{"id":"wa-local:bunbury-city-of-city-of-bunbury-parking-local-law-2023","name":"City of Bunbury Parking Local Law 2023","slug":"city-of-bunbury-parking-local-law-2023","collection":"local_law","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":437268,"registerId":"wa-local:bunbury-city-of-city-of-bunbury-parking-local-law-2023-pdf-1775954195875","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"City of Bunbury Parking Local Law 2023","content":"1841\nISSN 2204-4264 (online)\nPERTH, MONDAY, 19 JUNE 2023 No. 78 SPECIAL\nPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY GEOFF O. LAWN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER\n© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\n_________\nCITY OF BUNBURY\n———————————\nPARKING LOCAL LAW 2023\n\n\n\n19 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1843\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nCITY OF BUNBURY\nPARKING LOCAL LAW 2023\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and by all other powers enabling it, the\nCouncil of the City of Bunbury resolved on 23 May 2023 to make the following local law.\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Repeal\nThe City of Bunbury Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2018 published in the Government\nGazette on 15 January 2019 is repealed.\n1.2 Citation\nThis local law may be cited as the City of Bunbury Parking Local Law 2023.\n1.3 Commencement\nThis local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette.\n1.4 Definitions\nIn this local law unless the context otherwise requires—\nAct means the Local Government Act 1995;\nAS means an Australian Standard as published by Standards Australia and amended from time to\ntime;\nauthorised person means a person authorised by the local government under section 9.10 of the\nAct to perform any of the functions of an authorised person under this local law and where the\ncontext requires, any member of the Western Australian Police Service;\nauthorised vehicle means a vehicle authorised by the local government, CEO or authorised\nperson, or by any written law, to stop or park in a parking facility;\nbicycle crossing means any portion of a carriageway near each end of which may be erected, on\neach side of the carriageway, bicycle crossing signs or lights;\nbicycle crossing lights means a device designed to show, at different times, a green, yellow or red\nbicycle crossing light;\nbus has the same meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nbus embayment has the same meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\ncaravan means a vehicle that is fitted or designed to allow human habitation;\ncarriageway has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\ncentre has the same meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nCEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the City of Bunbury;\ncharter bus means any bus which is used, hired or chartered for any purpose but does not include\na public bus;\ncharter bus zone means a parking bay designated for use by a charter bus;\nCity means the City of Bunbury;\nclause means a clause of this local law;\ncommercial vehicle means a vehicle specifically designed, constructed and used primarily for the\nconveyance therein or thereon of goods (not being a trailer or a vehicle to which a trailer is\nattached);\nCouncil means the council of the local government;\ndelivery vehicle means a motor vehicle on which a business name as defined in the Business\nNames Act 1962 or a trade mark as defined in the Trade Marks Act 1995 is permanently affixed\nand readily legible which is being used for the conveyance of goods therein or thereon;\ndisability parking permit has the meaning given to it in the Local Government (Parking for\nPeople with Disabilities) Regulations 2014;\ndisabled parking bay means a part of a parking facility which is identified or marked by painted\nlines, symbols, inscriptions or signs as a bay for the parking of vehicles driven by or carrying a\nperson with a disability;\ndistrict means the district of the local government;\ndriver means any person driving or in control of or in charge of a vehicle or any person driving,\nleading or in control of or in charge of any animal;\nedge line for a carriageway, means any line marked along the carriageway at or near the far left\nor far right side of the carriageway;\nemergency vehicle has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\n\n1844 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 June 2023\nfootpath includes every footpath, lane or other place—\n(a) intended for the use of pedestrians only or, in the case of a dual use path, for the use of\npedestrians and bicyclists only; or\n(b) ordinarily used by pedestrians and not by vehicles or, in the case of a dual use path, by\npedestrians and bicyclists and not by vehicles other than bicycles;\nKeep Clear Area means a portion of a carriageway that lies—\n(a) between 2 consecutive signs inscribed with the words \"KEEP CLEAR\" and each with an\narrow pointing generally towards the other; or\n(b) between a sign inscribed with the words \"KEEP CLEAR\" and whichever of the following\nthat lies in the general direction indicated by an arrow inscribed on the sign—\n(i) the end of the carriageway; or\n(ii) an area in which stopping is prohibited; or\n(iii) the furthest point of \"KEEP CLEAR\" markings;\nkerb means any structure, mark, marking or device to delineate or indicate the edge of a\ncarriageway;\nloading zone means a parking bay or length of carriageway to which a loading zone sign applies\nand is designated for the use by commercial vehicles or delivery vehicles or an authorised\nvehicle for the purpose of delivering or collecting goods;\nlocal government means the City of Bunbury;\nmarked foot crossing has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nmedian strip has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nmetered space means a section or part of a metered zone that is controlled by a parking meter and\nthat is marked or defined in any way to indicate where a vehicle may be parked on payment of\na fee or charge;\nmetered zone means any road or reserve, or part of any road or reserve, in which parking meters\nregulate the stopping or parking of vehicles;\nmotor cycle means a motor vehicle designed to travel on two wheels but shall not include a motor\nvehicle to which a sidecar is attached;\nmotor vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle that is not operated on rails, and the expression\nincludes a trailer, semi-trailer or caravan while attached to a motor vehicle, but does not\ninclude a power assisted pedal cycle or motor scooter;\nno parking area means a portion of carriageway that lies—\n(a) between two consecutive signs inscribed with the words or symbol denoting \"No Parking\"\nand each with an arrow pointing generally towards the other of them; or\n(b) between a sign, inscribed with the words or symbol denoting \"No Parking\" and a dead\nend or an area in which standing is prohibited and that lies in the general direction\nindicated by an arrow inscribed on the sign;\nno stopping area means a portion of a carriageway that lies—\n(a) between 2 consecutive signs inscribed with the symbol denoting \"No Stopping\" and each\nwith an arrow pointing generally towards the other; or\n(b) between a sign inscribed with the symbol denoting \"No Stopping\" and whichever of the\nfollowing that lies in the general direction indicated by an arrow inscribed on the sign—\n(i) the end of the carriageway; or\n(ii) an area in which stopping is prohibited; or\n(c) adjacent to a continuous yellow edge line;\nobstruct means to interfere with, impede or hinder the passage of any vehicle or person;\noccupier has the meaning given to it in the Act;\nowner—\n(a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic Act, means the person\nin whose name the vehicle has been registered under that Road Traffic Act;\n(b) where used in relation to any other vehicle, means the person who owns the vehicle or\nwho is in possession of the vehicle or is entitled to possession of the vehicle; and\n(c) where used in relation to land, has the meaning give to it by the Act;\npark has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nparking area means a portion of a carriageway—\n(a) between two consecutive signs, inscribed with the words \"Parking\", each with an arrow\npointing generally towards the other of them;\n(b) extending, from a sign inscribed with the word, \"Parking\" in the general direction\nindicated by an arrow inscribed on the sign, to any other sign inscribed with the words\n\"No Parking\" or \"No Standing or to a dead end or an area in which the parking or\nstanding of vehicles is prohibited and is in that half of the carriageway nearest to the\nsign;\n\n19 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1845\nparking bay means a section or part of a parking facility, road, reserve or parking station that is\nmarked or defined by painted lines or similar devices for the purpose of indicating where a\nvehicle may stop or park with or without payment of a fee;\nparking facility—\n(a) includes land, buildings, shelters, signs, notices and other facilities open to the public\ngenerally for the parking of vehicles with or without charge; and\n(b) includes a road, reserve, parking area, metered zone, ticket machine zone, truck zone,\nwork zone, taxi zone, bus zone, charter bus zone, public bus zone, bicycle zone, parking\nbay, parking station, attended parking station and any other facility available to the\npublic generally or a specified class of persons or a specified class of vehicle for the\nparking of a vehicle, whether or not a fee is charged;\nparking policy means a policy adopted by the Council under Part 9;\nparking region means the whole of the district of the local government of the City of Bunbury\nexcluding the following portions of the district—\n(a) any road proclaimed to be a main road under provisions of the Main Roads Act 1930;\n(b) the approach and departure prohibition areas of all traffic signal installations; and\n(c) prohibition areas applicable to all bridges and subways;\nparking session means the period in which a user is parked at a parking location and is measured\nfrom when a User starts parking in a parking location and stops parking in a parking location,\nor the time paid for by a user expires.