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STRIJK, GOVERNMENT PRINTER AT 12.00 NOON\n© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nWESTERN\nAUSTRALIAN\nGOVERNMENT\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\n_________\nSHIRE OF DUNDAS\n———————————\nACTIVITIES ON\nTHOROUGHFARES AND\nPUBLIC PLACES AND\nTRADING LOCAL LAW 2016\n\n\n\n29 September 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4149\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nSHIRE OF DUNDAS\nACTIVITIES ON THOROUGHFARES AND PUBLIC PLACES AND\nTRADING LOCAL LAW 2016\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Citation\n1.2 Definitions\n1.3 Application\n1.4 Repeal\nPART 2—ACTIVITIES ON THOROUGHFARES AND PUBLIC PLACES\nDivision 1—General\n2.1 General prohibitions\n2.2 Activities allowed with a permit—general\n2.3 No possession and consumption of liquor on thoroughfare\nDivision 2—Vehicle crossing\nSubdivision 1—Temporary crossings\n2.4 Permit required\nSubdivision 2—Redundant vehicle crossings\n2.5 Removal of redundant crossing\nDivision 3—Verge treatments\nSubdivision 1—Preliminary\n2.6 Interpretation\n2.7 Application\nSubdivision 2—Permissible verge treatments\n2.8 Permissible verge treatments\n2.9 Only permissible verge treatments to be installed\n2.10 Obligation of owner or occupier\n2.11 Notice to owner or occupier\nSubdivision 3—Existing verge treatments\n2.12 Transitional provision\nSubdivision 4—Public works\n2.13 Power to carry out public works on verge\nDivision 4—Property numbers\nSubdivision 1—Preliminary\n2.14 Interpretation\nSubdivision 2—Assignment and marking of numbers\n2.15 Assignment of numbers\n\n4150 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 September 2016\nDivision 5—Fencing\n2.16 Public place—Item 4(1) of Division 1, Schedule 3.1 of the Act\nDivision 6—Signs erected by the local government\n2.17 Signs\n2.18 Transitional\nDivision 7—Driving on a closed thoroughfare\n2.19 No driving on closed thoroughfare\nPART 3—ADVERTISING SIGNS ON THOROUGHFARES\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n3.1 Interpretation\nDivision 2—Permit\n3.2 Advertising signs and portable direction signs\n3.3 Matters to be considered in determining application for permit\nDivision 3—Conditions on permit\n3.4 Conditions on portable sign\n3.5 Conditions on election sign\nPART 4—OBSTRUCTING ANIMALS, VEHICLES OR SHOPPING TROLLEYS\nDivision 1—Animals and vehicles\n4.1 Leaving animal or vehicle in public place or on local government property\n4.2 Prohibitions relating to animals\n4.3 Prohibition relating to parking on verges\nDivision 2—Shopping trolleys\n4.4 Interpretation\n4.5 Shopping trolley to be marked\n4.6 Person not to leave shopping trolley in public place\n4.7 Retailer to remove abandoned trolley\n4.8 Retailer taken to own trolley\nPART 5—ROADSIDE CONSERVATION\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n5.1 Interpretation\n5.2 Application\nDivision 2—Flora roads\n5.3 Declaration of flora road\n5.4 Construction works on flora roads\n5.5 Signposting of flora roads\n5.6 Driving only on carriageway of flora roads\nDivision 3—Special environmental areas\n5.7 Designation of special environmental areas\n5.8 Marking of special environmental areas\nDivision 4—Planting in thoroughfares\n5.9 Permit to plant\n5.10 Relevant considerations in determining application\nDivision 5—Clearance of vegetation\n5.11 Permit to plant\n5.12 Application for permit\nDivision 6—Fire management\n5.13 Permit to burn thoroughfare\n5.14 Application for permit\n5.15 When application for permit can be approved\n5.16 Prohibitions on burning\n\n29 September 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4151\nDivision 7—Firebreaks\n5.17 Permit for firebreaks on thoroughfares\n5.18 When application for permit cannot be approved\nDivision 8—Commercial wildflower harvesting on thoroughfares\n5.19 Commercial wildflower harvesting\n5.20 Permit for revegetation projects\nPART 6—TRADING IN THOROUGHFARES AND PUBLIC PLACES\nDivision 1—Stallholders and traders\nSubdivision 1—Preliminary\n6.1 Interpretation\nSubdivision 2—Permits\n6.2 Stallholder’s permit\n6.3 Trader’s permit\n6.4 No permit required to sell newspaper\n6.5 Relevant considerations in determining application for permit\n6.6 Conditions of permit\n6.7 Exemptions from requirement to pay fee or to obtain a permit\nSubdivision 3—Conduct of stallholders and traders\n6.8 Conduct of stallholders and traders\nDivision 2—Street entertainers\nSubdivision 1—Preliminary\n6.9 Interpretation\nSubdivision 2—Permits\n6.10 Permit required to perform\n6.11 Variation of permitted area and permitted time\n6.12 Duration of permit\n6.13 Cancellation of permit\n6.14 Obligations of permit holder\nDivision 3—Outdoor eating facilities on public places\n6.15 Interpretation\n6.16 Permit required to conduct facility\n6.17 Matters to be considered in determining application\n6.18 Obligations of permit holder\n6.19 Removal of facility unlawfully conducted\n6.20 Use of facility by public\n6.21 Temporary removal of facility may be requested\nPART 7—PERMITS\nDivision 1—Applying for a permit\n7.1 Application for permit\n7.2 Decision on application for permit\nDivision 2—Conditions\n7.3 Conditions which may be imposed on a permit\n7.4 Imposing conditions under a policy\n7.5 Compliance with and variation of conditions\nDivision 3—General\n7.6 Duration of permit\n7.7 Renewal of permit\n7.8 Transfer of permit\n7.9 Production of permit\n7.10 Cancellation of permit\nPART 8—OBJECTION AND APPEALS\n8.1 Application of Division 1 of Part 9 of the Act\n\n4152 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 September 2016\nPART 9—MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES\n9.1 Notice to redirect or repair sprinkler\n9.2 Hazardous plants\n9.3 Notice to repair damage to thoroughfare\n9.4 Notice to remove thing unlawfully placed on thoroughfare\nPART 10—ENFORCEMENT\nDivision 1—Notices given under this local law\n10.1 Offence fail to comply with notice\n10.2 Local government may undertake requirements of notice\nDivision 2—Offences and penalties\nSubdivision 1—General\n10.3 Offences\nSubdivision 2—Infringement notices and modified penalties\n10.4 Prescribed offences\n10.5 Forms\nSCHEDULE 1—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES\n\n29 September 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4153\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nSHIRE OF DUNDAS\nACTIVITIES ON THOROUGHFARES AND PUBLIC PLACES AND\nTRADING LOCAL LAW 2016\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling\nit, the Council of the Shire of Dundas resolved on 20 of September 2016 to make the following local\nlaw.\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Citation\nThis local law may be cited as the Shire of Dundas Activities on Thoroughfares and Public Places and\nTrading Local Law 2016.