{"id":"wa-local:perth-city-of-city-of-perth-parking-amendment-local-law-2023","name":"City of Perth Parking Amendment Local Law 2023","slug":"city-of-perth-parking-amendment-local-law-2023","collection":"local_law","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":438757,"registerId":"wa-local:perth-city-of-city-of-perth-parking-amendment-local-law-2023-pdf-1775955056452","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"City of Perth Parking Amendment Local Law 2023","content":"4049\nISSN 2204-4264 (online)\nPERTH, FRIDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2023 No. 167 SPECIAL\nPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY GEOFF O. LAWN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER\n© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\n_________\nCITY OF PERTH\n———————————\nPARKING AMENDMENT\nLOCAL LAW 2023\n\n\n\n15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4051\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nCITY OF PERTH\nPARKING AMENDMENT LOCAL LAW 2023\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling it,\nthe Council of the City of Perth resolved on 21 November 2023 to make this local law.\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Short title\nThis is the City of Perth Parking Amendment Local Law 2023.\n1.2 Commencement\nThis local law will come into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government\nGazette.\n1.3 Principal local law amended\nThis local law amends the City of Perth Parking Local Law 2017 as published in the Government Gazette\non 28 February 2017.\nPART 2—AMENDMENTS\n2.1 Clause 1.6 (‘Terms used’) amended\nIn clause 1.6—\n(a) delete the definition of bicycle crossing.\n(b) replace the definition of charter vehicle with—\ncharter vehicle means a vehicle used in providing an on-demand charter passenger\ntransport service or a tourism passenger transport service;\n(a) in the definition of charter vehicle zone, add the words ‘by a sign’ after the word ‘designated’;\n(b) replace the definition of commercial vehicle with—\ncommercial loading vehicle means a motor vehicle that is—\n(a) constructed, adapted or fitted for the conveyance of goods; and\n(b) used primarily for the conveyance of goods;\n(c) in the definition of entrance ticket, delete the words ‘or token’;\n(d) replace the definition of fee collection machine with—\nfee collection machine means a machine installed in a parking station which—\n(a) on the insertion of an entrance ticket and payment of the appropriate fee, if any,\nmade by permitted means, issues an exit ticket;\n(b) in the case of a machine installed in a parking station with a licence plate\nrecognition system, on inputting of the vehicle’s licence plate number and payment\nof the appropriate fee, if any, allows the relevant vehicle to exit the parking station;\nor\n(c) otherwise on payment of the appropriate fee, if any, allows the vehicle in respect\nof which the fee, if any, has been paid to exit the parking station;\n(e) in the definition of fee paying machine, add the words ‘, or any other machine installed in a\nparking facility which allows payment of any appropriate fee by permitted means’ at the end\nof the definition and before the semicolon.\n(f) replace the definition of fee paying zone with—\nfee paying zone means where a fee is payable is indicated by a sign where the vehicle is\nstopped or parked within the same—\n(a) parking facility; or\n(b) section of the road between two intersections or an intersection and head of a cul-\nde-sac as the case may be,\n\n4052 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023\nand includes—\n(c) a metred zone;\n(d) a ticket machine zone;\n(e) a mobile payment zone;\n(g) in the definition of GVM, replace the words ‘the Code’ with ‘the Road Traffic (Vehicles)\nAct 2012’;\n(h) in the definition of loading zone, replace the words ‘commercial vehicles’ with ‘commercial\nloading vehicles’;\n(i) in the definition of parking facility, add the words ‘roads, reserves,’ after the word ‘buildings’;\n(j) in the definition of parking permit, replace the words ‘and includes a written or electronic\npermit’ with ‘and includes written permits and e-permits’;\n(k) in the definition of public bus zone, add the words ‘by a sign’ after the word ‘designated’;\n(l) in the definition of sign, add the words ‘and includes an electronic sign which may alternate\nshowing different information about the stopping and parking of vehicles’ after the words\n‘restricting the stopping or parking of vehicles’;\n(m) in the definition of special purpose vehicle, delete the words ‘and also includes any\ncommercial vehicle owned by the local government’;\n(n) replace the definition of ticket issuing machine with—\nticket issuing machine means a machine or device which, as a result of selecting a period\nfor which no fee is payable or upon payment by any permitted means of the\nappropriate fee for any other period, issues a ticket showing the period during which\nit is lawful to remain parked in the area to which the machine or device relates;\n(o) in the definition of truck bay, add the words ‘by a sign’ after the word ‘designated’;\n(p) in the definition of unattended, delete the word ‘meters’ and replace with ‘metres’\n(q) add the following definitions in their alphabetically ordered position—\nbicycle parking device means a device installed by the local government for the purpose\nof allowing bicycles to park by being securely attached to the device;\nelectric personal transporter has the meaning given in the Code;\nelectric rideable device has the meaning given in the Code;\nelectric vehicle means a vehicle that—\n(a) is powered by an electric motor or motors; and\n(b) can be recharged from an external source of electricity,\nbut does not include an electric personal transporter or electric rideable device;\nelectric vehicle charging bay means a parking bay designated by a sign for the use of\nelectric