{"id":"health-services-conduct-and-traffic-regulations-2016","name":"Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016","slug":"health-services-conduct-and-traffic-regulations-2016","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":176789,"registerId":"wa-health-services-conduct-and-traffic-regulations-2016-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nHealth Services Act 2016\n\nHealth Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016\n\nWestern Australia\n\nHealth Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016\n\nContents\n\nPart 1 — Preliminary\n\n1. Citation 1\n\n2. Commencement 1\n\n3. Terms used 1\n\n4. Appointment of authorised persons 3\n\nPart 2 — Behaviour on health service provider land\n\n5. No entry without cause 5\n\n6. Directions as to use of certain areas 5\n\n7. Prohibited items 5\n\n8. Smoking 6\n\nPart 3 — Traffic control\n\nDivision 1 — Driving and use of vehicles\n\n9. Application of *Road Traffic Code 2000* 7\n\n10. Driving of vehicles 7\n\n11. Driver to obey reasonable direction 7\n\n12. Speed limits 8\n\n13. Giving way 8\n\n14. No instruction or repairs on land 8\n\nDivision 2 — Parking\n\n15. Parking to be in parking spaces only 9\n\n16. Signs to be obeyed 9\n\n17. Parking in parking spaces 9\n\n18. Types of parking areas 10\n\n19. Parking in ticket parking area or boom gate controlled ticket parking area 10\n\n20. Parking in paid staff parking area 12\n\n21. Parking in permit parking area 13\n\n22. Parking permits 13\n\n23. Application for parking permit 14\n\n24. Review of decisions about parking permits 15\n\n25. Appointment of committees 16\n\n26. Fees for parking permits 17\n\n27. Cancellation of parking permit 17\n\n28. Refund of parking permit fees 18\n\nPart 4 — Infringement notices\n\n29. Prescribed offences and modified penalties 20\n\n30. Authorised officers and approved officers 20\n\n31. Forms 20\n\nPart 5 — General\n\n32. Removal of vehicles 21\n\n33. Other offences 21\n\nSchedule 1 — Fees\n\n1. Terms used 22\n\n2. Fees for Armadale Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital 22\n\n3. Fees for Bentley Hospital 23\n\n4. Fees for Fiona Stanley Hospital 23\n\n5. Fees for Fremantle Hospital 24\n\n6. Fees for King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women 25\n\n7. Fees for Osborne Park Hospital 26\n\n9. Fees for Royal Perth Hospital 26\n\n10. Fees for health service provider sites in WA Country Health Service area 27\n\nSchedule 2 — Prescribed offences and modified penalties\n\nSchedule 3 — Infringement notice forms\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 37\n\nDefined terms\n\n  \n\nHealth Services Act 2016\n\nHealth Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016\n\n## Part 1 — Preliminary\n\n##### 1. Citation\n\n\t\tThese regulations are the *Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016*.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThese regulations come into operation on the day on which the *Health Services Act 2016* section 209 comes into operation.\n\n##### 3. Terms used\n\n(1) In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears —\n\napproved, in relation to an activity on or in relation to health service provider land, means approved by the responsible chief executive;\n\ndriver, in relation to a vehicle, includes rider;\n\nhealth service provider land has the meaning given in section 207 of the Act;\n\nparking facility means any land or structure on health service provider land containing a parking space or parking spaces;\n\nparking permit means a permit granted under regulation 22;\n\nparking space means a place on health service provider land, whether in a parking facility or not, that is set aside and identified as a place where a vehicle may be parked;\n\nprescribed fee, in relation to a matter, means the fee specified for that matter in Schedule 1;\n\nresponsible authorised person, in relation to health service provider land, means a person appointed under regulation 4 as an authorised person for the land for the purpose of the regulation in which the term is used;\n\nresponsible chief executive, in relation to health service provider land, means the chief executive of the health service provider in which the land is vested or that has care, control and maintenance of the land;\n\nresponsible person, for a vehicle, means the person responsible for the vehicle under the *Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008* section 6;\n\nroadway means an area of health service provider land which, although it is not a road as defined in the *Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008* section 4, is set aside for use by vehicular traffic, but excludes a parking facility;\n\nsign means marking, notice or sign marked, erected or displayed on health service provider land by the responsible chief executive;\n\nspeed restriction sign means a sign erected or marked in or about a roadway containing a numeral or numerals;\n\nstaff member, of a health service provider, includes a person who is an employee of a body that provides services to the health service provider under a contract;\n\nticket means a ticket from a ticket vending machine showing —\n\n(a) the day of issue of the ticket; and\n\n(b) the time of issue or expiry, or the time of issue and expiry, of the ticket;\n\nticket vending machine means machine situated in a parking facility which issues a ticket;\n\nvehicle has the meaning given in the *Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008* section 4.\n\n(2) A reference in these regulations to permission in relation to carrying out an activity on health service provider land is a reference to permission that is —\n\n(a) given by the responsible chief executive or a responsible authorised person; and\n\n(b) in writing; and\n\n(c) obtained and not revoked prior to the performing of the act that is the subject of the permission.\n\n(3) For the purposes of these regulations, other than regulation 19(3) and (6), a staff member of a health service provider acting in the course of the staff member’s employment is to be treated as having the permission referred to in subregulation (2) in relation to health service provider land vested in, or under the care, control or management of the health service provider.\n\n##### 4. Appointment of authorised persons\n\n(1) The chief executive of a health service provider may, in writing, appoint a staff member of the health service provider as an authorised person.\n\n(2) The instrument of appointment must specify —\n\n(a) the health service provider land for which the authorised person is appointed; and\n\n(b) the regulations for the purpose of which the authorised person is appointed; and\n\n(c) any other conditions or restrictions the chief executive thinks appropriate.\n\n(3) The appointment of an authorised person is subject to the restrictions specified in the instrument of appointment.\n\n(4) An appointment under subregulation (1) may be made in respect of a specified person or persons of a specified class.\n\n(5) The responsible chief executive must issue to each authorised person appointed by the chief executive a certificate identifying the person and the health service provider land and the purpose for which the person is authorised.\n\n## Part 2 — Behaviour on health service provider land\n\n##### 5. No entry without cause\n\nA person must not enter or remain on health service provider land without a reasonable excuse.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $300.\n\n[Regulation 5 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n##### 6. Directions as to use of certain areas\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\nspecified means specified in the sign containing the direction.\n\n(2) A responsible authorised person may, by means of a sign, direct that a specified part of health service provider land is open to members of the public or a specified section of the public.