\n1.2 Definitions\nIn this local law unless the context otherwise requires—\nAct means the Local Government Act 1995;\napplicant means a person who applies for a permit;\nauthorised person means a person authorised by the local government under section 9.10 of the\nAct to perform any of the functions of an authorised person under this local law;\nbuilt-up area has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nbulk rubbish container means a bin or container designed or used for holding a substantial\nquantity of rubbish and which is unlikely to be lifted without mechanical assistance, but does\nnot include a bin or container used in connection with the local government’s regular\ndomestic rubbish collection service;\ncarriageway has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nCEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government;\ncommencement day means the day on which this local law comes into operation;\nCouncil means the council of the local government;\ncrossing means a crossing giving access from a public thoroughfare to—\n(a) private land; or\n(b) a private thoroughfare serving private land;\ndistrict means the district of the local government;\nfootpath has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\ngarden means any part of a thoroughfare planted, developed or treated, otherwise than as a\nlawn, with one or more plants;\nintersection has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Code 2000;\nkerb includes the edge of a carriageway;\nlawn means any part of a thoroughfare which is planted only with grass, or with a similar plant,\nbut will include any other plant provided that it has been planted by the local government;\nliquor has the meaning given to it in section 3 of the Liquor Control Act 1988;\nlocal government means the Shire of Dundas;\nlocal government property means anything except a thoroughfare—\n(a) which belongs to the local government;\n(b) of which the local government is the management body under the Land Administration\nAct 1997; or\n(c) which is an otherwise unvested facility within section 3.53 of the Act;\nlot has the meaning given to it in the Planning and Development Act 2005;\nowner or occupier in relation to land does not include the local government;\n\n4154 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 September 2016\npermissible verge treatment means any one of the 4 treatments described in clause 2.8(2), and\nincludes any reticulation pipes and sprinklers;\npermit means a permit issued under this local law;\npermit holder means a person who holds a valid permit;\nperson does not include the local government;\npremises for the purpose of the definition of public place in both this clause and clause 6.1,\nmeans a building or similar structure, but does not include a carpark or a similar place;\npublic place includes any thoroughfare or place which the public are allowed to use, whether or\nnot the thoroughfare or place is on private property, but does not include—\n(a) premises on private property from which trading is lawfully conducted under a written\nlaw; and\n(b) local government property;\nRegulations means the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996;\nsign includes a notice, flag, mark, structure or device on which may be shown words, numbers,\nexpressions or symbols;\nthoroughfare has the meaning given to it in the Act, but does not include a private thoroughfare\nwhich is not under the management or control of the local government;\ntown planning scheme means a town planning scheme of the local government made under the\nPlanning and Development Act 2005;\ntownsite means the town sites of Norseman and Eucla which are—\n(a) constituted under section 26(2) of the Land Administration Act 1997; or\n(b) referred to in clause 37 of Schedule 9.3 of the Act;\nvehicle includes—\n(a) every conveyance and every object capable of being propelled or drawn on wheels, tracks\nor otherwise; and\n(b) an animal being ridden or driven,\nbut excludes—\n(a) a wheelchair or any device designed for use by a physically impaired person on a\nfootpath; and\n(b) a pram, a stroller, Shopping trolley or a similar device;\nverge means that part of a thoroughfare between the carriageway and the land which abuts the\nthoroughfare, but does not include any footpath.\nnuisance means—\n(a) an activity or condition which is harmful or annoying and which gives rise to legal\nliability in the tort of public or private nuisance at law;\n(b) an unreasonable interference with the use and enjoyment of a person of his or her\nownership or occupation of land; or\n(c) interference which causes material damage to land or other property on the land affected\nby the interference.\n1.3 Application\nThis local law applies throughout the district.\n1.4 Repeal\nThe Shire of Dundas Activities on Thoroughfares and Public Property and Trading Local Law 2013 as\npublished in the Government Gazette on 20 August 2013 is repealed.\nPART 2—ACTIVITIES ON THOROUGHFARES AND PUBLIC PLACES\nDivision 1—General\n2.1 General prohibitions\nA person shall not—\n(a) plant any plant (except ground coverage to a maximum height of 0.1 metres) within 6 metres\nof an intersection;\n(b) damage a lawn or a garden or remove any plant or part of a plant from a lawn or a garden\nunless—\n(i) the person is the owner or the occupier of the lot abutting that portion of the\nthoroughfare and the lawn or the garden or the particular plant has not been installed\nor planted by the local government; or\n(ii) the person is acting under the authority of a written law;\n(c) plant any plant (except grass or a similar plant) on a thoroughfare so that it is within\n2 metres of a carriageway;\n(d) place on any footpath any fruit, fruit skins or other substance or fluid (whether vegetable or\notherwise, but not water) which may create a hazard for any person using the footpath;\n\n29 September 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4155\n(e) unless at the direction of the local government, damage, remove or interfere with any\nsignpost, direction plate, guidepost, notice, shelter, shed, fence or any structure erected on a\nthoroughfare by the local government or a person acting under the authority of a written law;\n(f) play or participate in any game or sport so as to cause danger to any person or thing or\nimpede the movement of vehicles or persons on a thoroughfare; or\n(g) within a mall, arcade or verandah of a shopping centre, ride any skateboard, rollerblades or\nsimilar device.\n2.2 Activities allowed with a permit—general\n(1) A person shall not, without a permit—\n(a) dig or otherwise create a trench through or under a kerb or footpath;\n(b) subject to Division 3 of this Part, throw, place or deposit any thing on a verge except for\nremoval by the local government under a bulk rubbish collection, and then only during the\nperiod of time advertised in connection with that collection by the local government;\n(c) cause any obstruction to a vehicle or a person using a thoroughfare as a thoroughfare;\n(d) cause any obstruction to a water channel or a water course in a thoroughfare;\n(e) throw, place or drain offensive, noxious or dangerous fluid onto a thoroughfare;\n(f) damage a thoroughfare;\n(g) light any fire or burn any thing on a thoroughfare other than in a stove or fireplace provided\nfor that purpose or under a permit issued under clause 5.13;\n(h) fell any tree onto a thoroughfare;\n(i) unless installing a permissible verge treatment—\n(i) lay pipes under or provide taps on any verge; or\n(ii) place or install any thing on any part of a thoroughfare, and without limiting the\ngenerality of the foregoing, any gravel, stone, flagstone, cement, concrete slabs, blocks,\nbricks, pebbles, plastic sheeting, kerbing, wood chips, bark or sawdust;\n(j) provide, erect, install or use in or on any building, structure or land abutting on a\nthoroughfare any hoist or other thing for use over the thoroughfare;\n(k) on a public place use anything or do anything so as to create a nuisance;\n(l) place or cause to be placed on a thoroughfare a bulk rubbish container; or\n(m) interfere with the soil of, or anything in, a thoroughfare or take anything from a\nthoroughfare.