vehicles for the period notified on the sign, with an external source of\nelectricity available for charging an electric vehicle stopped or parked in that bay;\nelectronic communication means a communication of information in the form of data,\ntext or images by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy or both;\ne-permit means a parking permit issued to the holder in electronic form by electronic\ncommunication;\nlicence plate recognition system means a system installed at a parking station which,\nusing cameras and software, reads and records the licence plate number of a vehicle\nand allows the vehicle to enter and exit the parking station;\nmobile app means a software application made available by or on behalf of the local\ngovernment, or an equivalent process using a web browser, through which a person\ncan pay for parking or otherwise obtain authorisation to park using a mobile device\nand which provides confirmation of the period during which it is lawful to remain\nparked in the relevant area;\nmobile app confirmation means the confirmation provided by a mobile app of the period\nduring which it is lawful to remain parked in a mobile payment zone or parking\nstation;\nmobile device means a mobile telephone, tablet device, wearable device or other compact\nelectronic telecommunications device;\nmobile payment zone means—\n(a) a road or reserve, or part of a road or reserve, that is marked or defined in a way\nthat indicates where a vehicle may be parked on payment of a fee or charge; or\n(b) a parking facility,\n(in each case, whether or not also, part of or including another type of fee paying zone) with\na sign indicating that a person may, or is required to, pay for or obtain authorisation to\npark by using a mobile app;\non-demand charter passenger service has the meaning given in the Transport (Road\nPassenger Services) Act 2018;\npermitted payment means a means of payment of parking fees and charges that the local\ngovernment, under clause 1.12, permits to be used in respect of the relevant fee paying\nzone or parking station, as specified by a sign at the fee paying zone or parking station;\n\n15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4053\nrecreational activity includes—\n(a) any sport (whether or not the sport is an organised activity);\n(b) any pursuit or activity engaged in for enjoyment, relaxation or leisure; and\n(c) any pursuit or activity engaged in for enjoyment, relaxation or leisure at a park\nwhere people ordinarily engage in sport or in any pursuit or activity for enjoyment,\nrelaxation or leisure;\nrecreational parking bay means a parking bay located adjacent to a public park and\ndesignated by a sign—\n(a) as being for use with no fee payable for the period specified by the sign; and\n(b) for vehicles stopped or parked by persons who, throughout the period the vehicle\nis stopped or parked in the bay, are engaged in a recreational activity in the public\npark to which the bay is adjacent;\nRegulations means the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996;\ntourism passenger transport service has the meaning given in the Transport (Road\nPassenger Services) Act 2018;\nvalve stem reading means a method of recording the position of the tyre valves of a\nvehicle in relation to the kerb or road or other surface on which the vehicle is stopped\nor parked;\n(r) delete the definitions of bus way, Schedule, service vehicle, service zone, transit lane and\ntruck lane.\n2.2 Clause 1.7 (‘Interpretation’) amended\nReplace clause 1.7(4) with—\n(4) A reference to a thoroughfare, parking station, parking facility, metered zone, fee\npaying zone or reserve includes a reference to any part of the thoroughfare, parking\nstation, parking facility, metered zone, fee paying zone or reserve.\n2.3 Clause 1.10 (‘Classes of vehicles’) amended\nIn clause 1.10—\n(a) add the words ‘(which are not mutually exclusive)’ after the words ‘divided into classes’;\n(b) replace the words ‘commercial vehicles’ with ‘commercial loading vehicles’ in subclause (b);\n(c) delete the words ‘; and’ from subclause (h); and\n(c) add a new subclause (ha) as follows—\n(ha) electric vehicles; and\n2.4 Clause 1.12 (‘Permitted payment’) amended\nReplace clause 1.12 with—\n1.12 Permitted payment\nThe local government may authorise a person, or persons generally, in respect of particular areas,\nor generally, to pay for parking, in advance or in arrears, by any means other than or in addition\nto the insertion of money in a ticket issuing machine or parking meter, including by mobile app or\nother electronic means.\n2.5 Clause 2.3 (‘Stopping or parking generally’) amended\n(a) Replace clause 2.3(1)(d)(i) with—\n(i) clause 6.3(1)(a), 6.3(1)(b) or 6.10 applies; or\n(b) In clause 2.3(1)(e), replace the word ‘vehicle’ with ‘vehicle (including, for the purpose of this\nsubclause (e), any trailer (or any caravan which is not capable of self-propulsion) attached to\nthe vehicle)’.\n(c) Replace clause 2.3(2) with—\n(2) A person must stop or park a vehicle—\n(a) in a no stopping area;\n(b) at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow-edged line; or\n(c) in an area of a carriageway signed or marked with a keep clear marking.\n(2A) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a bay marked “M/C” unless—\n(a) it is a motorcycle; or\n(b) the person is dropping off, or picking up, passengers.\n(2B) A person must not stop or park a vehicle—\n(a) in a bus lane; or\n(b) in a bicycle lane or on a path,\nunless the person is driving a public bus or a taxi and is immediately dropping off, or\npicking up, passengers.\n(d) After clause 2.3(6), add a new clause 2.3(7) as follows—\n(7) A person must not stop or park a vehicle other than a bicycle against or within 1 metre\nof a bicycle parking device.\n\n4054 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023\n2.6 Clause 2.8 (‘Loading zone’) amended\n(a) In clause 2.8(1)(a), replace the words ‘commercial vehicle’ with ‘commercial loading vehicle’.