\n\n(3) A direction under this regulation may be made subject to specified conditions.\n\n(4) The responsible chief executive may cancel or vary a direction or condition under this regulation.\n\n(5) A person must not contravene a condition of a direction under this regulation.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $500.\n\n[Regulation 6 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5319.]\n\n##### 7. Prohibited items\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\nprohibited item means —\n\n(a) an alcoholic beverage; or\n\n(b) a firearm as defined in the *Firearms Act 2024* section 6; or\n\n(c) a controlled weapon as defined in the *Weapons Act 1999* section 3; or\n\n(d) a prohibited weapon as defined in the *Weapons Act 1999* section 3; or\n\n(da) an article with a sharpened edge, that is reasonably capable of being held in 1 or both hands, and that is made or modified to be used —\n\n(i) to injure or disable a person; or\n\n(ii) to cause a person to fear that someone will be injured or disabled by that use; or\n\n(iii) for attack or defence in the practice of a martial sport, art or similar discipline;\n\nor\n\n(e) a prohibited drug as defined in the *Misuse of Drugs Act 1981* section 3(1).\n\n(2) A person must not bring onto health service provider land a prohibited item unless the person has permission to do so.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $500.\n\n[Regulation 7 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5319; SL 2024/281 r. 4; SL 2024/297 r. 4.]\n\n##### 8. Smoking\n\nA person must not smoke on health service provider land.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $500.\n\n[Regulation 8 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5319.]\n\n## Part 3 — Traffic control\n\n### Division 1 — Driving and use of vehicles\n\n##### 9. Application of *Road Traffic Code 2000*\n\nSubject to these regulations, the *Road Traffic Code 2000* applies to and in relation to the driving of a vehicle on health service provider land.\n\n##### 10. Driving of vehicles\n\n(1) A person must not drive or bring a vehicle onto a part of health service provider land that is not a roadway or a parking facility, unless the person has permission to do so.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n(2) A person must not drive or bring a vehicle that has an unladen weight of more than 4 tonnes onto health service provider land, unless the person has permission to do so.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n(3) A person must not drive, use or stand a vehicle in a part of health service provider land contrary to a direction in a sign that relates to that part of the land.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n(4) This regulation does not apply to a vehicle that is an emergency vehicle.\n\n[Regulation 10 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n##### 11. Driver to obey reasonable direction\n\nThe driver of a vehicle must obey a responsible authorised person’s reasonable direction in relation to the parking or movement of the vehicle on health service provider land, despite that direction being different from a direction in a sign.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n[Regulation 11 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n##### 12. Speed limits\n\n(1) A person must not drive a vehicle on a roadway or parking facility —\n\n(a) if a speed restriction sign is displayed in relation to a part of a roadway or parking facility — at a speed exceeding the speed indicated by the speed restriction sign; or\n\n(b) if no speed restriction sign is displayed — at a speed exceeding 10 km/h.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $500.\n\n(2) Subregulation (1) does not apply to the driving of an emergency vehicle.\n\n[Regulation 12 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5319.]\n\n##### 13. Giving way\n\nThe driver of a vehicle that is entering or about to enter a parking facility is to give way to a vehicle that is leaving the parking facility.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $300.\n\n[Regulation 13 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n##### 14. No instruction or repairs on land\n\nA person must not —\n\n(a) drive a vehicle on health service provider land for the purpose of giving or receiving driving instructions; or\n\n(b) repair or adjust a vehicle on health service provider land, except in an emergency.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $300.\n\n[Regulation 14 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n### Division 2 — Parking\n\n##### 15. Parking to be in parking spaces only\n\nA person must not park a vehicle on health service provider land unless the vehicle is parked in a parking space.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $300.\n\n[Regulation 15 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n##### 16. Signs to be obeyed\n\nA person must not park, stand or move a vehicle on health service provider land contrary to a direction in a sign.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $300.\n\n[Regulation 16 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n##### 17. Parking in parking spaces\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\nspecified means specified in a sign.\n\n(2) A sign may contain a direction that parking in a parking space, parking facility or part of a parking facility is set aside for —\n\n(a) a specified vehicle or specified class of vehicle; or\n\n(b) the vehicle of a specified person or specified class of persons; or\n\n(c) parking of vehicles for a specified period of time; or\n\n(d) parking of vehicles for a maximum period of time as is specified.\n\n(3) A person must not park, stand or move a vehicle in a parking space or a parking facility contrary to a direction in a sign.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n[Regulation 17 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n##### 18. Types of parking areas\n\n(1) A responsible chief executive may set aside a parking facility or part of a parking facility as —\n\n(a) a ticket parking area or a boom gate controlled ticket parking area for the purposes of regulation 19; or\n\n(b) a paid staff parking area for the purposes of regulation 20; or\n\n(c) a permit parking area for the purposes of regulation 21.\n\n(2) An area set aside under subregulation (1) must be identified as such by a sign or signs.\n\n##### 19. Parking in ticket parking area or boom gate controlled ticket parking area\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\nboom gate controlled ticket parking area means a boom gate controlled ticket parking area set aside under regulation 18(1)(a);\n\nticket parking area means a ticket parking area set aside under regulation 18(1)(a).\n\n(2) A person must not park a vehicle in a ticket parking area unless —\n\n(a) the person has purchased a ticket by paying the prescribed fee for that ticket parking area for the length of time for which the vehicle is to be parked; and\n\n(b) if a sign in the parking area requires that the ticket be displayed in the vehicle — the ticket is displayed as required.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n(3) A person does not commit an offence under subregulation (2) if —\n\n(a) the person has permission to park in the ticket parking area; and\n\n(b) if a sign in the parking area requires that a ticket be displayed in the vehicle — the permission is displayed as required as if it were a ticket.\n\n(4) A person must not drive a vehicle into or park a vehicle in a boom gate controlled ticket parking area unless the person has obtained a ticket from a ticket vending machine situated at the entrance to the parking area.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n(5) A person must not remove a vehicle from a boom gate controlled ticket parking area without paying the prescribed fee for the parking area for the length of time for which the vehicle has been parked.