(1) of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999 (ACT)(Cth), this section determines the fee payable for a parking permit issued by the Minister (or their delegate) under paragraph 64(1)(c) of the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2017 (ACT)(Cth).\n\n (2) The amount set out in column 2 of an item in the following table is the fee payable in relation to a parking permit mentioned in column 1 of that item.\n\n \n\n- Parking permit fees\n- Item Column 1Permit Column 2Amount\n- 1 Construction zone permit $17.50 per vehicle per business day\n- 2 Special event parking permit $17.50 per vehicle per business day\n\n\n \n\n (3) The fee is payable to the Commonwealth by the applicant for the parking permit.\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1—Repeals\n\nAustralian Capital Territory National Land (Road Transport) (Parking Fees) Determination 2025\n\n1 The whole of the instrument\n\nRepeal the instrument.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a straightforward fee-setting instrument that does exactly what its title suggests — determines parking fees. It hasn't expanded beyond its original purpose of setting fees for parking on ACT National Land."},"complexity_factors":["Only 8 sections plus a repeal schedule","Just 2 defined terms in section 4 (multi-stay parking area, short-stay parking area, third-party parking service provider, Rules) — actually 4 defined terms","Simple fee tables with straightforward arithmetic","Single cross-reference chain: made under ACT law applied by Commonwealth Ordinance/Rules","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond basic 'if/then' in tables","Clear commencement date (1 July 2025)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets parking prices for Commonwealth-owned land in the ACT, affecting drivers in ticketed areas, applicants for special permits (construction/events), and third‑party collectors. Key rates: $4.20/hr (short‑stay, up to 4 hrs), same hourly multi‑stay or $17.50/day or $85/week, and $17.50/space/day for permits. It repeals the 2025 determination and takes effect 1 July 2025; revenue goes to the Commonwealth."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument wholly repeals the earlier Australian Capital Territory National Land (Road Transport) (Parking Fees) Determination 2025 (Schedule 1) and replaces the operative fee schedule and permit charges (see ss6–8 and Schedule 1). Substantively the subject matter—parking fees and permit fees on Commonwealth‑managed ACT national land—remains the same, but the instrument replaces the prior instrument's fee structure and administrative rules effective 1 July 2025 (see s2 and Schedule 1), so scope as to operative fees and schedules has changed."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑references to other instruments and statutory authority (Road Transport (General) Act 1999, the Australian Capital Territory National Land (Road Transport) Ordinance 2025 and Rules) create dependency on external texts for full effect (see s3).","Multiple fee categories and tiers to apply in different parking contexts (short‑stay, multi‑stay hourly, daily, five‑day) increase regime detail (see s6(2) table).","Separate schedules for permit fees in ticket parking areas and open areas add parallel fee streams and administrative distinctions (see ss7–8 and their tables).","Pro rata charging rule for part‑hours requires operational calculation and enforcement (see s6(3)).","Payment and collection mechanics allocate who pays and who collects: fees payable to the Commonwealth by users or applicants, but may be collected by third‑party providers under Ministerial arrangements (see s6(4)–(5), s7(3), s8(3), definition of third‑party parking service provider in s4).","Ministerial/delegate discretion to issue permits and enter collection arrangements concentrates administrative decision‑making (see s7(1), s8(1), s4 definition of third‑party parking service provider).","Commencement and repeal mechanics (whole instrument commences 1 July 2025; Schedule 1 repeals the earlier 2025 Determination) require attention to transitional timing and replacement of prior rules (see s2 and Schedule 1).","Interaction with an externally established ticket parking scheme under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2017 links implementation to regulatory instruments outside this Determination (see s6(1))."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination fixes parking and permit charges on Commonwealth‑managed national land in the Australian Capital Territory, commencing 1 July 2025. It sets hourly rates for short‑stay and multi‑stay ticket parking ($4.20 per hour up to 4 hours), multi‑stay day and five‑day options ($17.50; $85.00), and permit fees ($17.50 per space/vehicle per business day). Fees are payable to the Commonwealth by users or permit applicants and may be collected by authorised third‑party parking service providers; the Minister (or delegate) issues permits under the Ordinance and Rules."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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