\n(b) In clause 2.8(1)(b), add the words ‘, other than goods being loaded or unloaded by a person for\nthe purposes of any trade work by that person (alone or with others)’ after the words ‘loading\nor unloading goods to or from that vehicle’.\n(c) In clause 2.8(2), delete the words ‘commercial or authorised’.\n2.7 Clause 2.15 (‘Event parking’) amended\nReplace clause 2.15(3) with—\n(3) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on a reserve or local government property established\nas a parking facility under subclause (2) during the period for which it is established:—\n(a) unless a ticket obtained from the local government with respect to the event is displayed\ninside the vehicle and is clearly visible to, and the details on the ticket regarding the\nperiod in which stopping or parking is permitted by that ticket are able to be read by, an\nauthorised person from outside the vehicle at all times in which case the vehicle may be\nparked in accordance with the sign; or\n(b) in the case of an area designated by a sign used under subclause (2) for the stopping or\nparking of vehicles displaying a disability parking permit—\n(i) a disability parking permit is displayed inside the vehicle and is clearly visible to,\nand able to be read by, an authorised person from outside the vehicle at all times;\nand\n(ii) the driver or a passenger in the vehicle is the person entitled to use the displayed\ndisability parking permit,\nin which case the vehicle may be parked in accordance with the sign.\n2.8 Clause 2.16 (‘Removal and impounding of vehicles’) amended\n(1) In clause 2.16(1), replace the words ‘Local Government (Functions and Regulations) 1996’ with\n‘Regulations’.\n(2) Delete clause 2.16(4).\n2.9 Clause 2.18 (‘Parking on local government property’) amended\nIn clause 2.18, add the words ‘and in accordance with a sign applicable to the area’ after the words\n‘specifically set aside for that purpose’.\n2.10 New clauses 2.19 and 2.20 added\nAfter clause 2.18, add new clauses 2.19 and 2.20 as follows—\n2.19 Parking in electric vehicle charging bays\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle in an electric vehicle charging bay unless the vehicle is—\n(a) an electric vehicle; and\n(b) connected to the external source of electricity available for that electric vehicle charging\nbay.\n2.20 Parking in recreational parking bays\nA person must not stop or park a vehicle in a recreational parking bay unless the person, or some\nor all of the passengers of the vehicle, are engaged in a recreational activity in the public park to\nwhich the bay is adjacent throughout the period the vehicle is stopped or parked in that bay.\n2.11 Clause 3.5 (‘Obstructions generally’) amended\nIn clause 3.5—\n(a) replace the word ‘paragraphs’ with ‘subclauses’;\n(b) delete the words ‘, children’s crossing’ in clause 3.5(3)(f).\n2.12 Clause 3.9 (‘Bus stops, pedestrian, children and train crossings’) amended\nIn clause 3.9—\n(a) in the title delete the word ‘, children’;\n(b) add the words ‘; or’ at the end of clause 3.9(1)(b);\n(c) delete clause 3.9(1)(c); and\n(d) renumber the remaining subclauses in clause 3.9(1).\n2.13 Clause 3.11 (‘Pedestrian malls’) amended\nIn clause 3.11—\n(a) add the words ‘; or’ at the end of subclause (b);\n(b) replace the words ‘; or’ at the end of subclause (c) with a full stop; and\n(c) delete subclause (d).\n2.14 Clause 3.13 (‘Charter vehicle zones’) amended\n(a) Replace clause 3.13(2) with—\n(2) A charter vehicle must not stop or park in a charter vehicle zone except to pick up or drop\noff passengers.\n\n15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4055\n(2A) A charter vehicle must not stop or park in a charter vehicle zone for no more than—\n(a) 15 minutes—if the charter vehicle has 12 or more seats including the driver; or\n(b) 5 minutes—if the charter vehicle has less than 12 seats including the driver.\n(b) In clause 3.13(3)—\n(1) replace the words ‘subclause (2)(b)’ with ‘subclause (2A)(b)’; and\n(2) replace the words ‘a charter vehicle’ with ‘the charter vehicle’.\n2.15 Clause 4.1 (‘Payment of fees’) amended\nReplace clause 4.1 with—\n4.1 Payment of fees\n(1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a fee paying zone unless the appropriate fee as\nindicated at the time the person stops or parks the vehicle by a sign—\n(a) on the parking meter referable to the space—in the case of a metered space;\n(b) on the ticket issuing machine referable to the zone for each parking bay—in the case of\na ticket machine zone;\n(c) at or near to the entry to the parking station—in the case of a fee paying zone where\nthere is a licence plate recognition system; or\n(d) specifying that the fee paying zone is a mobile payment zone, or as indicated at the time\nthe person stops or parks the vehicle by a mobile app (and if the mobile app indicates a\ndifferent fee to any sign, then the fee indicated by the mobile app will be the required\nfee)—in the case of a mobile payment zone,\nis paid by any form of permitted payment.\n(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part 4, the payment of the fee referred to in subclause\n(1) entitles a person to stop or park a vehicle in—\n(a) a metered space for the period shown on a sign referable to the space;\n(b) a ticket machine zone for the period shown on the parking ticket;\n(c) a fee paying zone with a licence plate recognition system for the period shown on\na sign referable to the parking station; or\n(d) a mobile payment zone for the period shown by the mobile app confirmation where\npayment is made by mobile app,\nbut does not authorise the parking of the vehicle during any time when stopping or\nparking in that space or zone is prohibited under this local law.\n2.16 New clause 4.3A (‘Mobile app’) added\nAfter clause 4.3, add a new clause 4.3A as follows—\n4.3A Mobile app\nA person must not operate a mobile app except in accordance with the terms and conditions\napplying to the use of the mobile app.