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n(6) A person does not commit an offence under subregulation (4) or (5) if the person —\n\n(a) has permission to park in the boom gate controlled ticket parking area; and\n\n(b) produces the permission for inspection when requested to do so by a responsible authorised person.\n\n(7) A person who has parked a vehicle in a ticket parking area or a boom gate controlled ticket parking area on a health service provider site must not leave the site while the vehicle is parked there.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n(8) In subregulation (7) —\n\nhealth service provider site means a site described in the *Health Services (Health Service Provider Land) Order 2016*.\n\n[Regulation 19 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n##### 20. Parking in paid staff parking area\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\neligible staff member means a person who is in a class of persons determined by the responsible chief executive under subregulation (5);\n\npaid staff parking area means an area set aside under regulation 18(1)(b).\n\n(2) A person must not park a vehicle in a paid staff parking area unless the person is an eligible staff member for that paid staff parking area.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n(3) An eligible staff member who parks a vehicle in a paid staff parking area must pay the prescribed fee for the length of time for which the vehicle has been parked before removing the vehicle from the parking area.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n(4) A fee payable under this regulation is to be paid in an approved manner.\n\n(5) A responsible chief executive may determine classes of persons who are eligible to park in specified paid staff parking areas on health service provider land.\n\n[Regulation 20 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n##### 21. Parking in permit parking area\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\npermit parking area means an area set aside under regulation 18(1)(c).\n\n(2) A person must not park a vehicle in a permit parking area unless —\n\n(a) the person holds a parking permit of the class (if any) for which the area is set aside; and\n\n(b) the person parks the vehicle in accordance with that permit; and\n\n(c) the permit is displayed in or on the vehicle in the manner specified in the permit.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $300.\n\n[Regulation 21 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n##### 22. Parking permits\n\n(1) A responsible chief executive may determine classes of parking permits and the eligibility criteria for each class of parking permit for a permit parking area on health service provider land.\n\n(2) A responsible authorised person may grant parking permits of such classes and subject to any conditions the authorised person thinks fit.\n\n(3) Without limiting subregulation (2) a parking permit may be subject to conditions relating to all or any of the following —\n\n(a) the vehicle, vehicles, or kind of vehicles, to which it relates;\n\n(b) the health service provider land, and areas within that land, in which the permit holder is permitted to park;\n\n(c) the times during which, or period of time for which, the permit holder is permitted to park;\n\n(d) the number of persons who must be in the vehicle at the time it arrives at, or departs from, the health service provider land.\n\n(4) A parking permit —\n\n(a) takes effect on the day specified in it; and\n\n(b) remains in effect for the period specified in it, unless it is cancelled before the end of that period.\n\n(5) If the holder of a parking permit of a particular class ceases to satisfy any of the eligibility criteria for that class of permit, the permit holder must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify a responsible authorised person.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $500.\n\n[Regulation 22 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5319.]\n\n##### 23. Application for parking permit\n\n(1) A person may apply to a responsible authorised person for the grant of a parking permit.\n\n(2) An application must be made in writing in an approved form.\n\n(3) An applicant must provide the authorised person with any additional information or document that the authorised person asks for.\n\n(4) If an applicant does not comply with the requirements of this regulation the authorised person may decline to deal with the application and is to advise the applicant accordingly.\n\n(5) Unless subregulation (4) applies, within 14 days of receiving an application for a parking permit, the authorised person is to —\n\n(a) grant a parking permit to the applicant; or\n\n(b) by written notice given to the applicant, refuse to grant a parking permit to the applicant.\n\n(6) A responsible authorised person is to give written notice to an applicant who is granted a parking permit if —\n\n(a) the parking permit granted is not of the class requested by the applicant; or\n\n(b) the parking permit is granted subject to a condition.\n\n(7) Written notice under subregulation (5)(b) or (6) must state the reasons for the decision and provide information about the right to a review of the decision under regulation 24.\n\n(8) An applicant or other person must not give information in relation to an application that the person knows to be —\n\n(a) false or misleading in a material particular; or\n\n(b) likely to deceive in a material way.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $500.\n\n[Regulation 23 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5319.]\n\n##### 24. Review of decisions about parking permits\n\n(1) In this regulation —\n\ndecision means a decision by an authorised person under regulation 23 to —\n\n(a) refuse to grant a parking permit; or\n\n(b) grant a parking permit of a class other than the class requested by the applicant; or\n\n(c) grant a parking permit subject to a condition;\n\nrelevant committee, in relation to a the review of a decision about a parking permit for a parking permit area, means a committee established under regulation 25 for the area.\n\n(2) An applicant for a parking permit who is aggrieved by a decision may apply in writing in an approved form to the relevant committee for a review of the decision.\n\n(3) An application for a review of a decision must be made by the applicant within 14 days after the applicant receives notice of the decision under regulation 23(5)(b) or (6).\n\n(4) An applicant for a review of a decision must provide the relevant committee with any additional information or document that the committee asks for to enable it to review the decision.\n\n(5) An applicant for a review of a decision or other person must not give information in relation to a review that the person knows to be —\n\n(a) false or misleading in a material particular; or\n\n(b) likely to deceive in a material way.\n\nPenalty for this subregulation: a fine of $500.\n\n(6) After reviewing a decision the relevant committee, by written notice given to the applicant, is to affirm, reverse or vary the decision.\n\n(7) The committee is to give the notice referred to in subregulation (6) within 30 days of receiving the application for a review of the decision under subregulation (2).\n\n[Regulation 24 amended: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5319.]\n\n##### 25. Appointment of committees\n\n(1) The chief executive of a health service provider that has one or more permit parking areas must establish a committee to review decisions in relation to the permit parking area.\n\n(2) A committee is to consist of 3 members appointed by the chief executive, one of whom is to be a health professional.\n\n(3) Different committees may be established under subregulation (1) for different permit parking areas.