\n(2) The local government may exempt a person from compliance with subclause (1) on the application\nof that person.\n2.3 No possession and consumption of liquor on thoroughfare\n(1) A person shall not consume any liquor or have in her or his possession or under her or his control\nany liquor on a thoroughfare unless without a permit—\n(a) that is permitted under the Liquor Control Act 1988 or under another written law; or\n(b) the person is doing so in accordance with a permit.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply where the liquor is in a sealed container.\nDivision 2—Vehicle crossing\nSubdivision 1—Temporary crossings\n2.4 Permit required\n(1) Where it is likely that works on a lot will involve vehicles leaving a thoroughfare and entering the\nlot, the person responsible for the works shall obtain a permit for the construction of a temporary\ncrossing to protect the existing carriageway, kerb, drains and footpath, where—\n(a) a crossing does not exist; or\n(b) a crossing does exist, but the nature of the vehicles and their loads is such that they are likely\nto cause damage to the crossing.\n(2) The person responsible for the works in subclause (1) is to be taken to be—\n(a) the builder named on the building licence issued under the Building Act 2011, if one has been\nissued in relation to the works; or\n(b) the registered proprietor of the lot, if no building licence has been issued under the Building\nAct 2011 in relation to the works.\n(3) If the local government approves an application for a permit for the purpose of subclause (1), the\npermit is taken to be issued on the condition that until such time as the temporary crossing is\nremoved, the permit holder shall keep the temporary crossing in good repair and in such a condition\nso as not to create any danger or obstruction to persons using the thoroughfare.\nSubdivision 2—Redundant vehicle crossings\n2.5 Removal of redundant crossing\n(1) Where works on a lot will result in a crossing no longer giving access to a lot, the crossing is to be\nremoved and the kerb, drain, footpath, verge and any other part of the thoroughfare affected by the\nremoval are to be reinstated to the satisfaction of the local government.\n\n4156 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 September 2016\n(2) The local government may give written notice to the owner or occupier of a lot requiring her or him\nto—\n(a) remove any part of or all of a crossing which does not give access to the lot; and\n(b) reinstate the kerb, drain, footpath, verge and any other part of the thoroughfare, which may\nbe affected by the removal,\nwithin the period of time stated in the notice, and the owner or occupier of the lot shall comply with\nthat notice.\nDivision 3—Verge treatments\nSubdivision 1—Preliminary\n2.6 Interpretation\nIn this Division, unless the context otherwise requires—\nacceptable material means any of the following materials—\n(1) gravel;\n(2) blue metal;\n(3) brick paving; or\nsimilar material approved by the local government.\n2.7 Application\nThis Division only applies to the townsites.\nSubdivision 2—Permissible verge treatments\n2.8 Permissible verge treatments\n(1) An owner or occupier of land which abuts on a verge may on that part of the verge directly in front\nof her or his land install a permissible verge treatment.\n(2) The permissible verge treatments are—\n(a) the planting and maintenance of a lawn;\n(b) the planting and maintenance of a garden provided that—\n(i) clear sight visibility is maintained at all times for a person using the abutting\nthoroughfare in the vicinity of an intersection or bend in the thoroughfare; and\n(ii) where there is no footpath, a pedestrian has safe and clear access of a minimum width\nof 2m along that part of the verge immediately adjacent to the kerb;\n(c) the installation of an acceptable material; or\n(d) the installation over no more than one third of the area of the verge (excluding any vehicle\ncrossing) of an acceptable material in accordance with paragraph (c), and the planting and\nmaintenance of either a lawn or a garden on the balance of the verge in accordance with\nparagraph (a) or (b).\n2.9 Only permissible verge treatments to be installed\n(1) A person shall not install or maintain a verge treatment which is not a permissible verge\ntreatment.\n(2) The owner and occupier of the lot abutting a verge treatment referred to in subclause (1) are each\nto be taken to have installed and maintained that verge treatment for the purposes of this clause and\nclause 2.10.\n2.10 Obligations of owner or occupier\nAn owner or occupier who installs or maintains a permissible verge treatment shall—\n(a) keep the permissible verge treatment in a good and tidy condition and ensure, where the\nverge treatment is a garden or lawn, that a footpath on the verge and a carriageway adjoining\nthe verge is not obstructed by the verge treatment;\n(b) not place any obstruction on or around the verge treatment; and\n(c) not disturb a footpath on the verge.\n2.11 Notice to owner or occupier\nThe local government may give a notice in writing to the owner or the occupier of a lot abutting on a\nverge to rectify default, within the time specified in the notice, any breach of a provision of this\nDivision.\nSubdivision 3—Existing verge treatments\n2.12 Transitional provision\n(1) In this clause—\nformer provisions means the local law of the local government which permitted certain types of\nverge treatments, whether with or without the consent of the local government, and which\nwas repealed by this local law.\n\n29 September 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4157\n(2) A verge treatment which—\n(a) was installed prior to the commencement day; and\n(b) on the commencement day is a type of verge treatment which was permitted under and\ncomplied with the former provisions,\nis to be taken to be a permissible verge treatment for so long as the verge treatment remains of the\nsame type and continues to comply with the former provisions.\nSubdivision 4—Public works\n2.13 Power to carry out public works on verge\nWhere the local government or an authority empowered to do so under a written law disturbs a verge,\nthe local government or the authority—\n(a) is not liable to compensate any person for that disturbance;\n(b) may backfill with sand, if necessary, any garden or lawn; and\n(c) is not liable to replace or restore any—\n(i) verge treatment and, in particular, any plant or any acceptable material or other hard\nsurface; or\n(ii) sprinklers, pipes or other reticulation equipment.\nDivision 4—Property numbers\nSubdivision 1—Preliminary\n2.14 Interpretation\nIn this Division, unless the context requires otherwise, number means a number of a lot with or\nwithout an alphabetical suffix indicating the address of the lot by reference to a thoroughfare\nSubdivision 2—Assignment and marking of numbers\n2.15 Assignment of numbers\nThe local government may assign a number to a lot in the district and may assign another number to\nthe lot instead of that previously assigned.\nDivision 5—Fencing\n2.16 Public place—item 4(1) of Division 1, Schedule 3.1 of the Act\nThe following places are specified as a public place for the purpose of item 4(1) of Division 1 of\nSchedule 3.1 of the Act—\n(a) a public place, as that term is defined in clause 1.2; and\n(b) local government property.