\n2.17 Clause 4.5 (‘Display of parking tickets and parking limits’) amended\n(1) In clause 4.5(1)—\n(a) replace the words ‘the purchase of’ with ‘obtaining’; and\n(b) add the words ‘the details on the ticket regarding the period in which stopping or parking is\npermitted by that ticket are’ between the words ‘and’ and ‘able’ in subclause (b).\n(2) In clause 4.5(2), replace the words ‘subclause (3)’ with ‘clause 4.5A’.\n2.18 New clause 4.5A (‘Trailers’) created\nDelete subclause 4.5(3) and after clause 4.5 add a new clause 4.5A as follows—\n4.5A Trailers\nWhere a trailer (or a caravan which is not capable of self-propulsion) is attached to a vehicle stopped\nor parked in a fee paying zone—\n(a) a parking ticket must be obtained, or payment must otherwise be made, for each occupied\nparking bay as permitted under this local law; and\n(b) where applicable to the fee paying zone and means of payment used, each parking ticket\nmust be displayed inside the vehicle in accordance with clauses 4.5(1)(a) and (b).\n2.19 Clause 4.6 (‘Reserved fee paying zones’) amended\nIn clause 4.6—\n(a) delete the words ‘metred space, or’; and\n(b) add the words ‘or sign designating it as a fee paying zone’ after the words ‘the parking meter\nor ticket machine’.\n(c) replace the words ‘ “No Parking”, “Reserved Parking”, “Temporary Bus Stop” ‘ with ‘ “No\nStopping”, “Authorised Vehicles Excepted” ‘ in subclause (a).\n\n4056 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023\n2.20 Clause 4.8 (‘Use of counterfeit or altered parking tickets’) amended\nReplace clause 4.8 with—\n4.8 Use of altered parking tickets\nA person must not—\n(a) park a vehicle in a parking facility which requires a parking ticket and display a parking\nticket; or\n(b) produce to an authorised person, a parking ticket,\nwhich an authorised person is satisfied is not a genuine ticket validly obtained under this local law\nor which an authorised person is satisfied has been altered, obliterated or interfered with.\n2.21 Clause 5.1 (‘Restrictions on entering a parking station’) amended\nIn clause 5.1—\n(a) add the words ‘, or without first obtaining authorization to enter through the use of a mobile\napp,’ after the words ‘or an entrance ticket or parking ticket’;\n(b) delete the word ‘or’ at the end of subclause (a);\n(c) replace the full stop at the end of subclause (b) with the words ‘; or’; and\n(d) after subclause (b), add a new subclause (c) as follows—\n(c) the person is granted entry by a licence plate recognition system.\n2.22 Clause 5.2 (‘Stopping or parking in a parking station’) amended\n(a) In clause 5.2(b)—\n(1) add the words ‘the fee is paid’ after the words ‘into the machine, or’; and\n(2) delete the word ‘or’ at the end of the clause.\n(b) In clause 5.2(c)—\n(1) add the words ‘the fee is paid’ after the words ‘into the machine, or’; and\n(2) replace the full stop at the end of the clause with ‘; or’.\n(c) After clause 5.2(c), add new clauses 5.2(d) and 5.2(e) as follows—\n(d) a parking station with a licence plate recognition system—unless the appropriate fee as\nindicated by a sign is inserted into a fee collection machine, or the fee is paid by any other\nform of permitted payment, prior to departure from the licence plate recognition station;\nor\n(e) a parking station that allows entry and payment through the use of a mobile app—unless\nthe appropriate fee has been paid in accordance with subclauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) above,\nif available, or paid through the mobile app and the person complies with the terms and\nconditions applicable to the use of the mobile app.\n2.23 Clause 6.1 (‘Classes and application for parking permit’) amended\n(a) In clause 6.1(2)(c), add the word ‘be’ at the start of the clause.\n(b) After clause 6.1(2), add a new clause 6.1(3) as follows—\n(3) A person must not, in or in connection with any application for a parking permit under\nsubclause (2), provide information or documents that are false or misleading in a material\nparticular.\n2.24 Clause 6.3 (‘Exemption for permit holders’) amended\n(a) In clause 6.3(1)(b), add the words ‘or to pay any fee under this local law’ after the words ‘have\na parking ticket’.\n(b) In clause 6.3(2)(c), add the words ‘(for permits other than e-permits)’ at the start of the clause.\n2.25 Clause 6.5 (‘Use of counterfeit or altered parking permit’) amended\nReplace clause 6.5 with—\n6.5 Use of altered parking permit\nA person must not—\n(a) use or display in a vehicle; or\n(b) produce to an authorised person who accepts payment for parking,\na parking permit which an authorised person is satisfied is not a genuine permit validly issued under\nthis local law or which an authorised person is satisfied has been altered, obliterated or interfered with.\n2.26 Clause 6.6 (‘Revoking a permit’) amended\nIn clause 6.6(1), add the words ‘or if an authorised person is satisfied that, before the parking permit\nwas issued, the permit holder (or a person on their behalf) provided information or documents in or in\nconnection with the application for the permit which were false in a material particular’ after the words\n‘class of parking permit’ at the end of the clause.\n2.27 Clause 6.7 (‘Removal of a permit from vehicle’) amended\nIn clause 6.7, add the words ‘(other than an e-permit)’ after the words ‘holder of a parking permit’.\n\n15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4057\n2.28 Clause 7.11 (‘Interfere with or damage local government property’) amended\nIn clause 7.11, add the words ‘fee paying machine,’ after the words ‘interfere with, damage or obstruct\nthe operation of any’.