\n\n##### 26. Fees for parking permits\n\n(1) The fee that is payable for a parking permit is the prescribed fee (if any).\n\n(2) The responsible chief executive may waive the prescribed fee for a parking permit for a parking permit area in a case where the chief executive, or a responsible authorised person, believes that there are proper grounds for doing so.\n\n(3) A responsible authorised person must not grant a parking permit unless at the time it is granted —\n\n(a) the applicant pays the fee in full for the whole of the period for which the permit is to be in force; or\n\n(b) the authorised person is satisfied that arrangements are in place for the fee to be paid by the applicant in fortnightly payments made by way of payroll deduction; or\n\n(c) the authorised person is satisfied that the fee for the permit has been or will be paid by the applicant in any other approved manner; or\n\n(d) the fee for the permit has been waived.\n\n##### 27. Cancellation of parking permit\n\n(1) There are grounds for cancelling a parking permit if —\n\n(a) in the case of a permit holder who pays the fee for the permit as described in regulation 26(3)(b) or (c) — the permit holder fails to make a payment when it is due; or\n\n(b) the permit holder fails to comply with a condition on the permit; or\n\n(c) the permit holder breaches any of the regulations in this Part; or\n\n(d) the permit was granted in error in consequence of information provided in breach of regulation 23(8); or\n\n(e) the permit holder ceases to satisfy any of the eligibility criteria for the relevant class of permit; or\n\n(f) the responsible chief executive has determined that it is not practicable, for reasons relating to the operation or development of health service provider land, for permits of a class to which the permit belongs to remain in force; or\n\n(g) the permit holder requests that the permit be cancelled.\n\n(2) If a responsible authorised person considers that there are grounds for cancelling a parking permit under subregulation (1)(a) to (e), the authorised person may cancel the permit by giving the permit holder 14 days written notice.\n\n(3) If the responsible chief executive has made a determination under subregulation (1)(f) in relation to a class of parking permit, a responsible authorised person may cancel a parking permit in that class by giving the permit holder 60 days written notice.\n\n(4) If the permit holder requests a responsible authorised person to do so, the authorised person may cancel the permit by giving the permit holder written notice.\n\n(5) The notice given under this regulation must set out the grounds on which the permit is cancelled.\n\n##### 28. Refund of parking permit fees\n\n(1) If a parking permit is cancelled on a ground referred to in regulation 27(1)(f) or (g), the responsible chief executive must cause any permit fee paid for any week commencing on or after the day on which the permit is cancelled to be refunded to the permit holder.\n\n(2) If a parking permit is cancelled on the ground referred to in regulation 27(1)(e) the responsible chief executive may cause any permit fee paid for any week commencing on or after the day on which the permit is cancelled to be refunded to the permit holder.\n\n(3) If a responsible authorised person is satisfied that a permit holder will not park, or has not parked, in an area in which the permit holder is permitted to park for a continuous period exceeding 4 weeks, the authorised person may waive the fees payable for the permit for that period.\n\n## Part 4 — Infringement notices\n\n##### 29. Prescribed offences and modified penalties\n\n(1) The offences specified in Schedule 2 are offences for which an infringement notice may be issued under the *Criminal Procedure Act 2004* Part 2.\n\n(2) The modified penalty specified opposite an offence in Schedule 2 is the modified penalty for that offence for the purposes of the *Criminal Procedure Act 2004* section 5(3).\n\n##### 30. Authorised officers and approved officers\n\n(1) A responsible chief executive may, in writing, appoint persons or classes of persons to be authorised officers or approved officers in relation to specified health service provider land for the purposes of the *Criminal Procedure Act 2004* Part 2.\n\n(2) A responsible chief executive must issue to each authorised officer appointed by the chief executive a certificate identifying the officer as a person authorised to issue infringement notices.\n\n##### 31. Forms\n\nFor the purposes of the *Criminal Procedure Act 2004* Part 2, the forms set out in Schedule 3 are prescribed in relation the matters specified in those forms.\n\n## Part 5 — General\n\n##### 32. Removal of vehicles\n\n(1) A responsible chief executive or a responsible authorised person may order that a vehicle be removed to a storage place on or off health service provider land if it —\n\n(a) is parked in contravention of these regulations; or\n\n(b) has been left on the land for more than 3 days.\n\n(2) A responsible chief executive or a responsible authorised person may order that a vehicle be removed immediately to a storage place on or off health service provider land if it —\n\n(a) is parked in contravention of these regulation; and\n\n(b) is obstructing other vehicles or activities of a health service provider.\n\n(3) A responsible authorised person may take such action as is reasonably necessary for the purposes of removing a vehicle under this regulation, by way of unlocking, driving, towing or otherwise causing the removal of the vehicle.\n\n(4) A responsible chief executive may retain possession of a vehicle removed and stored under this regulation until the responsible person for the vehicle has paid the prescribed fee.\n\n##### 33. Other offences\n\nA person must not —\n\n(a) intentionally obstruct a staff member of a health service provider in the discharge of the staff member’s duty under these regulations; or\n\n(b) remove, damage, deface or misuse a sign.\n\nPenalty: a fine of $1 000.\n\nSchedule 1 — Fees\n\n[r. 19, 20, 26 and 32]\n\n1. Terms used\n\n(1) In this Schedule —\n\npaid staff parking fee means the fee for parking in a paid staff parking area referred to in regulation 20(3);\n\nparking permit fee means the fee referred to in regulation 26(1);\n\nremoval and storage of vehicle fee means the fee referred to in regulation 32(4);\n\nticket parking fee means —\n\n(a) the fee for the purchase of a ticket referred to in regulation 19(2)(a); and\n\n(b) the fee for a boom gate controlled ticket parking area referred to in regulation 19(5).\n\n(2) For the purposes of this Schedule the name of a health service provider site is a reference to the site of that name described in the *Health Services (Health Service Provider Land) Order 2016*.\n\n2. Fees for Armadale Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital\n\nThe fees for the health service provider site that is Armadale Kelmscott District Memorial Hospital are the fees set out in the Table.\n\nTable\n\n| **Type of fee** | **Fee** |\n| --- | --- |\n| Parking permit fee | $2.00 per week for the period for which the permit is sought |\n| Removal and storage of vehicle fee<br>(a) basic fee<br> plus<br>(b) if vehicle is stored for more than 24 hours — for each 7 days or part of 7 days for which vehicle is stored after first 24 hours | $50.00<br>     $5.00 |\n\n\n3. Fees for Bentley Hospital\n\nThe fees for the health service provider site that is Bentley Hospital are the fees set out in the Table.\n\nTable\n\n| **Type of fee** | **Fee** |\n| --- | --- |\n| Parking permit fee | $2.00 per week for the period for which the permit is sought |\n| Removal and storage of vehicle fee<br>(a) basic fee<br> plus<br>(b) if vehicle is stored for more than 24 hours — for each 7 days or part of 7 days for which vehicle is stored after first 24 hours | $50.00<br>     $5.00 |\n\n\n4. Fees for Fiona Stanley Hospital\n\nThe fees for the health service provider site that is Fiona Stanley Hospital are the fees set out in the Table.