\nDivision 6—Signs erected by the local government\n2.17 Signs\n(1) A local government may erect a sign on a public place specifying any conditions of use which apply\nto that place.\n(2) A person shall comply with a sign erected under subclause (1).\n(3) A condition of use specified on a sign erected under subclause (1) is to be for the purpose of giving\nnotice of the effect of a provision of this local law.\n2.18 Transitional\nWhere a sign erected on a public place has been erected under a local law of the local government\nrepealed by this local law, then on and from the commencement day, it is to be taken to be a sign\nerected under clause 2.17 if—\n(a) the sign specifies a condition of use relating to the public place which gives notice of the effect\nof a provision of this local law; and\n(b) the condition of use specified is not inconsistent with any provision of this local law.\nDivision 7—Driving on a closed thoroughfare\n2.19 No driving on closed thoroughfare\n(1) A person shall not drive or take a vehicle on a closed thoroughfare unless without a permit—\n(a) that is in accordance with any limits or exceptions specified in the order made under section\n3.50 of the Act; or\n(b) the person has first obtained a permit.\n(2) In this clause, closed thoroughfare means a thoroughfare wholly or partially closed under\nsection 3.50 or 3.50A of the Act.\n\n4158 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 September 2016\nPART 3—ADVERTISING SIGNS ON THOROUGHFARES\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n3.1 Interpretation\nIn this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—\nadvertising sign means a sign used for the purpose of advertisement and includes an election\nsign;\ndirection sign means a sign which indicates the direction of another place, activity or event, but\ndoes not include any such sign erected or affixed by the local government or the\nCommissioner of Main Roads;\nelection sign means a sign or poster which advertises any aspect of a forthcoming Federal, State\nor local government election;\nportable direction sign means a portable free standing direction sign; and\nportable sign means a portable free standing advertising sign.\nDivision 2—Permit\n3.2 Advertising signs and portable direction signs\n(1) A person shall not, without a permit—\n(a) erect or place an advertising sign on a thoroughfare; or\n(b) post any bill or paint, place or affix any advertisement on a thoroughfare.\n(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1), a permit is not required in respect of a portable direction sign\nwhich neither exceeds 500mm in height nor 0.5m2 in area, provided that the sign is placed or erected\non a thoroughfare on an infrequent or occasional basis only to direct attention to a place, activity or\nevent during the hours of that activity or event.\n(3) Notwithstanding subclause (1), a person shall not erect or place an advertising sign—\n(a) on a footpath;\n(b) over any footpath where the resulting vertical clearance between the sign and the footpath is\nless than 2.5m;\n(c) on or within 3m of a carriageway;\n(d) in any other location where, in the opinion of the local government, the sign is likely to\nobstruct lines of sight along a thoroughfare or cause danger to any person using the\nthoroughfare; or\n(e) on any natural feature, including a rock or tree, on a thoroughfare, or on any bridge or the\nstructural approaches to a bridge.\n3.3 Matters to be considered in determining application for permit\nIn determining an application for a permit for the purpose of clause 3.2(1), the local government is to\nhave regard to—\n(a) any other written law regulating the erection or placement of signs within the district;\n(b) the dimensions of the sign;\n(c) other advertising signs already approved or erected in the vicinity of the proposed location of\nthe sign;\n(d) whether or not the sign will create a hazard to persons using a thoroughfare; and\n(e) the amount of the public liability insurance cover, if any, to be obtained by the applicant.\nDivision 3—Conditions on permit\n3.4 Conditions on portable sign\nIf the local government approves an application for a permit for a portable sign, the application is to\nbe taken to be approved subject to the following conditions—\n(a) the portable sign shall—\n(i) not exceed 1m in height;\n(ii) not exceed an area of 1m2 on any side;\n(iii) relate only to the business activity described on the permit;\n(iv) contain letters not less than 200mm in height;\n(v) not be erected in any position other than immediately adjacent to the building or the\nbusiness to which the sign relates;\n(vi) be removed each day at the close of the business to which it relates and not be erected\nagain until the business next opens for trading;\n(vii) be secured in position in accordance with any requirements of the local government;\n(viii) be placed so as not to obstruct or impede the reasonable use of a thoroughfare or access\nto a place by any person; and\n\n29 September 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4159\n(ix) be maintained in good condition; and\n(b) no more than one portable sign shall be erected in relation to the one building or business.\n3.5 Conditions on election sign\nIf the local government approves an application for a permit for the erection or placement of an\nelection sign on a thoroughfare, the application is to be taken to be approved subject to the sign—\n(a) being erected at least 30m from any intersection;\n(b) being free standing and not being affixed to any existing sign, post, power or light pole, or\nsimilar structure;\n(c) being placed so as not to obstruct or impede the reasonable use of a thoroughfare, or access to\na place by any person;\n(d) being placed so as not to obstruct or impede the vision of a driver of a vehicle entering or\nleaving a thoroughfare or crossing;\n(e) being maintained in good condition;\n(f) not being erected until the election to which it relates has been officially announced;\n(g) being removed within 24 hours of the close of polls on voting day;\n(h) not being placed within 100m of any works on the thoroughfare;\n(i) being securely installed;\n(j) not being an illuminated sign;\n(k) not incorporating reflective or fluorescent materials; and\n(l) not displaying only part of a message which is to be read with other separate signs in order to\nobtain the whole message.\nPART 4—OBSTRUCTING ANIMALS, VEHICLES OR SHOPPING TROLLEYS\nDivision 1—Animals and vehicles\n4.1 Leaving animal or vehicle in public place or on local government property\n(1) A person shall not leave an animal or a vehicle, or any part of a vehicle, in a public place or on\nlocal government property so that it obstructs the use of any part of that public place or local\ngovernment property, unless that person has first obtained a permit or is authorised to do so under a\nwritten law.\n(2) A person will not contravene subclause (1) where the animal is secured or tethered for a period not\nexceeding 1 hour.\n(3) A person will not contravene subclause (1) where the vehicle is left for a period not exceeding\n24 hours.\n(4) Assistance animals, this local law is subject to any written law and law of the Commonwealth\nabout assistance animals as defined in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Commonwealth)\nsection 9(2).