\n2.29 Clause 8.2 (‘Form of notices’) amended\nReplace clause 8.2 with the following—\n8.2 Form of notices\nFor the purposes of this local law—\n(a) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule\n1 of the Regulations;\n(b) the form of the infringement notice referred to in section 9.17 of the Act is that of Form\n2 in Schedule 1 of the Regulations; and\n(c) the form of the infringement withdrawal notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is\nthat of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of the Regulations.\n2.30 Clause 8.3 (‘Modified penalty’) amended\nIn clause 8.3—\n(a) replace each reference to ‘Schedule 2’ with ‘the Schedule to this local law’.\n(b) replace the words ‘that Schedule’ with ‘the Schedule’ in subclause (2).\n2.31 Schedule 1 deleted\nDelete Schedule 1.\n2.32 Schedule 2 amended\nReplace Schedule 2 with the following—\nSchedule—Modified Penalties\n[clause 8.3]\nItem\nNo.\nOffence\nClauses Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty\n1 2.3(1)(a) Stopping or parking a vehicle of a different class $120\n2 2.3(1)(b) Stopping or parking by persons of a different class $120\n3 2.3(1)(c) Stopping or parking a vehicle during a prohibited period $200\n4 2.3(1)(d) Stopping or parking a vehicle for more than the maximum\ntime specified $60\n5 2.3(1)(e) Failure to park or stop wholly within a parking bay or metered\nspace $60\n6 2.3(1)(f) Stopping or parking contrary to sign $60\n7 2.3(1)(g) Stopping or parking in a parking facility designated as a\nloading dock $60\n8 2.3(2)(a) Stopping or parking in a no stopping area $200\n9 2.3(2)(b) Stopping or parking at the side of a carriageway marked with\na continuous yellow edged line $200\n10 2.3(2)(c) Stopping or parking in an area of a carriageway signed or\nmarked with a keep clear marking $200\n11 2.3(2A) Stopping or parking a vehicle in a bay marked “M/C” $75\n12 2.3(2B)(a) Stopping or parking in a bus lane $200\n13 2.3(2B)(b) Stopping or parking in a bicycle lane or on a path $200\n14 2.3(3) Parking in a no parking area $75\n\n4058 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023\nItem\nNo.\nOffence\nClauses Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty\n15 2.3(4)(a) Failure to stop a motorcycle in a parking bay or metered space\nmarked “M/C” $75\n16 2.3(4)(b) Failure to stop a motorcycle in a parking bay or metered space\nwith a sign applying to the bay or space inscribed “M/C” $75\n17 2.3(5)\nStopping or parking a vehicle in a parking bay or metered\nspace for longer than the maximum period during which a\nvehicle may stop or be parked in any adjacent parking bay or\nmetered space\n$60\n18 2.3(6) Stopping or parking a vehicle in an area designated by a sign\nstating “Authorised Vehicles Excepted” without permission $100\n19 2.3(7) Stopping or parking a vehicle other than a bicycle against or\nwithin 1 metre of a bicycle parking device $100\n20 2.4(2) Stopping or parking a vehicle on land without owner or\noccupier consent $100\n21 2.4(3) Stopping or parking on land not in accordance with consent $100\n22 2.5(1)(a) Stopping or parking in a no stopping area, in a school zone\nduring a school zone period $225\n23 2.5(1)(b)\nStopping or parking at the side of a carriageway marked with\na continuous yellow edged line, in a school zone during a school\nzone period\n$225\n24 2.5(1)(c) Stopping or parking on a road verge, in a school zone during a\nschool zone period $100\n25 2.5(1)(d) Stopping or parking on a footpath or pedestrian refuge, in a\nschool zone during a school zone period $225\n26 2.5(1)(e)\nStopping or parking in a parking bay in which another vehicle\nis stopped or parked, in a school zone during a school zone\nperiod\n$85\n27 2.5(1)(f) Double parking in a school zone during a school zone period $225\n28 2.5(1)(g) Stopping or parking on or across a driveway in a school zone\nduring a school zone period $225\n29 2.5(1)(h)(i)\nStopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or\nwithin 20 metres of the approach side of a bus embayment or\na bus zone, in a school zone during a school zone period\n$225\n30 2.5(1)(h)(ii)\nStopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or\nwithin 20 metres of the approach side of a pedestrian crossing,\nin a school zone during a school zone period\n$225\n31 2.5(1)(h)(iii)\nStopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or\nwithin 20 metres of the approach side of a children’s crossing,\nin a school zone during a school zone period\n$225\n32 2.5(2)\nStopping or parking on a carriageway so that it obstructs or\nmay obstruct a vehicle on a carriageway, in a school zone\nduring a school zone period\n$225\n33 2.6(a) Failure to stop or park a vehicle as near as practicable to and\nparallel with an adjacent carriageway boundary $60\n34 2.6(b) Failure to stop or park a vehicle at approximately right angles\nto the centre of a carriageway $60\n35 2.7 Failure to stop or park at an angle of approximately 45 degrees\nto the centre of a carriageway in an “angle parking” area $60\n\n15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4059\nItem\nNo.\nOffence\nClauses Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty\n36 2.8(1)(a) Stopping or parking in a loading zone without a commercial\nloading vehicle or authorised vehicle $100\n37 2.8(1)(b) Stopping or parking in a loading zone without loading or\nunloading goods to or from the vehicle $60\n38 2.8(2) Stopping or parking a vehicle in a loading zone for longer than\nthe time permitted $60\n39 2.9 Stopping or parking on or over any portion of a reserve $100\n40 2.10 Stopping or parking in a parking bay or metered space in\nwhich another vehicle is stopped or parked $60\n41 2.11(4) Failure to stop or park in accordance with terms of permission\ngranted by an authorised person $75\n42 2.12 Parking or stopping contrary to the direction of an authorised\nperson $100\n43 2.13\nSelling, hiring, or giving away goods or erecting an\nadvertisement in a parking facility without written\nauthorisation\n$200\n44 2.14 Removing, damaging, defacing misusing or interfering with\nany part of a parking facility $200\n45 2.15(3)(a)\nStopping or parking a vehicle on a reserve or local government\nproperty established as a parking facility for an event without\na ticket for that event\n$60\n46 2.15(3)(b)(i)\nFailure to display a disability parking permit in an area for\nvehicles displaying disability parking permits on a reserve or\nlocal government property established as a parking facility for\nan event.