\n\nTable\n\n| **Type of fee** | **Fee** |\n| --- | --- |\n| Paid staff parking fee | $4.30 per day, up to a maximum of $21.50 |\n| Removal and storage of vehicle fee<br>(a) basic fee<br> plus | $140.00 |\n| (b) if vehicle is stored for more than 24 hours — for each 7 days or part of 7 days for which vehicle is stored after first 24 hours | $10.00 |\n| Ticket parking fee | $3.00 per hour, up to a maximum of $21.00 per day |\n\n\n[Clause 4 inserted: SL 2024/91 r. 8; amended: SL 2025/104 r. 8.]\n\n5. Fees for Fremantle Hospital\n\nThe fees for the health service provider site that is Fremantle Hospital are the fees set out in the Table.\n\nTable\n\n| **Type of fee** | **Fee** |\n| --- | --- |\n| Parking permit fee | $4.30 per day, up to a maximum of $21.50 per week |\n| Removal and storage of vehicle fee<br>(a) basic fee<br> plus | $50.00 |\n| (b) if vehicle is stored for more than 24 hours — for each 7 days or part of 7 days for which vehicle is stored after first 24 hours | $5.00 |\n| Ticket parking fee | $1.00 per hour, up to a maximum of $7.00 per day |\n\n\n[Clause 5 inserted: SL 2025/104 r. 9.]\n\n6. Fees for King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women\n\nThe fees for the health service provider site that is King Edward Memorial Hospital for Women are the fees set out in the Table.\n\nTable\n\n| **Type of fee** | **Fee** |\n| --- | --- |\n| Parking permit fee | $4.30 per day, up to a maximum of $21.50 per week |\n| Removal and storage of vehicle fee<br>(a) basic fee<br> plus | $50.00 |\n| (b) if vehicle is stored for more than 24 hours — for each 7 days or part of 7 days for which vehicle is stored after first 24 hours | $5.00 |\n| Ticket parking fee | $1.00 per hour, up to a maximum of $7.00 per day |\n\n\n[Clause 6 inserted: SL 2025/104 r. 9.]\n\n7. Fees for Osborne Park Hospital\n\nThe fees for the health service provider site that is Osborne Park Hospital are the fees set out in the Table.\n\nTable\n\n| **Type of fee** | **Fee** |\n| --- | --- |\n| Removal and storage of vehicle fee<br>(a) basic fee<br> plus | $50.00 |\n| (b) if vehicle is stored for more than 24 hours — for each 7 days or part of 7 days for which vehicle is stored after first 24 hours | $5.00 |\n\n\n[**8.** Deleted: Gazette 12 Jun 2018 p. 1893.]\n\n9. Fees for Royal Perth Hospital\n\nThe fees for the health service provider site that is Royal Perth Hospital are the fees set out in the Table.\n\nTable\n\n| **Type of fee** | **Fee** |\n| --- | --- |\n| Paid staff parking fee | $6.75 per day |\n| Removal and storage of vehicle fee<br>(a) basic fee<br> plus | $50.00 |\n| (b) if vehicle is stored for more than 24 hours — for each 7 days or part of 7 days for which vehicle is stored after first 24 hours | $5.00 |\n| Ticket parking fee | $3.90 per hour, up to a maximum of $16.15 per day |\n\n\n[Clause 9 inserted: SL 2025/104 r. 10.]\n\n10. Fees for health service provider sites in WA Country Health Service area\n\nThe fees for a health service provider site in the health service area for which the WA Country Health Service is the health service provider are the fees set out in the Table.\n\nTable\n\n| **Type of fee** | **Fee** |\n| --- | --- |\n| Removal and storage of vehicle fee<br>(a) basic fee<br> plus | $50.00 |\n| (b) if vehicle is stored for more than 24 hours — for each 7 days or part of 7 days for which vehicle is stored after first 24 hours | $5.00 |\n\n\nSchedule 2 — Prescribed offences and modified penalties\n\n[r. 29]\n\n[Heading inserted: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320.]\n\n| **Item** | **Offence** | | **Modified penalty**<br>$ |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 1. | r. 6(5) | Contravening direction given by authorised person | 100 |\n| 2. | r. 7(2) | Bringing prohibited item onto health service provider land without permission | 100 |\n| 3. | r. 8 | Smoking on health service provider land | 100 |\n| 4. | r. 10(1) | Driving or bringing vehicle on health service provider land that is not a roadway or parking facility | 60 |\n| 5. | r. 10(2) | Bringing heavy vehicle onto health service provider land without permission | 60 |\n| 6. | r. 10(3) | Driving or parking vehicle contrary to direction in sign | 60 |\n| 7. | r. 11 | Failure to obey direction in relation to parking or movement of vehicle | 60 |\n| 8. | r. 12(1) | Exceeding speed limit for vehicles on roadway or parking facility | 100 |\n| 9. | r. 13 | Failure to give way to vehicle leaving parking facility | 60 |\n| 10. | r. 14 | Repairing vehicle or using vehicle to give or receive driving instruction on health service provider land | 60 |\n| 11. | r. 15 | Parking in place that is not parking space | 60 |\n| 12. | r. 16 | Contravening direction in a sign | 60 |\n| 13. | r. 17(3) | Contravening direction in sign in a parking space or parking facility | 60 |\n| 14. | r. 19(2) | Parking in ticket parking area without purchasing or displaying ticket | 60 |\n| 15. | r. 19(5) | Removing vehicle from boom gate controlled ticket parking area without paying fee | 60 |\n| 16. | r. 19(7) | Leaving site while vehicle parked in ticket parking area or boom gate controlled ticket parking area | 60 |\n| 17. | r. 20(2) | Parking in paid staff parking area for which person is not eligible staff member | 60 |\n| 18. | r. 20(3) | Removing vehicle from paid staff parking area without paying fee | 60 |\n| 19. | r. 21(2) | Parking in permit parking area —<br>without holding and displaying parking permit; or<br>other than in accordance with parking permit | <br>   60 |\n\n\n[Schedule 2 inserted: Gazette 29 Nov 2016 p. 5320‑2.]\n\nSchedule 3 — Infringement notice forms\n\n[r. 31]\n\n**Form 1 — Infringement notice**\n\n- *Health Services Act 2016**Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016***INFRINGEMENT NOTICE** Infringement\nnotice no.\n- **Alleged offender****(not required if notice served under *Criminal Procedure Act 2004* s. 12)** Name\n- Address\n- The responsible person for vehicle in relation to which offence occurred\n- **Details of vehicle** **(if relevant)** Reg. no.\n- State/Territory\n- **Details of alleged offence** Date or period\n- Place\n- Written law contravened Regulation of the\n*Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016*\n- Details of offence\n- **Date** Date of notice\n- **Issuing officer** Name\n- Office\n- Signature\n- **Modified penalty** $_____\n- **Penalty** Individual $_____ You do not have to pay this amount. This is the maximum fine that can be imposed if you are prosecuted in a court and convicted of this offence.\n- Body corporate $_____\n- **TAKE NOTICE** It is alleged that you have committed the above offence.**If you do not want to be prosecuted in court for the offence**, pay the modified penalty to the Approved Officer within 28 days after the date of this notice.**If you do not pay** the modified penalty within 28 days, you may be prosecuted or enforcement action may be taken under the *Fines, Penalties and Infringement Notices Enforcement Act 1994*. Under that Act, some or all of the following action may be taken — your driver’s licence may be suspended, your vehicle licence may be suspended or cancelled, you may be disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver’s licence or vehicle licence, your vehicle may be immobilised or have its number plates removed, your details may be published on a website, your earnings or bank accounts may be garnished, and your property may be seized and sold.**If you need more time** to pay the modified penalty, you should contact the Approved Officer at the address below.Paying the modified penalty will not be regarded as an admission for the purposes of any civil or criminal court case.