\nparking station means any land, building or other structure providing for the purpose of\naccommodating vehicles with or without charge, but does not include a metered zone or metered\nstall or private garage;\nparking meter means a machine/application which is designed to accept payment and/or register\na parking session.;\nparking permit means a card, permit or voucher which is purchased from the local government\nand which authorises the parking of a vehicle in a parking stall, parking station or part of a\nparking station;\npedestrian has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\npedestrian crossing has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\npenalty unit has the meaning given in the City of Bunbury Penalty Units Local Law 2018;\nperson includes a propriety limited company or association;\nproperly displayed means displayed inside a vehicle on the dashboard and clearly visible to and\nable to be read from outside the vehicle through the windscreen or either front window by an\nauthorised person at all times while the vehicle remains parked;\nproperty line means the lateral boundary of a road;\npublic bus means any bus available to the general public in the course of general transport services\nbut does not include a charter bus;\npublic bus zone means a parking bay designated for use by a public bus;\nreserve includes any land—\n(a) owned by the local government;\n(b) of which the local government is the management body under the Land Administration\nAct 1997; or\n(c) which is an \"otherwise unvested facility\" in terms of section 3.53 of the Act;\nroad includes a highway, road, lane, thoroughfare, carriageway or similar place, or part thereof,\nwhich is within the parking region of the local government, which the public are allowed to use\nand includes every part of the highway, lane, thoroughfare or similar place and other things\nincluding bridges and culverts appurtenant thereto and includes all of the land lying between\nthe property lines including the road verge and footpath;\nroad verge means a portion of a road which lies between the boundary of a carriageway and the\nproperty line adjacent thereto, and includes any park or reserve or any other land proclaimed\nby the local government for any purpose whatsoever and also includes the term \"nature strip\"\nand also includes any crossover, but does not include the footpath;\nSchedule means a Schedule to this local law;\nshared zone means the network of roads in an area with—\n(a) \"shared zone\" signage on each road into the area; and\n(b) an \"end shared zone\" sign on each road out of the area;\nsign includes a traffic sign, permissive parking sign, inscription, mark, painted line, structure or\ndevice approved by the local government on which may be shown words, numbers, expressions\nor symbols, and which is placed or erected on or near a road, reserve or parking station for the\npurpose of prohibiting, regulating, guiding, directing or regulating the stopping or parking of\nvehicles and any sign bearing a reasonable likeness of any representation of a traffic sign or\npermissive parking sign contained within the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nstop has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nstreet has the same meaning as road;\n\n1846 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 June 2023\nsymbol includes any symbol specified by the Road Traffic Code 2000;\ntaxi has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nthoroughfare has the meaning given to it in the Act;\nT-Intersection means an intersection where the end of a road intersects with the continuous side\nof a continuing road;\ntraffic island means any physical provision, other than lines marked on a carriageway, to guide\nvehicular traffic;\ntrailer means any vehicle without motor power of its own, designed for attachment to a motor\nvehicle for the purpose of being towed, but does not include the rear portion of an articulated\nvehicle or a side car;\ntruck has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\ntruck bay means a parking bay designated for use by trucks only;\nunattended means the driver has left the vehicle so that the driver is more than 3 metres from\nthe closest point of the vehicle;\nvalve stem reading means a method of recording the position of the tyre valves in relation to the\nkerb or road surface; and\nvehicle includes—\n(a) every conveyance, not being a train, vessel or aircraft, and every object capable of being\npropelled or drawn on wheels or tracks, by any means; and\n(b) where the context permits, an animal being driven or ridden.\nPART 2—ADMINISTRATION\n2.1 Application of particular definitions\n(1) For the purposes of the application of the definitions of no parking area, no stopping area, and\nparking area, an arrow inscribed on a traffic sign erected at an angle to the boundary of the\ncarriageway is taken to be pointing in the general direction in which it would point if the signs were\nviewed from the centre of the road, perpendicular to the sign post.\n(2) A reference to a word or expression inscribed on a sign includes a reference to a symbol depicting\nthat word or expression.\n(3) A reference to a parking station or metered zone includes a reference to part of the parking station\nor part of the metered zone.\n2.2 Undefined terms\nWhere a term is used but is not defined in the Act or in this local law and that term is defined in the\nRoad Traffic Act 1974 or the Road Traffic Code 2000 then, unless the context otherwise requires, the\nterm is to have the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Act 1974 or the Road Traffic Code 2000.\n2.3 Delegation\n(1) In this local law a reference to the local government having the power to do something in its\ndiscretion, and whether or not subject to any condition it thinks fit, shall be deemed to include a\nreference to the CEO and a committee to which the local government has delegated the power of\ndoing the thing or exercising the discretion.\n(2) In this local law a reference to the local government having power to do something in its discretion,\nshall be deemed to include a reference to any employee of the local government to whom the CEO\nhas delegated to exercise any of the CEO's powers or the discharge of any of the CEO's duties in\nrelation to this local law.\n2.4 Determination of fees and charges\nIn this local law any fees and charges shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the local\ngovernment in accordance with the provisions of the Act.\n2.5 Application of local law\n(1) This local law applies to the parking region and all parking stations and parking facilities in the\nparking region and include a parking facility or parking station that—\n(a) is owned, controlled or occupied by the local government; or\n(b) is owned by the local government but is leased to another person, persons or company; or\n(c) is owned or occupied by another person, persons or company whom have a current agreement\nwith the local government to enforce these local laws.\n2.6 Sign erected by the Commissioner of Main Roads\n(1) Any sign that—\n(a) was erected by the Commissioner of Main Roads prior to the coming into operation of this local\nlaw; and\n(b) relates to the restriction, parking or standing of vehicles,\nshall be deemed, for the purposes of this local law, to have been erected by the local government\nunder the authority of this local law.\n\n19 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1847\n2.7 Application of signs\n(1) This local law applies to the stopping or parking of vehicles within the district which is controlled\nby a sign. Such sign shall be read as applying to that part of the road or road verge which—\n(a) lies beyond the sign; or\n(b) lies between the sign and the next sign beyond that sign; and\n(c) is that half or side of the carriageway of the road or road verge nearest to the sign.\n(2) For the purposes of this local law a sign may, by the use of any symbol or other traffic control device\nspecified in accordance with AS 1742.11-2016—\n(a) prohibit or regulate parking and stopping; or\n(b) specify maximum times; or\n(c) specify permitted classes of vehicles.\n2.8 Class of vehicles\n(1) For the purpose of this local law vehicles are divided into classes as follows—\n(a) buses;\n(b) commercial vehicles;\n(c) motor cycles;\n(d) bicycles;\n(e) taxis; and\n(f) all other vehicles not otherwise classified, which includes motor cycles with sidecars attached.\nPART 3—STOPPING AND PARKING GENERALLY\n3.1 Power to prohibit and regulate\n(1) The local government may by resolution prohibit or regulate by signs or otherwise the stopping and\nparking of any vehicle or class of person and vehicle, or both, but is to do so consistently with the\nprovisions of this local law.\n(2) The local government may by resolution establish, determine, vary and indicate by signs—\n(a) parking facilities; or\n(b) permitted times and conditions of stopping and parking which may vary with the locality; or\n(c) permitted persons who may stop or park their vehicles; or\n(d) permitted classes of vehicles which may stop or park; and\n(e) the manner of stopping or parking.\n(3) Where the local government makes a determination under this clause it shall erect signs to give\neffect to the determination.\n(4) Notwithstanding clause 2.3, a decision under this clause will not be delegated by the Council.