\n$500\n47 2.15(3)(b)(ii)\nStopping or parking a vehicle on a reserve or local government\nproperty established as a parking facility for an event in an\narea for vehicles displaying disability parking permits without\nentitlement to display permit\n$500\n48 2.17 Stopping or parking in an area for authorised vehicles without\npermission $100\n49 2.18 Stopping or parking on or over any portion of local government\nproperty. $100\n50 2.19(a) Parking or stopping in an electric vehicle charging bay without\nan electric vehicle $100\n51 2.19(b)\nStopping or parking in an electric vehicle charging bay without\nconnecting to the external source of electricity available for\nthat electric charging bay\n$100\n52 2.20\nStopping or parking in a recreational parking bay without\nengaging in a recreational activity in the public park to which\nthe bay is adjacent\n$100\n53 3.1(a) Failure to stop or park on the left of a two-way carriageway $100\n54 3.1(b) Failure to stop or park on the boundary of a one-way\ncarriageway $100\n55 3.1(c) Stopping or parking when the distance from the farther\nboundary of a carriageway is less than 3 metres $60\n56 3.1(d) Stopping or parking closer than 1.2 metres from another\nvehicle on a carriageway $60\n57 3.1(e) Causing obstruction on a carriageway $200\n58 3.2 Stopping or parking on a traffic island or median strip $75\n\n4060 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023\nItem\nNo.\nOffence\nClauses Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty\n59 3.3(1)(a) Stopping or parking a bus, trailer or caravan unattached to a\nmotor vehicle on a verge $75\n60 3.3(1)(b) Stopping or parking on a verge during prohibited period $75\n61 3.3(2) Stopping or parking on a verge without authorisation of the\nowner or occupier of the premises adjacent to that verge $75\n62 3.4(a) Parking on a road or within a parking station for the purpose\nof exposing the vehicle for sale $75\n63 3.4(b) Parking an unlicensed vehicle on a road or within a parking\nstation $75\n64 3.4(c) Parking a trailer or caravan unattached to a motor vehicle on\na road or within a parking station $75\n65 3.4(d) Parking on a road or within a parking station for the purpose\nof repairs $75\n66 3.5(3)(a) Causing an obstruction on a road $200\n67 3.5(3)(b) Obstructing an entrance, exit, carriageway, passage or\nthoroughfare in a parking facility $200\n68 3.5(3)(c) Stopping or parking on an intersection $200\n69 3.5(3)(d)\nStopping or parking on a carriageway within 20 metres from\nan intersecting carriageway at an intersection with traffic-\ncontrol signals\n$200\n70 3.5(3)(e)\nStopping or parking on a carriageway within 10 metres of the\nprolongation of the nearest edge of any intersecting\ncarriageway (without traffic-control signals) intersecting that\ncarriageway on the side on which the vehicle is stopped or\nparked\n$200\n71 3.5(3)(f) Stopping or parking on or over a footpath, pedestrian crossing\nor a place for pedestrians $200\n72 3.5(3)(g) Stopping or parking alongside or opposite an excavation, work,\nhoarding, scaffolding or obstruction on a carriageway $100\n73 3.5(3)(h) Stopping or parking on a bridge or other elevated structure or\nwithin a tunnel or underpass $200\n74 3.5(3)(i)\nStopping or parking between the boundaries of a carriageway\nand any double longitudinal line consisting of 2 continuous\nlines\n$100\n75 3.5(3)(j)\nStopping or parking between a double longitudinal line\nconsisting of a continuous line and a broken or dotted line and\nthe boundary of a carriageway nearer to the continuous line\n$100\n76 3.5(3)(k) Stopping or parking within the head of a cul-de-sac $200\n77 3.6(1) Stopping or parking a vehicle on a road between any other\nstationary vehicle and the centre of the carriageway $200\n78 3.7\nStopping or parking on or across a driveway or other way of\naccess for a vehicle travelling to or from land adjacent to a road\nor thoroughfare\n$200\n79 3.8(a) Stopping or parking within 1 metre of a fire hydrant or fire\nplug $200\n80 3.8(b) Stopping or parking within 3 metres of a public post box $60\n81 3.9(1)(a)\nStopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or\nwithin 20 metres of the approach side of a bus embayment or\na bus zone\n$200\n\n15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4061\nItem\nNo.\nOffence\nClauses Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty\n82 3.9(1)(b) Stopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or\nwithin 20 metres of the approach side of a pedestrian crossing $200\n83 3.9(1)(c)\nStopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or\nwithin 20 metres of the approach side of the nearest rail of a\nrailway level crossing\n$200\n84 3.9(2)(a)\nStopping within 3 metres of the departure side or within 10\nmetres of the approach side of a pedestrian crossing that is not\nat an intersection\n$200\n85 3.9(2)(b)\nStopping within 3 metres of the departure side or within 10\nmetres of the approach side of a bicycle crossing, equipped with\nbicycle crossing lights, that is not at an intersection.