**If you want this matter to be dealt with by prosecution in court**, sign and date here: __________________________________ / /20\nand post this notice to the Approved Officer at the address below within 28 days after the date of this notice.If you consider that you have good reason to have this notice withdrawn, you can write to the Approved Officer at the address below requesting that this notice be withdrawn and setting out why you consider that this notice should be withdrawn. Your letter must be received not later than 28 days after the date of this notice.\n- **If infringement notice served on responsible person for a vehicle** As the responsible person you will be presumed to have been the driver or person in charge of the vehicle unless within 28 days after the date of this notice:(a) the modified penalty is paid; or(b) you supply the Approved Officer with the following information:the name and address of the driver or person in charge of the vehicle at the time of the alleged offenceorinformation showing that at the time of the alleged offence the vehicle had been stolen or unlawfully taken or was being unlawfully used.For further information see the *Criminal Procedure Act 2004* section 13 (www.slp.wa.gov.au).\n- **How to pay** By post Tick the relevant box below and post this notice to:Approved Officer — *Health Services Act 2016*[*Address*] I want to pay the modified penalty. A cheque or money order (payable to [*insert details*]) for the modified penalty is enclosed. I want to pay the modified penalty by credit card. Please debit my credit card account.Card type _______________________________Cardholder name _________________________Card number[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]Expiry date of card _____/_____Amount $__________Signature ____________________**Complete all details**\n- In person Pay the cashier at:[*Address*]\n- **Method of service** **Date of service**\n\n\n**Form 2 — Withdrawal of infringement notice**\n\n- *Health Services Act 2016**Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016***WITHDRAWAL OF INFRINGEMENT NOTICE** Withdrawal no.\n- **Alleged offender** Name\n- Address\n- **Details of infringement notice** Infringement notice no.\n- Date of issue\n- **Details of alleged offence** Date or period\n- Place\n- Written law contravened Regulation of the\n*Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016*\n- Details of offence\n- **Approved Officer withdrawing notice** Name\n- Office\n- Signature\n- **Date** Date of withdrawal\n- **Withdrawal of infringement notice***[*Delete whichever is not applicable]* The above infringement notice issued against you for the above alleged offence has been withdrawn.If you have already paid the modified penalty for the alleged offence, you are entitled to a refund. *** Your refund is enclosed*or* *** If you have paid the modified penalty but a refund is not enclosed, you may claim your refund by signing and dating this notice and posting it to: Approved Officer — *Health Services Act 2016* [*Address*]\n- **Your signature** **Date**\n\n\n[Form 1 amended: SL 2020/168 r. 8.]\n\n![]()\n\nNotes\n\nThis is a compilation of the *Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016* and includes amendments made by other written laws. For provisions that have come into operation see the compilation table.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Citation** | **Published** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| *Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016* | 24 Jun 2016 p. 2369‑406 | 1 July 2016 (see r. 2 and *Gazette* 24 Jun 2016 p. 2291) |\n| *Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Amendment Regulations 2016* | 29 Nov 2016 p. 5319‑22 | r. 1 and 2: 29 Nov 2016 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 30 Nov 2016 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Health Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2017* Pt. 4 | 30 Jun 2017 p. 3568‑74 | 1 Jul 2017 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Health Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2018* Pt. 5 | 25 May 2018 p. 1632‑9 | 1 Jul 2018 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Amendment Regulations 2018* | 12 Jun 2018 p. 1892‑3 | r. 1 and 2: 12 Jun 2018 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 13 Jun 2018 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Health Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2019* Pt. 5 | 14 Jun 2019 p. 1883‑94 | 1 Jul 2019 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Health Regulations Amendment (Infringement Notices) Regulations 2020* Pt. 4 | SL 2020/168 25 Sep 2020 | 29 Sep 2020 (see r. 2(b) and SL 2020/159 cl. 2(a)) |\n| *Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Amendment Regulations 2021* | SL 2021/105 29 Jun 2021 | r. 1 and 2: 29 Jun 2021 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 1 Jul 2021 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Health Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2022* Pt. 4 | SL 2022/136 15 Jul 2022 | 16 Jul 2022 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Health Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2023* Pt. 4 | SL 2023/96 30 Jun 2023 | 1 Jul 2023 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Health Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2024* Pt. 4 | SL 2024/91 12 Jun 2024 | 1 Jul 2024 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Amendment Regulations 2024* | SL 2024/281 18 Dec 2024 | r. 1 and 2: 18 Dec 2024 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 20 Dec 2024 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Health Regulations Amendment (Firearms) Regulations 2024* Pt. 2 | SL 2024/297 21 Dec 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 (see r. 2(b) and SL 2024/289 cl. 2) |\n| *Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Amendment Regulations 2025* | SL 2025/1 8 Jan 2025 | r. 1 and 2: 8 Jan 2025 (see r. 2(a));   Regulations other than r. 1 and 2: 9 Jan 2025 (see r. 2(b)) |\n| *Health Regulations Amendment (Fees and Charges) Regulations 2025* Pt. 4 | SL 2025/104 25 Jun 2025 | 1 Jul 2025 (see r. 2(b)) |\n\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\napproved 3(1)\n\nboom gate controlled ticket parking area 19(1)\n\ndecision 24(1)\n\ndriver 3(1)\n\neligible staff member 20(1)\n\nhealth service provider land 3(1)\n\nhealth service provider site 19(8)\n\npaid staff parking area 20(1)\n\npaid staff parking fee Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)\n\nparking facility 3(1)\n\nparking permit 3(1)\n\nparking permit fee Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)\n\nparking space 3(1)\n\npermission 3(2)\n\npermit parking area 21(1)\n\nprescribed fee 3(1)\n\nprohibited item 7(1)\n\nrelevant committee 24(1)\n\nremoval and storage of vehicle fee Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)\n\nresponsible authorised person 3(1)\n\nresponsible chief executive 3(1)\n\nresponsible person 3(1)\n\nroadway 3(1)\n\nsign 3(1)\n\nspecified 6(1), 17(1)\n\nspeed restriction sign 3(1)\n\nstaff member 3(1)\n\nticket 3(1)\n\nticket parking area 19(1)\n\nticket parking fee Sch. 1 cl. 1(1)\n\nticket vending machine 3(1)\n\nvehicle 3(1)\n\n© State of Western Australia 2025.\n\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (CC BY 4.0). To view relevant information and for a link to a copy of the licence, visit www.legislation.wa.gov.au.\n\nAttribute work as: © State of Western Australia 2025.\n\nBy Authority: GEOFF O. LAWN, Government Printer\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument remains focused on regulating conduct, traffic and parking on health service provider land. Amendments reflected in the current text have primarily updated operational detail — for example, adding or clarifying categories of prohibited items (cross‑referencing newer firearms/weapons provisions), updating site‑specific fee schedules, and prescribing forms and enforcement procedures. Those changes adjust implementation and enforcement and alter cost allocations (fees and penalties) but do not broaden the fundamental scope beyond the original purpose of controlling conduct and traffic on health service provider land."