\n3.2 Stopping or parking in accordance with signs\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a parking facility—\n(a) if by a sign it is set apart for the stopping or parking of vehicles of a different class; or\n(b) if by a sign it is set apart for the stopping or parking of vehicles by persons of a different class;\nor\n(c) during any period when the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign—\n(i) other than wholly within a parking bay or metered space; or\n(ii) if a vehicle is too wide or long to fit completely within a single parking bay, the person\nstopping the vehicle shall park with the vehicle within the minimum number of parking\nbays needed to park that vehicle; or\n(d) otherwise than in accordance with a sign applying to the place where the vehicle is stopping or\nparked.\n(e) for more than the maximum time specified by a sign unless—\n(i) the vehicle displays a disability parking permit, and the person with the disability is\neither the driver or the passenger, in which case the vehicle may be parked (except in a\nparking area for people with disabilities) in accordance with regulation 174(2) of the\nCode;\n(ii) The vehicle displays a current permit issued by the City.\n(f) that is designated by a sign as a loading dock—unless, in respect of the vehicle, a person is\nactively engaged in loading or unloading goods or materials used in any trade, business,\nindustry or other work.\n(2) A person must not stop or park a vehicle—\n(a) in a no stopping area; or\n(b) partly within and partly outside a parking area; or\n(c) in a bay marked 'M/C' unless it is a motorcycle without a sidecar; or\n(d) in a bus lane; or\n\n1848 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 June 2023\n(e) in a transit lane; or\n(f) in a truck lane; or\n(g) in a bicycle lane,\nunless the person is driving a public bus or taxi and is immediately dropping off or picking up\npassengers.\n(3) A person must not park a vehicle in a no parking area.\n(4) A person must not stop a vehicle at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow\nedged line.\n(5) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on or in an area of a carriageway signed or marked as a\nkeep clear area.\n(6) If there is no sign referable to a parking bay or metered space marked 'M/C' a person must not stop\nor park a vehicle longer than the maximum period shown on the parking sign applicable to that\nparking bay or metered space.\n(7) Unless authorised by the local government, a person must not stop or park a vehicle in an area\ndesignated by a sign inscribed \"Authorised Vehicles Only\".\n(8) Unless authorised by the local government, a person must not stop or park a vehicle in a parking\narea for longer than the time period indicated by a sign, unless—\n(a) clause 3.16 applies; or\n(b) if the vehicle displays a disability parking permit, the vehicle may park continuously for twice\nthe period indicated on a sign, except in a parking area set aside for people with disabilities.\n(9) A person must not park a vehicle in a parking facility, carriageway or verge within an area\ndesignated as road closed without the permission of an authorised person.\n3.3 Parking without consent\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on land without the consent of the owner or occupier of\nthe land on which the vehicle is stopped or parked.\n(2) Where the owner or occupier of the land, by a sign referable to that land or otherwise, consents to\nthe stopping or parking of vehicles on the land, a person must not stop or park on the land other\nthan in accordance with the consent given.\n3.4 Parking positions\n(1) Where the signs referable to a parking area are not inscribed with the words \"angle parking\" then\nunless a sign referable to the parking area indicates, or marks on the carriageway indicate, that\nvehicles have to park in a different position—\n(a) where the parking area is adjacent to the boundary of a carriageway, a person stopping or\nparking a vehicle in the parking area must stop or park it as near as practicable to and parallel\nwith that boundary; and\n(b) where the parking area is at or near the centre of the carriageway, a person stopping or parking\na vehicle in that parking area must stop or park it at approximately right angles to the centre\nof the carriageway.\n(2) A person must park or stop a vehicle wholly within the painted lines on the road surface where\nlines are marked.\n3.5 Angle parking\n(1) Where a sign referable to a parking area is inscribed with the words \"angle parking\" a person\nstopping or parking a vehicle in the area must stop or park the vehicle at an angle of approximately\n45 degrees to the centre of the carriageway unless otherwise indicated by the inscription on the\nsign or by marks on the carriageway.\n(2) Where a sign referable to a parking area is inscribed with the words \"angle parking\" a person\nstopping or parking a vehicle in the area must stop or park the vehicle in such a manner that the\nfront of the vehicle is closest to the kerb or side of the road, in the same direction as the adjacent\ntraffic lane, unless otherwise instructed on adjacent signage.\n3.6 Loading zone\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a loading zone unless—\n(a) the vehicle is a commercial vehicle or delivery vehicle or a vehicle authorised by permit that is\ncurrent and prominently displayed; and\n(b) a person is continuously engaged in loading or unloading goods to or from that vehicle.\n(2) A person must not stop or park a commercial vehicle or a delivery vehicle or an authorised vehicle\nin a loading zone for longer than shown on adjacent signage, and if no time is shown on adjacent\nsignage, a limit of 30 minutes shall apply.\n3.7 Parking or stopping on reserves\n(1) A person, other than an employee of the local government in the course of his or her duties or a\nperson authorised by the local government, must not drive, stop or park a vehicle on or over any\nportion of a reserve other than an area specifically set aside for that purpose.\n(2) Unless authorised by the local government, a person—\n(a) must not, for the purposes of conducting a business, stop or park a vehicle on any part of a\nreserve; or\n\n19 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1849\n(b) must not stop or park a vehicle or part of a vehicle on or over any footpath constructed across\na reserve.\n3.8 Occupied parking bays\nA person must not stop or park or attempt to stop or park a vehicle in a parking bay or metered space\nin which another vehicle is stopping or parked.\n3.9 Operation of parking meters\nA person must not operate a parking meter except in accordance with the operating instructions\nappearing on the parking meter.\n3.10 Alternative methods of payment for parking\n(1) The local government may allow a person to pay for parking in advance or in arrears by issuing,\nfor example, a permit, card, invoice, ticket or pass or any other system of payment that may be\ndetermined by the local government from time to time and referred to in this clause as \"alternative\nmethods of payment\".\n(2) A person who has been permitted by the local government to make alternative methods of payment\nfor parking is exempt from paying fees at the parking station providing that he or she complies\nwith the terms of the alternative method of payment including displaying the current approved\npermit (where applicable) so that the extent of the permit is fully visible from the outside of the\nvehicle.\n(3) An alternative method of payment may not be used by any person other than the person who\nreceived authorisation from the local government or from an agent or representative authorised by\nthe local government.\n3.11 Set aside parking facilities\n(1) Where a parking facility has been set aside under clauses 3.1(2)(c) or (d) the local government—\n(a) may issue a written permit to the relevant person or vehicles of the class; and\n(b) may vary or revoke a permit at any time.\n(2) Except with the permission of an authorised person, a person must not stop or park a vehicle in a\nparking facility set aside under subclause (1) unless—\n(a) the permit is properly displayed;\n(b) the permit bears a valid date; and\n(c) the person or the class of vehicle as specified in the permit is specified on the sign which sign\nsets aside a part or all the parking facility.\n3.12 Miscellaneous areas\nA person must not stop in a parking bay or metered space that has been established for a purpose other\nthan the parking of vehicle.\n3.13 Urgent, essential or official duties\n(1) Where by a sign the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited or permitted for a limited time in\na parking facility, the local government may permit a person to stop or park a vehicle, belonging to\nan authorised service authority and/or their approved agent, in a parking facility although not\notherwise permitted or for longer than the permitted time so that the person may carry out urgent,\nessential or official duties.\n(2) Where authorisation is given under subclause (1) the local government may prohibit, for the\nduration of that authorisation, the use by any other vehicle of that portion of the parking facility to\nwhich the authorisation relates.\n(3) A permit issued under subclause (1) may—\n(a) authorise the stopping or parking of the vehicle continuously for a specified period or periods\nor between specified times or from time to time during a specified period; and\n(b) be revoked or suspended at any time by the local government before the expiration of any time\nor period specified in the permit without resulting in a refund of any applicable fees.\n(4) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in respect of which a permit has been issued under\nsubclause (1)—\n(a) except at the times or during the period specified in the permit;\n(b) for any purpose other than the purpose specified in the permit; or\n(c) at any time after the cancellation, revocation or suspension of the permit.\n3.14 Direction to move vehicle\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle after being directed by an authorised person or a police officer\nto move the vehicle.