\n4.2 Prohibitions relating to animals\n(1) In subclause (2), owner in relation to an animal includes—\n(a) an owner of it;\n(b) a person in possession of it;\n(c) a person who has control of it; and\n(d) a person who ordinarily occupies the premises where the animal is permitted to stay.\n(2) An owner of an animal shall not—\n(a) allow the animal to enter or remain for any time on any thoroughfare except for the use of the\nthoroughfare as a thoroughfare and unless it is led, ridden or driven;\n(b) allow an animal which has a contagious or infectious disease to be led, ridden or driven on a\npublic place; or\n(c) train or race the animal on a thoroughfare.\n(3) An owner of a horse shall not lead, ride or drive a horse on a thoroughfare, unless that person does\nso under a permit or under the authority of a written law.\n4.3 Prohibition relating to parking on verges\n(1) A person shall not park on a verge a vehicle having a gross vehicle mass in excess of 4.5 tonnes or\nthat is in combination with any other vehicle or vehicles or anything in or on that vehicle more than\n7.5 metres in length—\n(a) for more than four hours consecutively;\n(b) within 10 metres of an intersection for any period of time; or\n(c) for the purpose of repairing, servicing or cleaning the vehicle.\n(2) For the purpose of subclause (1) park means to permit a vehicle whether attended or not to remain\nstationary and parking has a correlative meaning.\n\n4160 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 September 2016\nDivision 2—Shopping trolleys\n4.4 Interpretation\nIn this Division—\nretailer means a proprietor of a shop in respect of which shopping trolleys are provided for the\nuse of customers of the shop; and\nshopping trolley means a wheeled container or receptacle supplied by a retailer to enable a\nperson to transport goods.\n4.5 Shopping trolley to be marked\nA retailer shall clearly mark its name or its trading name on any shopping trolley made available for\nthe use of customers.\n4.6 Person not to leave trolley in public place\nA person shall not leave a shopping trolley in a public place other than in an area set aside for the\nstorage of shopping trolleys.\n4.7 Retailer to remove abandoned trolley\n(1) If a shopping trolley is found in a public place, other than in an area set aside for the storage of\nshopping trolleys, the local government may advise (verbally or in writing) a retailer whose name is\nmarked on the trolley of the location of the shopping trolley.\n(2) A retailer shall remove a shopping trolley within 24 hours of being so advised under subclause (1),\nunless the retailer—\n(a) requests the local government to collect and deliver the shopping trolley to the retailer; and\n(b) pays any fee for that collection and delivery, imposed and determined under and in\naccordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act, within the period specified by the local\ngovernment.\nPART 5—ROADSIDE CONSERVATION\nDivision 1—Preliminary\n5.1 Interpretation\nIn this Part—\nMRWA means Main Roads Western Australia;\nprotected flora has the meaning given to it in section 6(1) of the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950;\nrare flora has the meaning given to it in section 23F of the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950;\nRoadside Conservation Committee Roadside Conservation Committee means the Roadside\nConservation Committee appointed by the Minister for Environment; and\nspecial environmental area means an area designated as such under clause 5.7.\n5.2 Application\nThis Part does not apply to the townsites.\nDivision 2—Flora roads\n5.3 Declaration of flora road\nThe local government may declare a thoroughfare which has, in the opinion of the local government,\nhigh quality roadside vegetation to be a flora road.\n5.4 Construction works on flora roads\nConstruction and maintenance work carried out by the local government on a flora road is to be in\naccordance with the ‘Handbook of Environmental Practice for Road Construction and Road\nMaintenance Works’ prepared by the Roadside Conservation Committee.\n5.5 Signposting of flora roads\nThe local government may signpost flora roads with the standard MRWA ‘flora road’ sign.\n5.6 Driving only on carriageway of flora roads\n(1) A person driving or riding a vehicle on a flora road shall only drive or ride the vehicle on the\ncarriageway.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply where—\n(a) conditions on the thoroughfare do not reasonably permit a vehicle to remain on the\ncarriageway;\n(b) there is no carriageway; or\n(c) an exemption from the application of subclause (1) has been obtained from the local\ngovernment.\n\n29 September 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4161\nDivision 3—Special environmental areas\n5.7 Designation of special environmental areas\nThe local government may designate a thoroughfare, or any part of a thoroughfare, has a special\nenvironmental area which—\n(a) as protected flora or rare flora; or\n(b) in the opinion of the local government, has environmental, aesthetic or cultural significance.\n5.8 Marking of special environmental areas\nThe local government is to mark and keep a register of each thoroughfare, or part of a thoroughfare,\ndesignated as a special environmental area.\nDivision 4—Planting in thoroughfares\n5.9 Permit to plant\nA person shall not plant any plant or sow any seeds in a thoroughfare without first obtaining a\npermit.\n5.10 Relevant considerations in determining application\nIn determining an application for a permit for the purpose of clause 5.9, the local government is to\nhave regard to—\n(a) existing vegetation within that part of the thoroughfare in which the planting is to take place;\nand\n(b) the diversity of species and the prevalence of the species which are to be planted or sown.\nDivision 5—Clearance of vegetation\n5.11 Permit to clear\nA person shall not clear and maintain in a cleared state, the surface of a thoroughfare within 1m of\nthat person’s land without first obtaining a permit and any other approvals which may be required\nunder any written law.\n5.12 Application for permit\nIn addition to the requirements of clause 7.1(2), a person making an application for a permit for the\npurpose of clause 5.11 shall submit a sketch plan clearly showing the boundary of the person’s land\nand the portions of the thoroughfare joining that person’s land which are to be cleared.\nDivision 6—Fire management\n5.13 Permit to burn thoroughfare\nA person shall not burn part of a thoroughfare without first obtaining a permit or unless acting under\nthe authority of any other written law.\n5.14 Application for permit\nIn addition to the requirements of clause 7.1(2), an application for a permit for the purposes of clause\n5.13 shall—\n(a) include a sketch plan showing the portions of a thoroughfare which are proposed to be\nburned; and\n(b) advise of the estimated fire intensity and the measures to be taken to protect upper storey\nvegetation from the burn.\n5.15 When application for permit can be approved\nThe local government may approve an application for a permit for the purpose of clause 5.13 only if\nthe burning of the particular part of the thoroughfare will—\n(a) reduce a fire hazard and alternative means of reducing that hazard, such as slashing or the\nuse of herbicides, are considered by the local government to be not feasible or more\ndetrimental to native flora and fauna than burning; or\n(b) in the opinion of the local government, be beneficial for the preservation and conservation of\nnative flora and fauna.