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple Parts and Layers: 5 Parts, plus 3 Schedules (fees, prescribed offences, forms).","Number of defined terms: over 25 defined terms in regulation 3 and the defined terms list (e.g. parking facility, parking permit, prohibited item).","Discretionary decision points: chief executives and responsible authorised persons have broad discretion (appointment, permit classes, fee waivers, cancellations) across many provisions (regs 4, 18, 20, 22, 26, 27).","Procedural rules and timelines: application (reg 23), decision within 14 days, review by committee within 30 days (reg 24), committees of 3 members including a health professional (reg 25).","Cross‑references to external laws: applies Road Traffic Code 2000 (reg 9) and references Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008, Criminal Procedure Act 2004, Misuse of Drugs Act, Weapons Act and Firearms Act.","Fee schedule detail: Schedule 1 lists site‑specific fees with different regimes for multiple hospitals and periodic amendments (frequent fee updates).","Nested conditions and exceptions: multiple conditional permissions, exceptions for emergency vehicles, permission display requirements, payroll deduction options for payment (regs 3(2), 10(4), 19–20, 26(3)).","Enforcement mechanics: prescribed offences with modified penalties (Schedule 2), appointed authorised/approved officers (reg 30) and vehicle removal and storage processes (reg 32) create administrative complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"**What these regulations do (mechanically)**\n\n- They set rules for behaviour, vehicle use and parking on land owned or managed by public health service providers in Western Australia (the land defined as “health service provider land”). Key topics covered are entry to sites, prohibited items, smoking, driving rules, speed limits, parking types and fees, permit procedures, enforcement and vehicle removal. (See regs 3, Parts 2–5 and Schedules.)\n\n- The regulations give local decision‑makers—primarily the chief executive of each health service provider—the power to appoint authorised officers, set up parking areas (ticketed, staff paid, permit), determine classes of permits and eligible staff, set and waive fees, and remove vehicles that breach the rules. (See regs 4, 18, 20, 22, 26, 32.)\n\n- They implement on health‑service land many ordinary traffic rules by applying the Road Traffic Code 2000, set default low speed limits (10 km/h where not signed), and create offences with fines and infringement notice procedures for common breaches (Schedules 2 and 3, regs 9, 12, 29–31).\n\n- The regulations prescribe a system for parking permits: how to apply (written form), decision timelines (14 days), an internal review by a three‑member committee including a health professional (30 days to decide), grounds for cancellation, refunds in limited circumstances, and penalties for false information. (See regs 23–28, 25.)\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- Visitors, patients, contractors, staff and delivery drivers who enter or use health service provider land. They are required to obey signs, directions from authorised officers and parking/traffic rules on site (regs 5–17, 19–21).\n\n- Staff who use paid staff parking or apply for permits: they may pay fees (Schedule 1) or be subject to payroll deduction arrangements to pay permit fees (reg 26(3)(b)).\n\n- Health service providers (their chief executives and authorised officers) who set the detailed local rules, issue permits and enforce the regulations (regs 4, 18, 20, 22, 30). They may collect fees, remove vehicles and issue infringement notices.\n\n**Why it matters (practical effects and mechanisms)**\n\n- The regulations convert high‑level statutory powers into daily site management tools: signage, offences, fines and permit systems to control access, safety, traffic flow and parking revenue on hospital and other health sites. Examples of concrete consequences:\n  - Individuals risk on‑the‑spot infringement notices for smoking, bringing prohibited items (including firearms/controlled weapons, certain sharp articles, and prohibited drugs), parking violations, speed breaches, and related offences (regs 7–8, 12, Schedule 2).\n  - Staff may be charged daily or weekly fees for staff parking at particular hospitals (Schedule 1) and can be required to pay by payroll deduction as a condition of permit issue (reg 26(3)).\n  - Chief executives can set aside areas as ticketed, paid staff or permit zones and control eligibility and conditions, giving local managers broad discretion over who may park where (reg 18–22).\n\n**Source’s stated purpose and how the regulations do it**\n\n- The instrument translates the Health Services Act power to regulate conduct on health provider land into specific prohibitions (entry without reasonable excuse, smoking, carrying prohibited items), traffic controls and a parking regime. It does that by:\n  - Defining the site boundaries and core terms (reg 3);\n  - Delegating operational decisions to responsible chief executives and authorised persons (appointment, signage, permit classes, fees) (regs 4, 6, 18, 20, 22, 26);\n  - Creating enforceable offences, prescribing modified penalties and prescribing forms and authorised officers for issuing infringement notices (Parts 4 and Schedules 2–3).\n\n**Costs, incentives, trade‑offs and implementation risks**\n\n- Who pays: Visitors, staff permit holders and drivers bear most direct monetary costs through ticket parking fees, paid staff parking fees, permit fees (Schedule 1) and fines for infringements (Schedule 2). The health service provider can collect and retain fees, and recover removal/storage costs for towed vehicles (reg 32, Sch 1).\n\n- Who decides and how that affects behaviour: Chief executives and their authorised officers make many discretionary decisions (appointing authorised persons, defining eligible staff classes, waiving fees, cancelling permits, ordering removal). That centralised operational authority means behaviour is controlled mainly by site signage and authorised officers’ directions (regs 4, 6, 18, 20, 22, 26, 32). The practical consequence is that compliance often depends on local operational choices rather than uniform statewide detail.\n\n- Compliance burden and administrative cost: Applicants for permits must provide written applications and supporting documents; authorised persons must process decisions within 14 days and committees must review appeals within 30 days (regs 23–24). Health services will incur administrative overhead to manage permit schemes, ticketing systems, collections, enforcement and vehicle storage arrangements.\n\n- Incentives and substitution effects: Charging for staff parking and ticketed visitor parking creates incentives for staff or visitors to seek cheaper parking offsite, use public transport, or carpool. That may shift parking demand to nearby private car parks or public streets (Schedule 1 sets variable fees by site, which changes relative costs across hospitals).\n\n- Concentrated benefits and diffuse costs: Benefits (fee revenue, parking allocation control) accrue to individual health service providers and to users granted permits. Costs and small fines are dispersed across many users (visitors, staff) who face modest penalties and fees. The regulatory design concentrates decision power (and revenue) at the level of each health service chief executive.\n\n- Implementation and enforcement risks: Effective enforcement requires appointed authorised officers and approved officers to issue infringement notices and to effect vehicle removal. Where staffing or contractor arrangements are limited, enforcement capacity may be uneven across sites (regs 4, 30, 32). Vehicle removal powers create potential administrative burden in arranging storage, enforcing payments and handling disputes.