\n3.15 Selling or hiring in a parking facility\nA person must not sell, bail, hire or give away any goods or thing or erect an advertisement in a parking\nfacility or parking bay without the written authorisation of the local government.\n\n1850 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 June 2023\n3.16 Obstruction of a parking facility\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle in a parking facility so as to obstruct any entrance, exit,\ncarriageway, passage or thoroughfare of the parking facility without the written authorisation of the\nlocal government or the approval of the facility owner.\n3.17 Behaviour in a parking facility\n(1) A person must not remain in a parking facility after having been directed to leave by an authorised\nperson or a police officer.\n(2) A person must not loiter in a parking facility.\n3.18 Damage to parking facilities\n(1) A person must not remove, damage, deface, misuse or interfere with any part of a parking facility.\n(2) A person shall not remove, damage, deface, misuse or interfere with any parking meter, ticket\nissuing machine, or pay station, or cause, attempt, suffer, permit or allow any such act.\n3.19 Removal and impounding of vehicles\nThe powers of the local government to remove and impound goods including vehicles are set out in Part\n3 Division 3 Subdivision 4 of the Act.\nPART 4—STOPPING AND PARKING ON ROADS AND OTHER AREAS\n4.1 Stopping and parking on a carriageway\n(1) Subject to clause 3.2, a person stopping or parking a vehicle on a carriageway must stop or park\nthe vehicle—\n(a) in the case of a two-way carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to and\nparallel with, the left boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement\nof traffic on the side of the road on which the vehicle is stopping or parked; or\n(b) in the case of a one-way carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to and\nparallel with either boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement\nof traffic on the side of the road on which the vehicle is stopping or parked; or\n(c) so that at least 3 metres of the width of the carriageway lies between the vehicle and the\nopposite boundary of the carriageway, or between the vehicle and a vehicle stopping or parked\non the opposite side of the carriageway; or\n(d) so that it is more than 1.2 metres from any other vehicle, except a motorcycle without a trailer\nstopping or parked in accordance with this local law; and\n(e) headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on the side of the road on which the vehicle\nis stopping or parked.\n4.2 Median strips and traffic islands\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on any part of a road so that any portion of the vehicle\nis—\n(a) on a median strip; or\n(b) adjacent to a median strip other than in a parking bay or metered space.\n(c) On or within 10 metres of any portion of a carriageway bounded by a traffic island\n4.3 Prohibited parking of vehicles\n(1) A person must not park a vehicle on any portion of a road—\n(a) if that vehicle is not licensed under the Road Traffic Act or any corresponding law of another\nState or Territory or of the Commonwealth; or\n(b) if that vehicle is a trailer or caravan unattached to a motor vehicle; or\n(c) for the purpose of effecting repairs to it, other than the minimum repairs necessary to enable\nthe vehicle to be moved to a place other than a road.\n(2) A person may advertise a vehicle for sale on a road only when—\n(a) the vehicle is located on the verge of the vehicle owner's residence and does not obstruct any\nvehicles or pedestrians passing the vehicle for sale; or\n(b) the vehicle is within a parking facility for a period not exceeding 12 continuous hours; and\n(c) the vehicle is parked in accordance with all parking signs and local laws of that location; and\n(d) the advertisement does not exceed one (1) A4 size piece of paper (297mm x 210mm) per side of\nthe vehicle; and\n(e) the advertisement is not displayed on the front windscreen.\n4.4 Traffic obstructions\n(1) This clause does not apply to—\n(a) a vehicle stopping or parked in a parking bay or metered space established by the local\ngovernment; or\n(b) a bicycle in a bicycle rack established by the local government.\n(2) Subclauses (3)(b) and (3)(d) do not apply to a vehicle stopping or parked in a bus embayment.\n\n19 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1851\n(3) A person must not stop or park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is—\n(a) on any road so as to cause an obstruction on the road unless it is a public bus stopping next to\na sign inscribed with the words \"Bus Zone\"; or\n(b) obstructing a thoroughfare or so close as to deny vehicles reasonable access to or egress from—\n(i) a driveway to a private residential or business property; or\n(ii) an access road to a private or public carpark; or\n(iii) any gate or access point to parks and reserves; or\n(c) on an intersection except adjacent to a carriageway boundary that is not broken by an\nintersecting carriageway; or\n(d) on a carriageway within 20 metres from the nearest point of an intersecting carriageway at an\nintersection with traffic-control signals, unless the vehicle stops or parks at a place on a length\nof carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies and the vehicle is\npermitted to stop or park at that place in accordance with this local law; or\n(e) on a carriageway so that any portion of the vehicle is within 10 metres of the prolongation of\nthe nearer edge of any intersecting carriageway (without traffic-control signals) intersecting\nthat carriageway on the side on which the vehicle is stopped or parked unless the vehicle stops\nor parks—\n(i) at a place on a carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies and\nthe vehicle is permitted to stop or park at that place under this local law; or\n(ii) if the intersection is a T-intersection along the continuous side of the continuing road at\nthe intersection; or\n(iii) within 10 metres of the nearer property line of any thoroughfare intersecting the\nthoroughfare on the side on which the vehicle is parked;\n(f) alongside or opposite any excavation, work, hoarding, scaffolding or obstruction on the\ncarriageway, if the vehicle would obstruct traffic; or\n(g) on or over a footpath, pedestrian crossing, children's crossing or a place for pedestrians; or\n(h) on a bridge or other elevated structure or within a tunnel or underpass; or\n(i) between the boundaries of a carriageway and any double longitudinal line consisting of 2\ncontinuous lines or between a double longitudinal line consisting of a continuous line and a\nbroken or dotted line and the boundary of a carriageway nearer to the continuous line, unless\nthere is a distance of at least 3 metres clear between the vehicle and the double longitudinal\nline.\n(j) Within the head of a cul-de-sac\n4.5 Double parking\n(1) A person shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is between any other stopped\nvehicle and the centre of the carriageway.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to—\n(a) a person stopped in traffic; or\n(b) a person angle parked on the side of the carriageway or in a median strip parking area, in\naccordance with this local law.\n4.6 Verge parking\n(1) A person must not—\n(a) stop or park a bus or trailer or caravan unattached to a motor vehicle, so that any portion of it\nis on a road verge; or\n(b) stop or park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is on a road verge during any period\nwhen the stopping or parking vehicles on the road verge is prohibited by a sign adjacent and\nreferable to that road verge; or\n(c) stop or park a vehicle on a road verge in a manner that obstructs pedestrians; or\n(d) stop or park a vehicle on a verge for a period of time or in a manner that causes damage to that\nverge.\n(2) Subject to subclause (1) a person must not stop or park a vehicle if any portion of the vehicle is on\nthe verge unless he or she—\n(a) is the owner or occupier of the premises adjacent to that verge; or\n(b) is a person authorised by the occupier of those premises to do so.\n4.7 Parking near fire hydrant or post box\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on a road so that any portion of the vehicle is—\n(a) within 1 metre of a fire hydrant, fire plug, or any sign or mark indicating the existence of a fire\nhydrant or fire plug unless—\n(i) the driver is driving a public bus, and the driver stops in a bus zone or a at a bus stop\nand does not leave the bus unattended; or\n(ii) the driver is driving a taxi, and the driver stops in a taxi zone and does not leave the taxi\nunattended; or\n\n1852 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 June 2023\n(b) within 3 metres of a public post box, unless the vehicle—\n(i) is being used for the purpose of dropping off or picking up passengers or collecting postal\narticles from the post box; or\n(ii) stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign\napplies and the vehicle is permitted to stop or park at that place under this local law.\n4.8 Bus stops, pedestrian, children and train crossings\n(1) Subject to subclause (4), a person must not stop or park a vehicle on a level crossing or on a\ncarriageway so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of the approach side or within 20\nmetres of the departure side of the nearest rail of a railway level crossing.\n(2) Subject to subclause (4), a person must not stop or park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle\nis within 20 metres of the approach side or within 10 metres of the departure side, of—\n(a) a bus embayment or a sign inscribed with the words \"Bus Zone\" unless the vehicle is a bus\nstopped to take up or set down passengers; or\n(b) a pedestrian crossing; or\n(c) a children's crossing.\n(3) Subject to subclause (4), a person must not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within\n10 metres of the approach side or within 3 metres of the departure side of—\n(a) a marked foot crossing, that is not at an intersection; or\n(b) a bicycle crossing equipped with bicycle crossing lights, that is not at an intersection.