\n$200\n86 3.10(1) Moving a vehicle to avoid time limitation on a carriageway $60\n87 3.10(2) Moving a vehicle to avoid time limitation in a parking station $60\n88 3.11 Stopping or parking in a pedestrian mall $200\n89 3.12(1) Stopping or parking in a public bus zone $200\n90 3.12(2) Public bus stopping or parking in a bus embayment without\nactively picking up or setting down passengers $100\n91 3.13(1) Stopping or parking in a charter vehicle zone $120\n92 3.13(2) Charter vehicle stopping or parking in a charter vehicle zone\nwithout picking up or dropping off passengers $100\n93 3.13(2A)(a) Charter vehicle with 12 or more seats stopping or parking in a\ncharter vehicle zone for more than 15 minutes $100\n94 3.13(2A)(b) Charter vehicle with less than 12 seats stopping or parking in\na charter vehicle zone for more than 5 minutes $100\n95 3.13(3) Leaving a charter vehicle unattended in the charter vehicle\nzone $100\n96 3.14(1) Stopping a vehicle in a taxi zone $120\n97 3.14(2) Leaving a taxi unattended in a taxi zone $100\n98 3.15(8) Stopping or parking in a work zone $100\n99 3.16(a) Failure to stop at a place on a length of a carriageway, or in a\npermitted area, in a shared zone $100\n100 3.16(b) Failure to stop in a permitted parking bay in a shared zone $100\n101 3.16(c) Stopping or parking in a shared zone without dropping off, or\npicking up, passengers or goods $60\n102 3.16(d)\nStopping or parking in a shared zone without engaging in door-\nto-door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of\nwaste\n$60\n103 3.17(1)(a) Parking heavy or long vehicles on a carriageway in a built-up\narea for over an hour $60\n104 3.17(1)(b) Parking heavy or long vehicles on a carriageway outside a\nbuilt-up area $60\n105 4.1(1)(a) Stopping or parking in a fee paying zone without paying the\nfee indicated by a sign on the parking meter $60\n106 4.1(1)(b) Stopping or parking in a fee paying zone without paying the\nfee indicated by a sign on the ticket issuing machine $60\n107 4.1(1)(c)\nStopping or parking in a fee paying zone without paying the\nfee indicated by a sign at or near the entry to the parking\nstation\n$60\n\n4062 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023\nItem\nNo.\nOffence\nClauses Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty\n108 4.1(1)(d)\nStopping or parking in a fee paying zone without paying the\nfee indicated by a sign specifying that the fee paying zone is a\nmobile payment zone\n$60\n109 4.2 Failure to pay fee in accordance with instructions on the fee\npaying machine $100\n110 4.3 Failure to operate a fee paying machine in accordance with the\noperating instruction on the fee paying machine $100\n111 4.3A Failure to operate a mobile app in accordance with the terms\nand conditions $100\n112 4.4(a)\nLeaving a vehicle stopped or parked in a metered space when\nthe parking meter exhibits the sign ‘Expired’, a negative time\nor a series of red flashing lights\n$60\n113 4.4(b)\nLeaving a vehicle stopped or parked in a metered space for\nlonger than the maximum period that stopping or parking is\npermitted\n$60\n114 4.5(1)(a) Failure to display unexpired parking ticket inside the vehicle $60\n115 4.5(1)(b) Parking ticket not clearly visible to authorised person $60\n116 4.6 Leaving a vehicle stopped or parked in a reserved fee paying\nzone $100\n117 4.7(1)(a) Stopping or parking in a fee paying zone during a period when\nstopping or parking is not permitted $60\n118 4.7(1)(b) Stopping or parking in a fee paying zone for longer than the\nmaximum period permitted $60\n119 4.8(a) Displaying an ingenuine or altered ticket $500\n120 4.8(b) Producing an ingenuine or altered ticket to an authorised\nperson $500\n121 5.1 Entering a parking station without authorisation or a ticket $100\n122 5.2(a) Stopping or parking in an attended parking station without\npaying the fee $100\n123 5.2(b) Stopping or parking in a parking station with a ticket issuing\nmachine without paying the fee $60\n124 5.2(c) Stopping or parking in a parking station with a fee collection\nmachine without paying the fee $60\n125 5.2(d) Stopping or parking in a parking station with licence plate\nrecognition without paying the fee $60\n126 5.2(e)\nStopping or parking in a parking station that allows entry and\npayment through the use of a mobile app without paying the\nfee\n$60\n127 5.4(1)(a) Removing vehicle from a parking station without paying fee $200\n128 5.4(2) Failure to pay fee issued by the local government within 3\nworking days $100\n129 5.5 Stopping or parking in a parking station for longer than the\nmaximum period permitted $60\n130 5.6 Entering or exiting a parking facility other than through an\nauthorised entry or exit $100\n131 5.7(2) Stopping or parking in a parking station set aside for vehicles\nwith multiple occupants $60\n132 5.7(3) Entering a parking station set aside for vehicles with multiple\noccupants $60\n\n15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4063\nItem\nNo.\nOffence\nClauses Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty\n133 5.9(1) Remaining in a parking station after having been required to\nleave by a police officer or authorised person $100\n134 5.9(2) Loitering in a parking station $100\n135 5.10 Driving past a low clearance sign in a vehicle higher than the\nheight indicated by the sign $200\n136 6.1(3) Proving false or misleading material in or in connection with\nan application for a parking permit $500\n137 6.5(a) Using or displaying an ingenuine or altered parking permit $500\n138 6.5(b) Producing an ingenuine or altered parking permit to an\nauthorised person $500\n139 6.7 Failure to remove revoked parking permit $60\n140 6.10(2)(a) Failure to clearly display written permit issued by local\ngovernment $100\n141 6.10(2)(b) Stopping or parking in a parking facility with an invalid\npermit $100\n142 6.10(2)(c)\nStopping or parking in a parking facility with a permit\nspecifying a person’s or vehicle’s class other than that\npermitted\n$100\n143 7.4 Impersonating or assuming the functions of an authorised\nperson $100\n144 7.5 Obstructing an authorised person $100\n145 7.6 Removing a notice put on a vehicle by an authorised person $100\n146 7.7(a) Displaying an unauthorised sign resembling a sign displayed\nby the local government under this local law $100\n147 7.7(b) Removing, defacing or misusing a sign or property set up by\nthe local government under this local law $100\n148 7.7(c)\nAffixing a board, sign placard, notice, cover or other thing to,\nor painting or writing on any part of a sign or fee paying\nmachine\n$100\n149 7.8(2) Removing a mark made by an authorised person $100\n150 7.11\nInterfering, damaging or obstructing the operation of an\nelectronic parking detection device or instrument in a parking\nstation, carriageway or other place\n$500\n151 Other offences not specified above. $60\n2.33 Schedule 3 deleted\nDelete Schedule 3.