\n5.16 Prohibitions on burning\nNotwithstanding anything to the contrary in this local law, an application for a permit for the purpose\nof clause 5.13 is not to be approved by the local government—\n(a) for burning between 31 August and 1 May of the following year where the intensity of the\nburn could damage native flora and fauna; or\n(b) in any year to any person for any part of a thoroughfare which is on the opposite side of the\ncarriageway to that portion of the thoroughfare for which a permit to burn has been approved\nin the same year.\nDivision 7—Firebreaks\n5.17 Permit for firebreaks on thoroughfares\nA person shall not construct a firebreak on a thoroughfare without first obtaining a permit.\n\n4162 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 September 2016\n5.18 When application for permit cannot be approved\n(1) The local government is not to approve an application for a permit for the purpose of clause 5.17\nwhere the thoroughfare is less than 20m wide.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply where the firebreak is, in the opinion of the local government,\ndesirable for the protection of roadside vegetation.\nDivision 8—Commercial wildflower harvesting on thoroughfares\n5.19 Commercial wildflower harvesting\n(1) Subject to clause 5.20, a person shall not commercially harvest native flora on a thoroughfare\nwithout first obtaining a permit under this local law and any other licence or approval which may be\nrequired under any other written law.\n(2) The local government may approve an application for a permit under subclause (1) only where the\nthoroughfare, or relevant part of it, is not a special environment area.\n5.20 Permit for revegetation projects\n(1) A person shall not collect seed from native flora on a thoroughfare without first obtaining a\npermit.\n(2) The local government may approve an application for a permit under subclause (1) only where—\n(a) the seed is required for a revegetation project in any part of the district; and\n(b) the thoroughfare, or the relevant part of it, is not a special environmental area.\n(3) Unless the local government specifically provides to the contrary on a permit, if the local\ngovernment approves an application for a permit for the purpose of subclause (1) it is to be taken to be\napproved subject to the following conditions—\n(a) the collection of the seed is to be carried out so as not to endanger the long time survival of\nthe native flora on the thoroughfare; and\n(b) any licence or approval which may be required under any other written law is to be obtained\nby the applicant.\nPART 6—TRADING IN THOROUGHFARES AND PUBLIC PLACES\nDivision 1—Stallholders and traders\nSubdivision 1—Preliminary\n6.1 Interpretation\nIn this Division, unless the context otherwise requires—\nCompetition Principles Agreement means the Competition Principles Agreement executed by\neach State and Territory of the Commonwealth and the Commonwealth of Australia on\n11 April 1995;\npublic place includes—\n(a) any thoroughfare or place which the public are allowed to use whether or not the\nthoroughfare or place is on private property; and\n(b) local government property,\nbut does not include premises on private property from which trading is lawfully conducted\nunder a written law.\nstall means a movable or temporarily fixed structure, stand or table in, on or from which goods or\nservices are sold, hired or offered for sale or hire;\nstallholder means a person in charge of a stall;\nstallholder’s permit means a permit issued to a stallholder;\ntrader means a person who carries on trading;\ntrader’s permit means a permit issued to a trader; and\ntrading includes—\n(a) the selling or hiring of, the offering for sale or hire of or the soliciting of orders for goods\nor services in a public place;\n(b) displaying goods in any public place for the purpose of—\n(i) offering them for sale or hire;\n(ii) inviting offers for their sale or hire;\n(iii) soliciting orders for them; or\n(iv) carrying out any other transaction in relation to them; and\n(c) the going from place to place, whether or not public places, and—\n(i) offering goods or services for sale or hire;\n(ii) inviting offers or soliciting orders for the sale or the hire of goods or services; or\n(iii) carrying out any other transaction in relation to goods or services,\nbut does not include—\n(d) the setting up of a stall or the conducting of a business at a stall under the authority of a\nstallholder’s permit;\n\n29 September 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4163\n(e) the selling or the offering for sale of goods and services to, or the soliciting of orders for\ngoods and services from a person who sells those goods or services;\n(f) the selling or the offering for sale or hire by a person of goods of her or his own\nmanufacture or services which he or she provides; and\n(g) the selling or hiring or the offering for sale or hire of—\n(i) goods by a person who represents a manufacturer of the goods; or\n(ii) services by a person who represents a provider of the services,\nwhich are sold directly to consumers and not through a shop.\nSubdivision 2—Permits\n6.2 Stallholder’s permit\n(1) A person shall not conduct a stall on a public place unless that person is—\n(a) the holder of a valid stallholder’s permit; or\n(b) an assistant specified in a valid stallholder’s permit.\n(2) Every application for a stallholder’s permit shall—\n(a) state the full name and address of the applicant;\n(b) specify the proposed number of assistants to be engaged by the applicant in conducting the\nstall, as well as their names and addresses if already engaged;\n(c) specify the proposed location of the stall;\n(d) specify the period of time for which the permit is sought, together with the proposed days and\nhours of operation;\n(e) specify the proposed goods or services to be sold or hired or offered for sale or hire from the\nstall; and\n(f) be accompanied by an accurate plan and description of the proposed stall.\n6.3 Trader’s permit\n(1) A person shall not carry on trading unless that person is—\n(a) the holder of a valid trader’s permit; or\n(b) an assistant specified in a valid trader’s permit.\n(2) Every application for a trader’s permit shall—\n(a) state the full name and address of the applicant;\n(b) specify the proposed number of assistants, if any, to be engaged by the applicant in trading,\nas well as their names and addresses if already engaged;\n(c) specify the location or locations in which the applicant proposes to trade;\n(d) specify the period of time for which the permit is sought, together with the proposed days and\nhours of trading;\n(e) specify the proposed goods or services which will be traded; and\n(f) be accompanied by an accurate plan and description of any proposed structure or vehicle\nwhich may be used by the applicant in trading.\n6.4 No permit required to sell newspaper\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this local law, a person who sells, or offers for sale, a\nnewspaper is not required to obtain a permit.\n6.5 Relevant considerations in determining application for permit\n(1) In determining an application for a permit for the purposes of this Division, the local government\nis to have regard to—\n(a) any relevant policies of the local government;\n(b) the desirability of the proposed activity;\n(c) the location of the proposed activity;\n(d) the principles set out in the Competition Principles Agreement; and\n(e) such other matters as the local government may consider to be relevant in the circumstances\nof the case.