\n(4) Subclauses (1), (2) or (3) do not apply if—\n(a) the vehicle is stopping or parked in a marked bay to which a parking sign applies; or\n(b) the driver of the vehicle is prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond his or her\ncontrol; or\n(c) it is necessary for the driver of the vehicle to stop to avoid an accident.\n4.9 No parking within 1 hour\n(1) Where stopping or parking on a road is permitted for a limited time, a person must not move a\nvehicle within that section of road so that the total time of parking exceeds the maximum time\npermitted, unless—\n(a) the vehicle has first been removed from that road for at least 1 hour; or\n(b) there is between the place where the vehicle had been parked and the place where the vehicle\nis subsequently parked, another road that meets or intersects that road.\n(2) A person who removes a vehicle from a parking stall must not stop or park that vehicle within 50\nmetres of that parking stall for at least 1 hour after the removal.\n4.10 Public bus bays\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle other than a public bus in a parking bay set aside for use by a\npublic bus.\n4.11 Charter bus bays\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle other than a charter bus in a parking bay set aside for use by\na charter bus.\n4.12 Bus parking\n(1) Unless otherwise stated on a sign—\n(a) a public bus must not stop or park in a bus embayment unless actively engaged in picking up\nor setting down passengers; and\n(b) a charter bus must not stop or park in a bus embayment, other than a layover bay, except to\npick up or set down passengers and, in any event, for no more than 20 minutes.\n4.13 Construction site vehicle parking\n(1) In this clause unless the context otherwise requires—\nbuilder has the meaning given to it in the Building Regulations 1989;\nconstruction site means any land subject to development;\nconstruction site vehicle means a commercial vehicle or a heavy goods vehicle;\ndaily fee means the daily fee set by local government from time to time in accordance with the\nprovisions of the Act determined by Council;\ndevelopment means the demolition, erection, construction, alteration of or addition to any building\nor structure on land or the carrying out on land of any excavation or other works;\neligible person means an owner or occupier of a construction site or any builder carrying out work\non a construction site;\nestablishment fee means those fees set by local government from time to time in accordance with\nthe provisions of the Act;\nheavy goods vehicle means a vehicle which is defined in the First Schedule of the Road Traffic\nAct 1974 as a tractor (prime mover type) or a tractor (other than prime mover type) and includes\nany other vehicle constructed primarily for the conveyance of goods which is attached to a heavy\ngoods vehicle;\n\n19 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1853\nwork zone means any road or part of a road, whether or not marked as a metered space, parking\nbay or ticket machine zone, which is set aside by the local government by the use of a sign, for\na period specified on the sign, for the stopping or parking of construction site vehicles.\n(2) An eligible person seeking to establish a work zone adjacent to a construction site may apply in\nwriting to the local government, which may approve or refuse the application.\n(3) Where the local government approves an application, it is to give the applicant written notice\nspecifying—\n(a) the number and location of work zones the applicant may use;\n(b) the period during which the stopping or parking of construction site vehicles is permitted in\nthe work zone; and\n(c) the amount of the establishment fee.\n(4) The local government is to set aside a work zone in accordance with the notice referred to in\nsubclause (3) within 14 days from the date of payment of the establishment fee.\n(5) An eligible person must, in addition to the establishment fee, pay to the local government a daily\nfee for each day that a work zone is set aside.\n(6) The daily fee is payable monthly in advance.\n(7) If the daily fee is at any time in arrears (whether or not any formal or legal demand is made), the\nlocal government may remove any signs used to set aside the work zone.\n(8) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a work zone unless—\n(a) the vehicle is a construction site vehicle; or\n(b) the vehicle is stopping or parked during a period in which the stopping or parking of a\nconstruction site vehicle in that zone is permitted by a sign; and\n(c) a person is continuously engaged in loading or unloading goods—\n(i) to or from the construction site vehicle; or\n(ii) to or from the construction site.\n(9) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a shared zone unless the vehicle—\n(a) stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies\nand the vehicle is permitted to stop at that place under this local law; or\n(b) stops in a parking bay and the vehicle is permitted to stop in the parking bay under this local\nlaw; or\n(c) the vehicle is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods; or\n(d) the vehicle is engaged in the door-to-door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of\nwaste or garbage.\n4.14 Stopping on a carriageway—heavy and long vehicles\n(1) A person shall not park a vehicle or any combination of vehicles that, together with any projection\non, or load carried by, the vehicle or combination of vehicles, is more than 7.5 metres in length or\nexceeds a GVM of 4.5 tonnes—\n(a) on a carriageway in a built-up area, for any period exceeding one hour, unless engaged in the\npicking up or setting down of goods; or\n(b) on a carriageway outside a built-up area, except on the shoulder of the carriageway, or in a\ntruck bay or other area set aside for the parking of goods vehicles.\n(2) Nothing in this clause mitigates the limitations or conditions imposed by any other regulation or\ntraffic sign relating to the parking or stopping of vehicles.\nPART 5—OBSTRUCTIONS AND ABANDONED VEHICLES\n5.1 Vehicles not to Obstruct a Public Place\n(1) A person must not park or leave a vehicle, or any part of a vehicle, in a public place so that it\nobstructs the use of any part of that public place without the permission of the local government or\nunless authorised under any written law.\n(2) A vehicle which is parked in any portion of a public place where vehicles may be lawfully parked,\nis deemed to cause an obstruction and may be impounded where—\n(a) the vehicle is parked for any period exceeding 24 hours;\n(b) the vehicle is so parked during any period in which the parking of vehicles is prohibited or\nrestricted by a sign; or\n(c) the vehicle is abandoned, unregistered or disused.\nPART 6—PARKING STATIONS\n6.1 Fees in paid parking areas\n(1) A person must not leave a vehicle unattended in a paid parking station unless—\n(a) the vehicle is an authorised local government vehicle; or\n(b) the driver is a police officer/parking officer and is in the course of his or her duties; or\n\n1854 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 June 2023\n(c) the designated fee has been paid using either the provided parking meter or associated\npayment application; or\n(d) a valid permit is clearly displayed; or\n(e) the parking session is not in excess of the time permitted by a sign\n(2) A person must not remain parked in a paid parking station in excess of—\n(a) the parking session that has been paid for; or\n(b) the time permitted by a sign.\n6.2 Stopping or parking in a parking station\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in—\n(a) a paid parking station, unless the appropriate fee as indicated by a sign is paid; or\n(b) A parking station with a posted time restriction. for any period exceeding the time allowable\non the sign, unless;\n(i) The vehicle has left the parking station for at least one hour; or\n(ii) the parking station allows additional time beyond the time restriction posted when a fee\nis payable for additional time and the fee has been paid.\n6.3 Removal of vehicles\nA person must not remove a vehicle which has been stopping or parked in a parking station until that\nperson or another person has paid the appropriate fee for the period for which the vehicle has been\nstopping or parked.\n6.4 Maximum parking period in parking stations\nWhere the stopping or parking of vehicles in a parking station is permitted for a limited time, a person\nmust not stop or park a vehicle for a period exceeding the maximum time permitted, unless the vehicle\nhas first been removed from that parking station for at least 1 hour.\n6.5 Parking station closure\nAt the expiration of the hours of operation the local government whether or not any vehicle remains\nparked in a parking station may lock the parking station or otherwise prevent the movement of any\nvehicle within, to or from the parking station.\n6.6 Elected Member parking permit\n(1) The local government may issue to any member of the Council an Elected Member parking permit\nand may vary or revoke a permit at any time.\n(2) The holder of an Elected Member parking permit is exempt from those clauses of this local law\nspecified in the permit.\n(3) The exemptions conferred by subclause (2) apply only—\n(a) if the Elected member parking permit is displayed in the vehicle or affixed to the\nwindscreen of the vehicle so as to be properly displayed; and\n(b) if the Elected Member parking permit is valid; and\n(c) if the holder of the Elected member parking permit is carrying out his or her duties or\nperforming his or her functions as a member of the Council.\n(4) An Elected Member parking permit ceases to be valid—\n(a) when the holder of the permit ceases to be a member of the Council; or\n(b) after the expiry date specified in the permit; or\n(c) when revoked by the local government.