\n\n- Bureaucratic discretion and checks: The regulations provide internal checks — written reasons for permit refusals and a right to review by a small committee (regs 23–25). However, many policy settings (classes of permits, fee waivers, eligibility) are left to chief executives, giving significant local discretion.\n\n**Concrete implementation details likely to matter to users**\n\n- Tickets and boom gates: Ticketed areas require purchase and display of tickets, and boom gate areas require obtaining a ticket at entry and paying before exit; leaving the site while the vehicle is parked in a ticketed area is an offence (reg 19).\n\n- Permits: Permits must be displayed as specified; applicants who provide false or misleading information face fines and permit cancellation (regs 22–23, 27).\n\n- Enforcement outcomes: Infringement notices use prescribed forms; modified penalties are specified in Schedule 2. Unpaid penalties can lead to further enforcement under the Fines Act (Schedule 3, Form 1). Vehicles may be towed and held until removal/storage fees are paid (reg 32, Sch 1).\n\nOverall, these regulations translate broad statutory authority into a locally administered, sign‑ and permit‑driven system to control conduct, traffic and parking on public health sites, creating predictable on‑site rules but leaving substantial operational discretion to health service chief executives (see regs 4, 18, 22, 26)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation appears to remain within its original scope of regulating conduct and traffic on health service provider land. While it has been amended multiple times (as shown in the compilation table) to update fees, add weapons definitions (sharpened edges added in 2024), and adjust parking arrangements, these are evolutionary changes within the established framework rather than scope creep into new policy areas."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple overlapping parking schemes (ticket, paid staff, permit) with different rules and exceptions in Division 2 of Part 3","19 defined terms in section 3(1) plus additional definitions scattered throughout regulations (e.g., 'specified' defined separately in regs 6 and 17)","Extensive cross-referencing to external legislation: Road Traffic Code 2000, Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008, Criminal Procedure Act 2004, Firearms Act 2024, Weapons Act 1999, Misuse of Drugs Act 1981, and Health Services (Health Service Provider Land) Order 2016","Conditional logic for permits including eligibility criteria, conditions, cancellation grounds (7 separate grounds in reg 27), and refund rules","Nested exceptions: staff members treated as having 'permission' under reg 3(3), exceptions for emergency vehicles in regs 10(4) and 12(2), and permission-based exceptions to ticket parking in reg 19(3) and (6)","Site-specific fee schedules in Schedule 1 requiring reference to separate Order for site definitions","Administrative review process with committee appointments and 14-day/30-day time limits in Part 3 Division 2","Dual penalty structure: maximum court penalties in body of regulations vs modified (lower) penalties for infringement notices in Schedule 2"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations set the rules for how people must behave on hospital and health service land in Western Australia, and how vehicles must be driven and parked there.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Patients and visitors** – rules about where you can go, what you can't bring in (weapons, alcohol, drugs), and no smoking anywhere on the grounds.\n- **Staff** – special parking rules, permits, and fees for using staff parking areas.\n- **Drivers** – speed limits (usually 10 km/h unless signed otherwise), giving way when entering parking areas, and obeying signs and directions from authorised officers.\n- **Health service providers** – the hospitals and health services themselves, who appoint authorised officers, set parking fees, and manage permits.\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Behaviour rules:** You can't enter hospital grounds without a good reason, must follow directions about which areas are open to the public, can't bring prohibited items (guns, knives, drugs, alcohol) without permission, and can't smoke.\n- **Traffic rules:** The normal road rules apply on hospital grounds, plus specific limits like 10 km/h default speed limits, parking only in marked spaces, and no driving lessons or vehicle repairs on site.\n- **Parking system:** Creates three types of parking areas:\n  - **Ticket parking** – pay at a machine, display your ticket.\n  - **Paid staff parking** – for eligible staff who pay daily fees.\n  - **Permit parking** – for people with specific permits (doctors, staff, etc.) with conditions about where and when they can park.\n- **Enforcement:** Authorised officers can issue infringement notices (on-the-spot fines) for breaches, order vehicles removed if parked illegally or abandoned, and charge fees for removal and storage.\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThese rules keep hospitals safe and running smoothly. They ensure emergency access isn't blocked, staff can get to work, patients can find parking, and dangerous items don't enter sensitive health environments. The permit and ticket systems also generate revenue to help manage parking facilities."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"It is impossible to assess whether the scope of this legislation changed from its original intent, as no substantive content was available for analysis. The page hosting the regulations has been removed or relocated on the Western Australian Parliament website."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative content was retrievable — the source page returned a 'no longer available' error","Only the title and website boilerplate text were provided, containing zero substantive legal provisions","No clauses, schedules, definitions, or operative text exist in the provided material to analyse","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without the actual regulatory text"],"plain_english_summary":"## Health Services (Conduct and Traffic) Regulations 2016 — Western Australia\n\n**The content of this legislation is unavailable.** The page hosting these regulations on the Western Australian legislation website is no longer accessible. The actual rules, requirements, and provisions of these regulations cannot be reviewed or summarised.\n\n**What we do know from the title:**\n- This is a set of *regulations* (detailed rules made under a broader Act of Parliament) from **Western Australia**\n- It was made in **2016**\n- It appears to relate to **conduct rules and traffic management** within or around **health service facilities** (such as hospitals or health campuses)\n- It likely covers things like behaviour standards for people on health service premises and vehicle/parking rules on those grounds\n\n**What you should do:** Visit the [Western Australian legislation website](https://www.legislation.wa.gov.au) and search directly for these regulations to find the current, authoritative text."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/health-services-conduct-and-traffic-regulations-2016","history":"/api/acts/health-services-conduct-and-traffic-regulations-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/health-services-conduct-and-traffic-regulations-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/health-services-conduct-and-traffic-regulations-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/health-services-conduct-and-traffic-regulations-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/health-services-conduct-and-traffic-regulations-2016/documents"}}