\n(2) The local government may refuse to approve an application for a permit under this Division on any\none or more of the following grounds—\n(a) that the applicant has committed a breach of any provision of this local law or of any written\nlaw relevant to the activity in respect of which the permit is sought;\n(b) that the applicant is not a desirable or suitable person to hold a permit; that—\n(i) the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt or is in liquidation;\n(ii) the applicant has entered into any composition or arrangement with creditors; or\n(iii) a manager, an administrator, a trustee, a receiver, or a receiver and manager has been\nappointed in relation to any part of the applicant’s undertakings or property; or\n(c) such other grounds as the local government may consider to be relevant in the circumstances\nof the case.\n\n4164 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 September 2016\n6.6 Conditions of permit\n(1) If the local government approves an application for a permit under this Division subject to\nconditions, those conditions may include—\n(a) the place, the part of the district, or the thoroughfare to which the permit applies;\n(b) the days and hours during which a permit holder may conduct a stall or trade;\n(c) the number, type, form and construction, as the case may be, of any stand, table, structure or\nvehicle which may be used in conducting a stall or in trading;\n(d) the goods or services in respect of which a permit holder may conduct a stall or trade;\n(e) the number of persons and the names of persons permitted to conduct a stall or trade;\n(f) the requirement for personal attendance at the stall or the place of trading by the permit\nholder and the nomination of assistants, nominees or substitutes for the permit holder;\n(g) whether and under what terms the permit is transferable;\n(h) any prohibitions or restrictions concerning the—\n(i) causing or making of any noise or disturbance which is likely to be a nuisance to\npersons in the vicinity of the permit holder;\n(ii) the use of amplifiers, sound equipment and sound instruments;\n(iii) the use of signs; and\n(iv) the use of any lighting apparatus or device;\n(i) the manner in which the permit holder’s name and other details of a valid permit are to be\ndisplayed;\n(j) the care, maintenance and cleansing of the stall or any structure used for trading and the\nplace of the stall or any structure;\n(k) the vacating of the place of a stall or trading when the stall is not being conducted or trading\nis not being carried on;\n(l) the acquisition by the stallholder or trader of public risk insurance;\n(m) the period for which the permit is valid; and\n(n) the designation of any place or places where trading is wholly or from time to time prohibited\nby the local government.\n(2) Where a permit holder by reason of illness, accident or other sufficient cause is unable to comply\nwith this local law, the local government may at the request of that permit holder authorize another\nperson to be a nominee of the permit holder for a specified period, and this local law and the\nconditions of the permit shall apply to the nominee as if he or she was the permit holder.\n6.7 Exemptions from requirement to pay fee or to obtain a permit\n(1) In this clause—\ncharitable organisation means an institution, association, club, society or body whether\nincorporated or not, the objects of which are of a charitable, benevolent, religious, cultural,\neducational, recreational, sporting or other like nature and from which any member does not\nreceive any pecuniary profit except where the member is an employee or the profit is an\nhonorarium; and\ncommercial participant means any person who is involved in operating a stall or in conducting\nany trading activity for personal gain or profit.\n(2) The local government may waive any fee required to be paid by an applicant for a stallholder’s\npermit or a trader’s permit on making an application for or on the issue of a permit, or may return\nany such fee which has been paid, if the stall is conducted or the trading is carried on—\n(a) on a portion of a public place adjoining the normal place of business of the applicant; or\n(b) by a charitable organisation that does not sublet space to, or involve commercial participants\nin the conduct of a stall or trading, and any assistants that may be specified in the permit are\nmembers of that charitable organisation.\n(3) The local government may exempt a person or a class of persons, whether or not in relation to a\nspecified public place, from the requirements of this Division.\nSubdivision 3—Conduct of stallholders and traders\n6.8 Conduct of stallholders and traders\n(1) A stallholder while conducting a stall or a trader while trading shall—\n(a) display her or his permit to do so in a conspicuous place on the stall, vehicle or temporary\nstructure or if there is no stall, vehicle or temporary structure, carry the permit with her or\nhim while conducting a stall or trading;\n(b) not display a permit unless it is a valid permit; and\n(c) when selling goods by weight, carry and use for that purpose, scales tested and certified in\naccordance with the provisions of the National Measurements Act 1960 (Cth).\n(2) A stallholder or trader shall not—\n(a) attempt to conduct a business within a distance of 300m of any shop or permanent place of\nbusiness that is open for business and has for sale any goods or services of the kind being\noffered for sale by the stallholder or trader;\n\n29 September 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4165\n(b) deposit or store any box or basket containing goods on any part of a thoroughfare so as to\nobstruct the movement of pedestrians or vehicles;\n(c) act in an offensive manner;\n(d) use or cause to be used any apparatus or device including any flap or shelf, whereby the\ndimensions of a stall, vehicle or structure are increased beyond those specified in the permit;\nor\n(e) in the case of a trader, carry on trading from a public place, unless there is adequate parking\nfor customers’ vehicles reasonably close to the place of trading.\nDivision 2—Street entertainer\nSubdivision 1—Preliminary\n6.9 Interpretation\nIn this Division the context otherwise requires—\nperform includes to play a musical instrument, sing, mime, dance, give an aerobic display or\nentertain, but does not include public speaking;\npermit means a permit issued for the purpose of clause 6.10;\npermitted area means the area or areas, specified in a permit, in which the permit holder may\nperform; and\npermitted time means the time or times, specified in a permit, during which the permit holder\nmay perform.\nSubdivision 2—Permits\n6.10 Permit required to perform\nA person shall not perform in a public place without a permit.\n6.11 Variation of permitted area and permitted time\n(1) The local government may by notice in writing to a permit holder vary—\n(a) the permitted area;\n(b) the permitted time; or\n(c) both the permitted area and the permitted time,\nshown on a permit.\n(2) The local government may direct a permit holder to move from one permitted area to another\npermitted area, if more than one area is specified in a permit.\n6.12 Duration of permit\nA permit is valid for a period of 3 months after the date on which it is issued unless it is sooner\ncancelled under this local law.