\nPART 7—RESIDENTIAL AND VISITOR PARKING PERMITS\n7.1 Interpretation\nIn this part unless the context otherwise requires—\ndwelling unit means a building or part of a building used for self-contained living quarters;\neligible person means a single house occupier, a single house owner, a unit occupier or a unit\nowner;\nparking permit means a residential parking permit and a visitor parking permit issued by the\nCouncil pursuant to clause 7.3;\nresidential unit means a dwelling unit in a building which is adjacent to a part of a road whereon\nthe standing of vehicles is prohibited for more than a period specified by a sign referable thereto\nwhich is adjacent to a metered space and which contains—\n(a) two or more dwelling units; or\n(b) in addition to the dwelling unit, one or more non-residential uses;\nsingle house means a dwelling unit constructed on its own lot and used for self-contained living\nquarters and which is adjacent to a part of a road whereon the standing of vehicles is prohibited\nfor more than a period specified by a sign referable thereto or which is adjacent to a metered\nspace;\n\n19 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1855\nunit occupier means a person who is an occupier of a residential unit but does not include a unit\nowner; and\nunit owner means a person who is an owner and occupier of a residential unit.\n7.2 Conditions of exemption for residential parking permits and visitors parking permits\n(1) Where the stopping or parking of a vehicle on any part of a road within the district, whether such\npart be marked as a parking bay or not is prohibited for more than a specified time, the holder of a\nResidential Parking Permit is exempted from such prohibition, and the driver of a vehicle who is\nvisiting a dwelling the occupant of which is the holder of a Visitor's Parking Permit is exempted\nfrom such prohibition, provided that such exemption shall apply only—\n(a) to the road, roads or parking station specified in the permit, but excluding areas of road\nadjacent to retail premises or other public facilities, where parking of all classes of vehicles are\nsubject to time restrictions;\n(b) if such Residential Parking Permit or Visitor's Parking Permit is properly displayed;\n(c) if the period in respect of which the permit was issued has not expired; and\n(d) if the holder of the permit at the time of stopping or parking such vehicle still resides in the\npremises in respect of which the permit was granted.\n(2) The exemption conferred by subclause (1) shall not apply during any period in which the standing\nof vehicles is prohibited in the road or the part of a road specified in the residential parking permit.\n7.3 Issue of permits\n(1) The local government may upon the written application of an eligible person and upon payment of\nthe fee referred to in clause 7.10 issue a parking permit.\n(2) Subject to clause 7.4—\n(a) The local government shall not issue more than two residential parking permits or two visitor\nparking permits to any single house occupier where the single house is situated on land having\nno provision for parking;\n(b) The local government shall not issue more than one residential parking permit or one visitor\nparking permit to any single house occupier where the single house is situated on land which\nhas provision of parking of one vehicle only; and\n(c) The local government shall not issue a residential parking permit or a visitor parking permit\nto any single house occupier where the single house is situated on land having provision for\nparking of two or more vehicles.\n7.4 Restrictions on issue of permits to unit owners\n(1) Where no parking is available to a unit owner on the land upon which the residential unit is\nsituated the local government shall not issue more than two residential parking permits or two\nvisitor parking permits to the unit owner.\n(2) Where parking for one vehicle only is available to a unit owner on the land upon which the\nresidential unit is situated the local government shall not issue more than one residential parking\npermit or one visitor parking permit to the unit owner.\n(3) Where parking for two or more vehicles is available to a unit owner on the land upon which the\nresidential unit is situated the local government shall not issue a residential parking permit or a\nvisitor parking permit to the unit owner.\n7.5 Restrictions on issue of permits to unit occupiers\n(1) Where no parking is available to a unit occupier on the land upon which the residential unit is\nsituated the local government shall not issue more than two residential parking permits or two\nvisitor parking permits to the unit occupier.\n(2) Where parking for one vehicle only is available to a unit occupier on the land upon which the\nresidential unit is situated the local government shall not issue more than one residential parking\npermit or one visitor parking permit to the unit occupier.\n(3) Where parking for two or more vehicles is available to a unit occupier on the land upon which the\nresidential unit is situated the local government shall not issue a residential parking permit or a\nvisitor parking permit to the unit occupier.\n7.6 Restrictions on number of permits\nThe local government shall not issue more than two residential parking permits or two visitor parking\npermits in respect of any single house or residential unit.\n7.7 Validity of permits\n(1) A residential parking permit or visitor parking permit shall cease to be valid—\n(a) upon the expiry of a period of 12 months from and including the date on which it is issued; or\n(b) upon the holder of such permit ceasing to be an eligible person; or\n(c) where the permit is revoked in accordance with clause 7.8.\n(2) The holder of a residential parking permit or visitor parking permit shall forthwith upon such\npermit ceasing to be valid remove such permit from the vehicle in which it is properly displayed\nwhere—\n(a) no fee has been paid; or\n(b) dates shown on supplied permit are no longer current; or\n\n1856 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 June 2023\n(c) as directed in writing from the City.\n7.8 Revocation of parking permits\n(1) Where the local government is satisfied that a parking permit is not being used in accordance with\nPart 8 of this local law, the local government may revoke a permit.\n(2) The local government may give a person to whom a permit has been issued in accordance with\nclause 7.3 of this local law a notice—\n(a) indicating that the permit may be revoked;\n(b) explaining the reason why the permit may be revoked; and\n(c) requiring the person to notify the local government within 14 days of any reason why the permit\nshould not be revoked.\n(3) After the expiry of 14 days from the date of service of the notice referred to in subclause (2) on the\nperson to whom the permit has been issued, whether or not a response has been received, the local\ngovernment may revoke the permit.\n(4) Where the local government revokes a permit, it is to notify the person that the permit has been\nrevoked.\n(5) A holder of a permit which is revoked by the local government shall forthwith remove such permit\nfrom the vehicle to which it is affixed and shall forthwith return such permit to the local\ngovernment.\n7.9 Removal of residential or visitor parking permit from vehicle\nA holder of a residential parking permit or visitor parking permit who changes their place of residence\nor changes their vehicle, which is subject to a residential parking permit or visitor parking permit, shall\nforthwith remove such permit from the vehicle to which it is affixed and shall forthwith return such\npermit to the local government.\n7.10 Fees for residential parking permit and visitor's parking permits\nFees payable for residential parking permits and visitor's parking permits shall be set by Council from\ntime to time in accordance with the Act.\nPART 8—MISCELLANEOUS\n8.1 Authorised person—certificate of appointment\nAn authorised person shall be issued a certificate of his or her appointment in the form determined by\nthe local government.\n8.2 Authorised persons\nNo offence under this local law is committed by an authorised person while carrying out his or her\nduties.\n8.3 Necessary power\nAn authorised person has all necessary power for the purpose of performing all duties vested in or\nimposed on him or her by the Act and this local law.\n8.4 Impersonating an authorised person\nA person who is not an authorised person must not impersonate an authorised person.\n8.5 Obstructing of an authorised person\nA person must not obstruct or hinder an authorised person in the execution of his or her duties.\n8.6 Removal of notices\nA person, other than the driver of the vehicle or a person authorised by the driver of the vehicle, must\nnot remove from the vehicle any notice put on the vehicle by an authorised person.\n8.7 Display of signs\n(1) A person must not without the authorisation of the Council—\n(a) mark, set up or exhibit a sign purporting to be or resembling a sign marked, set up or exhibited\nby the local government under this local law; or\n(b) remove, deface or misuse a sign or property set up by the local government under this local law;\nor\n(c) affix a board, sign, placard, notice, cover or other thing to or paint or write on any part of a\nsign, parking meter, ticket issuing machine or fee collecting machine.\n8.8 Marking vehicles\n(1) An authorised person may in a parking area, parking bay or parking facility—\n(a) mark the face of tyres of a vehicle with chalk or any other non-indelible substance; or\n(b) record the position of a vehicle; or\n(c) take a valve stem reading of a vehicle; or\n(d) record vehicle details and vehicle registration numbers; for a purpose connected with his or her\nduties or powers.\n\n19 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1857\n(2) A person must not remove a mark made by an authorised person so that the purpose of affixing\nthe mark is defeated or likely to be defeated.\n8.9 Exemption when complying with directions\nA person who complies with a direction given by a police officer or an authorised person does not commit\nan offence against this local law while complying with that direction.