\nDated this 6th day of December 2023.\nThe Common Seal of the City of Perth was affixed by authority of a a resolution of the Council in the\npresence of—\nBASIL ZEMPILAS, Lord Mayor.\nMICHELLE REYNOLDS, Chief Executive Officer.\n———————————","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":7,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The amendment expands and modernises the local law’s scope. It adds electronic payment and enforcement mechanisms (mobile app, licence‑plate recognition, fee collection machines), creates new bay types (electric vehicle charging bays, recreational parking bays), introduces e-permits and a false‑information offence for permit applications, and revises many vehicle classifications and penalty items. These changes broaden the range of regulated behaviour and enforcement tools beyond the 2017 text and increase digital compliance requirements and local-government operational discretion."},"complexity_factors":["Large number of definitional changes and new defined terms (electric vehicle, e-permit, mobile app, licence plate recognition, mobile payment zone, recreational parking bay)","Introduction of electronic systems and processes (mobile apps, licence-plate recognition, fee collection machines) that interact with physical signs and existing payment machines","Broad rewrite of payment and entry rules across different fee‑paying zone types (metered, ticket, mobile payment, licence‑plate recognition) with conditional fee hierarchies","Extensive overhaul of offences and a comprehensive modified-penalty schedule with many new and amended penalties","New compliance obligations (e.g. duty not to provide false material in permit applications; mobile app terms) and related enforcement powers for authorised persons","Cross-references to external legislation and regulations (Local Government Act 1995, Regulations, Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012, Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018) that affect interpretation and application","Removal and replacement of prior clauses and schedules (deleting Schedules 1 and 3; replacing Schedule 2), creating potential transitional and interpretive complexity","Operational discretion left to local government (permitted payment methods, sign designations, authorisations) creating variable on‑the‑ground implementation"],"plain_english_summary":"This amendment modernises the City of Perth’s 2017 parking rules by adding electronic payment and enforcement methods, new vehicle and bay types, and an updated offence-and-fine schedule. It introduces mobile app payments, licence-plate recognition, e-permits, electric vehicle charging bays and recreational parking bays, and revises many definitions and penalties.\n\nWho pays: drivers who use paid or regulated bays. Who decides: the local government by signs, authorised officers and mobile app terms. Compliance burdens include digital payment/permit obligations and stricter proofs for permit applications."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose of regulating parking in the City of Perth. While it significantly modernises the mechanisms (adding digital payments, electric vehicle infrastructure, and mobile apps), these are evolutionary updates within the existing parking management framework rather than expansion into new regulatory areas. The removal of obsolete terms (bus ways, transit lanes) actually narrows and clarifies the scope."},"complexity_factors":["Amendment structure requires cross-referencing back to the 2017 principal local law to understand full context","47+ defined terms in the interpretation section (clause 1.6), including 15 new definitions added by this amendment","Nested conditional logic in payment rules (clause 4.1) with four different payment methods each having specific requirements","Multiple cross-references to external legislation: Local Government Act 1995, Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012, Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018, and Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996","Extensive penalty schedule with 151 specific offences and corresponding fines, replacing previous schedule structure","Technical integration requirements (mobile apps, licence plate recognition, e-permits) creating operational dependencies","Dual amendments to same subsections (e.g., clause 2.3 with multiple new subsections 2A, 2B, and 7) creating layered prohibitions"],"plain_english_summary":"This law modernises Perth’s 2017 parking rules for the digital age, formally allowing mobile app payments, licence-plate entry/exit, and e-permits, while strengthening rules for electric-vehicle charging bays and new recreational parking near parks.  \n\nIt also tightens penalties, clarifies vehicle and permit definitions, simplifies fines into one schedule, and affects anyone who parks in the City of Perth — residents, visitors, delivery drivers and transport operators — by making enforcement clearer and more technology-friendly."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-parking-amendment-local-law-2023","history":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-parking-amendment-local-law-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-parking-amendment-local-law-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-parking-amendment-local-law-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-parking-amendment-local-law-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/city-of-perth-parking-amendment-local-law-2023/documents"}}