\n8.10 Sign presumed to have been established by the local government\nA sign marked, erected, set up, established or displayed on or near a road is, in the absence of evidence\nto the contrary, presumed to be a sign marked, set up, erected, established or displayed under the\nauthority of this local law.\n8.11 Power of an authorised person\n(1) An authorised person is hereby authorised by the local government to—\n(a) carry into effect the provisions of this local law;\n(b) report to the local government on the working effectiveness and functioning of this local law;\n(c) make inquiries and investigations concerning any alleged, purported of actual offences against\nany of the provisions of this local law, with power to interview, question and obtain particulars\nfrom person(s) wheresoever living in respect of offences and suspected offences within the\nparking region;\n(d) recommend to the local government the institution of prosecutions; and\n(e) institute and conduct prosecutions as directed by the local government or the CEO, from time\nto time.\n8.12 Special purpose and emergency vehicles\nNotwithstanding anything to the contrary in this local law, the driver of a special purpose vehicle or an\nemergency vehicle may, only in the course of his or her duties and when it is reasonable to do so, stop\nor park the vehicle in any place at any time.\nPART 9—PARKING POLICY\n9.1 Policy\n(1) The Council may make a policy in accordance with clause 9.2 in specifying—\n(a) any matter which may be the subject of a Council resolution under this local law; and\n(b) any matter ancillary or necessary to give effect to a policy.\n9.2 Procedure for making a policy\n(1) The local government is to give local public notice of its intention to make a parking policy.\n(2) The local public notice referred to in subclause (1) is to state that—\n(a) the local government intends to make a parking policy, the purpose and effect of which is\nsummarised in the notice; and\n(b) a copy of the proposed parking policy may be inspected and obtained from the offices of the local\ngovernment; and\n(c) submissions in writing about the proposed parking policy may be lodged with the local\ngovernment within 14 days after the day of publication.\n(3) If no submissions are received in accordance with subclause (2)(c), the Council is to decide to—\n(a) give local public notice that the proposed parking policy has effect as a policy on and from the\ndate of publication; or\n(b) mend the proposed parking policy, in which case subclause (5) will apply; or\n(c) not continue with the proposed parking policy.\n(4) If submissions are received in accordance with subclause (2)(c), the Council is to—\n(a) consider those submissions; and\n(b) decide—\n(i) whether or not to amend the proposed parking policy; or\n(ii) not to continue with the proposed parking policy.\n(5) If the Council decides to amend the proposed parking policy, it is to give local public notice—\n(a) of the effect of the amendments; and\n(b) that the proposed policy has effect as a policy on and from the date of publication.\n(6) If the Council decides not to amend the proposed parking policy, it is to give local public notice that\nthe proposed parking policy has effect as a policy on and from the date of publication.\n(7) A proposed policy is to have effect as a policy on and from the date of publication of the local public\nnotice referred to in subclauses (3), (5) and (6).\n(8) A decision under subclauses (3) or (4) is not to be delegated by the Council.\n9.3 Register of the parking policy\n(1) The local government is to keep a register of the parking policy made under clause 9.1 and of any\namendments to or revocations of the parking policy made under clause 9.4.\n\n1858 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 June 2023\n(2) Sections 5.94 and 5.95 of the Act are to apply to the register referred to in subclause (1) and for that\npurpose, the register is to be taken to be information within section 5.94(u)(i) of the Act.\n9.4 Amendment or revocation of the parking policy\n(1) The Council may amend or revoke the parking policy.\n(2) The provisions of clause 9.2 are to apply to an amendment of the parking policy as if the amendment\nwere a proposed parking policy.\n(3) If the Council revokes the parking policy it is to give local public notice of the revocation and the\nparking policy is to cease to have effect on the date of publication.\nPART 10—OFFENCES AND PENALTIES\n10.1 Offences\n(1) Any person who fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law, or who\ndoes anything which under this local law that person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence.\n(2) Any person who commits an offence under this local law is liable, on conviction, to a penalty not\nexceeding $5,000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional penalty not exceeding\n$500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued.\n(3) An offence against any provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section\n9.16(1) of the Act.\n10.2 Infringement and infringement withdrawal notices\n(1) For the purposes of this local law—\n(a) where a vehicle is involved in the commission of an offence, the form of the notice referred to\nin section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in the First Schedule of the Local Government\n(Functions and General) Regulations 1996; and\n(b) the form of the infringement notice referred to in section 9.17 of the Act is form 2 in the First\nSchedule of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; and\n(c) the form of the infringement withdrawal notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is form 3\nin the First Schedule of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996.\n10.3 Modified penalty\n(1) Subject to subclause (3), a person who does not contest an allegation that he or she has committed\nan offence against this local law may, within the time specified in the notice, pay the modified\npenalty payable for the particular offence.\n(2) The amount appearing in the final column of the table in Schedule 1 directly opposite an offence\ndescribed in the Schedule is prescribed for the purposes of section 9.17 of the Act as the modified\npenalty for that offence.\n(3) If this local law expresses a modified penalty as a number of penalty units, the monetary value of\nthe modified penalty is the number of dollars obtained by multiplying the value of the penalty unit,\nas specified in the City of Bunbury Penalty Units Local Law 2018, by the number of penalty units\nspecified in this local law.\n(4) Where the time period within which a person may stop or park a vehicle on a road is controlled by\na sign and a person commits an offence under this local law by stopping or parking a vehicle for a\ntime period which exceeds that shown on the sign—\n(a) the amount of the modified penalty shall be the amount referred to in subclause (2) where the\ntime period during which the vehicle was stopped or parked in excess of the time period shown\non the sign was not greater than that shown on the sign; and\n(b) the amount of the modified penalty shall again be payable in respect of each successive time\nperiod during which the vehicle continues to be parked or stopped in excess of the time period\nshown on the sign, to a maximum of $500.00 on the amount of modified penalties payable for\neach offence.\n10.4 Court proceedings\nA penalty for an offence against this local law (not being a modified penalty) may be recovered by the\nlocal government by taking proceedings against the alleged offender in a Court of appropriate\njurisdiction.\n10.5 Records\nThe local government must keep adequate records of all infringement notices served and modified\npenalties received.\n10.6 Transitional provisions\nSchedule 2 to this local law, which contains transitional provisions, has effect.\n————\n\n19 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1859\nSCHEDULE 1—MODIFIED PENALTIES\n[Clause 10.3]\nItem\nNo. Clause Nature of Offence\nModified\nPenalty\nUnits\n1 3.2(1) Stop or park vehicle contrary to signs 6\n2 3.2(2)(a) Stop or park vehicle in no stopping area 6\n3 3.2(2)(b) Stop or park a vehicle not wholly within a parking area 6\n4 3.2(2)(c) Stop or park vehicle in motorcycle stall 6\n5 3.2(2)(d) Stop or park vehicle in a bus lane 6\n6 3.2(2)(h) Stop or park vehicle in a bicycle lane 6\n7 3.2(3) Park vehicle in no parking area 6\n8 3.2(4) Stop vehicle contrary to yellow edge line 6\n9 3.2(7) Stop or Park in Authorised Vehicle Only Bay 6\n10 3.2(8) Stop or park longer than permitted 6\n11 3.2(9) Park vehicle within road closed area 10\n12 3.3(1) Stop or park on private property 6\n13 3.3(2) Park vehicle on private property contrary to signs 6\n14 3.4(2) Failure to Park wholly within a parking bay 6\n15 3.5(2) Parking contrary to traffic flow in signed angle bay 6\n16 3.6(1) Stop or park a non-commercial vehicle in loading zone 5\n17 3.6(2) Stop or park a vehicle for over 30 minutes in loading\nzone 5\n18 3.7(1) Stop or park a vehicle on a reserve 15\n19 3.8 Stop or Park a vehicle in a Bay occupied by another\nvehicle 6\n20 3.12 Stop or park vehicle in area bay not intended for\nvehicles 6\n21 3.14 Fail to move vehicle when directed by authorised\nperson 6\n22 3.15 Unauthorised sale/hire of goods within parking facility 6\n23 3.16 Obstruct Vehicle in parking facility 6\n24 3.17(1) Remaining in Parking Facility when directed to leave\nby authorised person 6\n25 3.17(2) Loitering in parking facility 6\n26 3.18 Damage to Parking Facility or Parking equipment 6\n27 4.1(1)(a) Failure to park on the left of two-way carriageway 6\n28 4.1(1)(b) Failure to park on boundary of one-way carriageway 6\n29 4.1(1)(c) Stop or Park a vehicle within 3m of centre of road 6\n30 4.1(1)(e) Stop or park a vehicle facing wrong direction 6\n31 4.2(1)(a) Stop or Park a vehicle on a median strip 6\n32 4.2(1)(b) Stop or Park a Vehicle Adjacent to a median strip 6\n33 4.2(1)(c) Stop or Park Vehicle within 10m of a Traffic Island 6\n34 4.3(1)(a) Stop or park unlicenced vehicle 6\n35 4.3(1)(b) Stop or Park unattached trailer or caravan 6\n36 4.3(1)(c) Stop or Park vehicle to effect repairs 6\n37 4.3(2) Display Vehicle for Sale in Street 6\n38 4.4(3)(a) Obstruction—Street or Roadway 6\n39 4.4(3)(b) Obstruction—Right of Way/ Private Drive 6\n40 4.4(3)(d) Stop or park a vehicle within 20m of Traffic Lights 6\n41 4.4(3)(e) Stop or park a vehicle within 10m of an intersection 6\n42 4.4(3)(f) Stop or Park opposite excavation, work, scaffolding\nthat would cause obstruction 6\n43 4.4(3)(g) Stop or Park a vehicle on a footpath or pedestrian\ncrossing 6\n44 4.4(3)(h) Stop or Park on Bridge or Tunnel 6\n45 4.4(3)(j) Stop or Park Vehicle within the head of a cul-de-sac 6\n\n1860 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 19 June 2023\nItem\nNo. Clause Nature of Offence\nModified\nPenalty\nUnits\n46 4.5(1) Double parked 6\n47 4.6(1) Stop or park unattached trailer or caravan on verge 6\n48 4.6(2) Stop or Park vehicle on Verge without consent 6\n49 4.7(1)(a) Stop or park vehicle within 1 metre of fire hydrant 6\n50 4.7(1)(b) Stop or Park vehicle within 3 metres of public post box 6\n51 4.8(2)(a) Stop or Park within 20m of bus bay 6\n52 4.8(2)(b) Stop or Park within 20m of pedestrian crossing 6\n53 4.8(2)(c) Stop or Park with 20m of children's crossing 6\n54 4.9 Park same vehicle in same zone within 1 hour 6\n55 4.10 Stop or park vehicle in Bus Bay 6\n56 4.13(8) Stop or Park unauthorised vehicle in work zone 6\n57 4.14(1)(a) Park long/heavy vehicle in built up area for more than\n1 hour 6\n58 5.1 Vehicle causing an obstruction in a public place 6\n59 6.1 Unattended vehicle in parking station 6\n60 6.2(1)(a) Failure to pay appropriate fee 6\n61 6.2(1)(b) Parking session expired 6\n62 6.4 Park in same area within 1 hour of previous expired\nsession 6\n63 7.7(1) Display invalid parking permit 6\n64 7.8(5) Display a revoked parking permit 6\n65 8.5 Obstruction of authorised person 6\n66 8.6 Unauthorised removal of notice on vehicle 6\n67 8.7(1)(a) Erect or display unauthorised sign 6\n68 8.7(1)(b) Unauthorised removal of sign 6\n69 8.7(1)(c) Unauthorised covering of sign 6\n70 8.8(2) Unauthorised removal of Chalk/mark from tyre 6\n71 All other offences not specified 6\n————\nSCHEDULE 2—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS\n[Clause 10.6]\n1. In this Schedule, unless the context otherwise requires—\nlocal law refers to the local law relating to City of Bunbury Parking and Parking Facilities Local\nLaw to which this Schedule is attached;\npermit includes a permit granted by the City of Bunbury under the repealed local law;\ninfringement includes an infringement issued by the City of Bunbury under the repealed local\nlaw;\napproval means any Approval, Licence, Consent Order or other permission issued by the City of\nBunbury permitting any activity, conduct or recreation upon any land or area within the\nDistrict of the City of Bunbury;\nprohibition includes any ban, barring order, prohibition or regulation of any activity, conduct or\nrecreation upon any land or part thereof located within the District of the City of Bunbury; and\nthe repealed local laws means the repealed City of Bunbury local laws stated in clause 1.1 of this\nlocal law.\n2. This Schedule does not limit the operation of the Interpretation Act 1984.\n3. Any reference, whether express or implied or having effect as such a reference, in any written Law\nor document to any provision of the repealed local laws shall be construed as a reference to this\nlocal law or, as the case may be, to the specific corresponding provisions of this local law.\n4. Any notice given or thing done, or having affect as being made, given or done under a provision of\nthe repealed local laws which corresponds to a provision of this local law shall have effect as if it\nhad been made, given or done under the corresponding provision of this local law.\n5. Any licence, permit approval or consent given by the local government under the repealed local\nlaws corresponding to a type of consent approval or permission under this local law, shall if in force\nimmediately before the date of gazettal of this local law be deemed converted into an approval\nconsent or permission under this local law by operation of this Schedule.\n\n19 June 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1861\n6. Any infringement issued under the repealed local laws shall be dealt with in the same manner as\nif it were an infringement issued under the corresponding provisions of this local law.\n7. A conviction imposed by any competent Court under the repealed local laws shall for the purposes\nof this local law—\n(a) be treated as though it had been imposed, made or ordered under this local law where a\nprovision of this local law corresponds with a provision of the repealed local laws concerned;\nand\n(b) be taken into account for the purposes of assessing appropriate penalty.\n————\nDated 23 May 2023.\nThe Common Seal of the City of Bunbury was affixed by authority of a resolution of the City in the\npresence of—\nJAYSEN MIGUEL, Mayor.\nMAL OSBORNE, Chief Executive Officer.\n———————————","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard replacement local law that updates the 2018 version. The scope remains focused on parking regulation within the City of Bunbury. While it includes detailed provisions for residential permits, construction work zones, and paid parking, these are typical components of municipal parking laws and do not represent significant scope creep beyond the original purpose of managing public parking."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive definitions section with 47+ defined terms, many cross-referenced to the Road Traffic Code 2000 and Road Traffic Act 1974","Nested conditional logic throughout (e.g., clause 3.2 with multiple sub-clauses containing exceptions like 3.2(1)(e)(i) and (ii))","Multiple cross-references to external legislation (Local Government Act 1995, Road Traffic Code 2000, Road Traffic Act 1974, Main Roads Act 1930, Building Regulations 1989)","Complex permit systems with tiered eligibility criteria (Part 7 – residential/visitor permits with varying entitlements based on available off-street parking)","Detailed transitional provisions in Schedule 2 preserving rights and liabilities from the repealed 2018 law","Specific measurement-based restrictions (e.g., 20m from traffic lights, 10m from intersections, 3m from centre line, 1m from fire hydrants)","Multiple exceptions to general rules (e.g., emergency vehicles, authorised persons, disability permit holders) creating layered compliance requirements","Separate penalty schedules with modified penalties and escalating penalties for continuing offences (clause 10.3(4)(b))"],"plain_english_summary":"This local law from the City of Bunbury sets parking and stopping rules across its roads, car parks and reserves, replacing the 2018 bylaw. It governs how parking is managed, paid for, permitted and enforced.\n\nIt affects drivers, residents and businesses (including construction operators) and authorised officers. It matters because it regulates access, safety and turnover of parking, provides permit processes, and gives the City powers to fine or remove vehicles."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument repeals the City of Bunbury's 2018 parking local law (cl.1.1) but preserves existing permits, infringements and references via transitional provisions (Sch.2). The geographic and functional scope remains the City parking region and related parking facilities (cl.2.5). Any substantive change of scope is not evident from the text; the document keeps the same categories of controls, enforcement powers and permit regimes while re‑stating operational detail."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive definitions and cross-references to the Local Government Act, Road Traffic Act/Code and Australian Standards (cl.1.4, cl.2.2)","Numerous prescriptive rules on stopping/parking with technical measurements and locality‑specific controls (Parts 3–5, Part 4)","Discretionary powers for Council to create/alter controls plus explicit limits on delegation for some decisions (cl.3.1(4), cl.2.3)","Multiple permit schemes with eligibility limits, renewal and revocation procedures (Part 7)","Fee-setting and alternative payment systems delegated to Council with operational detail for paid parking and parking stations (cl.2.4, cl.3.10, Part 6)","Enforcement framework combining authorised officers, vehicle marking/impounding powers, infringement notices and a detailed modified‑penalty schedule (Part 8, Part 10, Sch.1)","Transitional provisions carrying over existing permits, infringements and references from the repealed law (Sch.2)"],"plain_english_summary":"This local law replaces Bunbury's 2018 parking rules and sets the legal framework for stopping, parking, paid parking, permits, signage and enforcement across the City's parking region. It gives the Council power to set restrictions and fees and authorises officers to enforce controls and remove vehicles (cls 1.1, 3.1, 2.4, 8.11).\n\nIt applies to drivers, residents, businesses and permit‑holders who pay fees or seek residential/visitor permits; breaches attract modified penalties listed in Schedule 1 and court penalties up to $5,000 (cls 10.1–10.3), while the Council and CEO decide signage, permits and delegations (cl.2.3, 9.1)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/city-of-bunbury-parking-local-law-2023","history":"/api/acts/city-of-bunbury-parking-local-law-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/city-of-bunbury-parking-local-law-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/city-of-bunbury-parking-local-law-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/city-of-bunbury-parking-local-law-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/city-of-bunbury-parking-local-law-2023/documents"}}