\n6.13 Cancellation of permit\nThe CEO may cancel a permit if in her or his opinion the volume of sound caused by the permit holder\nin connection with the performance adversely affects the enjoyment, convenience or comfort of other\npersons in a public place, or if, in her or his opinion, or in the opinion of an authorised person, the\nperformance otherwise constitutes a nuisance.\n6.14 Obligations of a permit holder\nA permit holder shall not in a public place—\n(a) perform wearing dirty, torn or ragged clothing;\n(b) act in an offensive manner; or\n(c) place, install, erect, play or use any musical instrument or any device which emits music,\nincluding a loud speaker or an amplifier—\n(i) other than in the permitted area; and\n(ii) unless the musical instrument or device is specified in the permit.\nDivision 3—Outdoor eating facilities on public places\n6.15 Interpretation\nIn this Division—\nfacility means an outdoor eating facility or establishment on any part of a public place, but does\nnot include such a facility or establishment on private land;\npermit holder means the person to whom a permit has been issued for the purpose of clause\n6.16; and\npublic place has the meaning given to it in clause 6.1.\n6.16 Permit required to conduct facility\nA person shall not establish or conduct a facility without a permit.\n\n4166 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 September 2016\n6.17 Matters to be considered in determining application\nIn determining an application for a permit for the purpose of clause 6.16, the local government may\nconsider in addition to any other matter it considers relevant, whether or not—\n(a) the facility is conducted in conjunction with and as an extension of food business which abut\non the facility, and whether the applicant is the person conducting such food business;\n(b) any abutting food business are registered in accordance with the Food Act 2008 and whether\nthe use of the premises is permitted under the town planning scheme;\n(c) the facility will comply with any local law made under the Food Act 2008;\n(d) users of the facility will have access to proper and sufficient sanitary and ablutionary\nconveniences;\n(e) the facility would—\n(i) obstruct the visibility or clear sight lines at an intersection of thoroughfares of any\nperson; or\n(ii) impede pedestrian access; and\n(f) the tables, chairs and other equipment to be used may obstruct or impede the use of the\npublic place for the purpose for which it was designed.\n6.18 Obligations of permit holder\n(1) The permit holder for a facility shall—\n(a) ensure that the facility is conducted at all times in accordance with the provisions of this local\nlaw and any local law made under the Food Act 2008;\n(b) ensure that the eating area is kept in a clean and tidy condition at all times;\n(c) maintain the chairs, tables and other structures in the eating area in a good, clean and\nserviceable condition at all times; and\n(d) be solely responsible for all rates and taxes levied upon the land occupied by the facility.\n(2) Whenever, in the opinion of the local government, any work is required to be carried out to a\nfacility, the local government may give a notice to the permit holder for the facility to carry out that\nwork within the time limited by the notice.\n(3) In subclause (2), “work” includes the removal, alteration, repair, reinstatement or reconstruction\nof any part of a public place arising from or in connection with the setting up or conduct of a facility.\n6.19 Removal of facility unlawfully conducted\nWhere a facility is conducted without a permit, or in contravention of a condition of a permit, any\ntables, chairs, umbrellas or other equipment may be removed by an authorised person and impounded\nin accordance with the Act.\n6.20 Use of facility by public\n(1) A person shall not occupy a chair or otherwise use the equipment in a facility the subject of a\npermit unless the person uses them for the purpose of consuming food or drinks provided by the\nfacility.\n(2) A person shall leave a facility when requested to do so by the permit holder.\n6.21 Temporary removal of facility may be requested\n(1) The permit holder for a facility is to temporarily remove the facility when requested to do so on\nreasonable grounds by an authorised person or a member of the Police Service or an emergency\nservice in the event of an emergency.\n(2) The permit holder may replace the facility removed under subclause (1) as soon as the person who\ndirected her or him to remove it allows it to be replaced.\nPART 7—PERMITS\nDivision 1—Applying for a permit\n7.1 Application for permit\n(1) Where a person is required to obtain a permit under this local law, that person shall apply for the\npermit in accordance with subclause (2).\n(2) An application for a permit under this local law shall—\n(a) be in the form determined by the local government;\n(b) be signed by the applicant;\n(c) provide the information required by the form; and\n(d) be forwarded to the CEO together with any fee imposed and determined by the local\ngovernment under and in accordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act.\n(3) The local government may require an applicant to provide additional information reasonably\nrelated to an application before determining an application for a permit.\n(4) The local government may require an applicant to give local public notice of the application for a\npermit.\n(5) The local government may refuse to consider an application for a permit which is not in accordance\nwith subclause (2).\n\n29 September 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4167\n7.2 Decision on application for permit\n(1) The local government may—\n(a) approve an application for a permit unconditionally or subject to any conditions; or\n(b) refuse to approve an application for a permit.\n(2) If the local government approves an application for a permit, it is to issue to the applicant a permit\nin the form determined by the local government.\n(3) If the local government refuses to approve an application for a permit, it is to give written notice of\nthat refusal to the applicant.\n(4) Where a clause of this local law refers to conditions which may be imposed on a permit or which\nare to be taken to be imposed on a permit, the clause does not limit the power of the local government\nto impose other conditions on the permit under subclause (1)(a).\n(5) Where a clause of this local law refers to the grounds on which an application for a permit may be\nor is to be refused, the clause does not limit the power of the local government to refuse the\napplication for a permit on other grounds under subclause (1)(b).\nDivision 2—Conditions\n7.3 Conditions which may be imposed on a permit\nThe local government may approve an application for a permit subject to conditions relating to—\n(a) the payment of a fee;\n(b) the duration and commencement of the permit;\n(c) the commencement of the permit being contingent on the happening of an event;\n(d) the rectification, remedying or restoration of a situation or circumstance reasonably related to\nthe application;\n(e) the approval of another application for a permit which may be required by the local\ngovernment under any written law;\n(f) the area of the district to which the permit applies;\n(g) where a permit is issued for an activity which will or may cause damage to a public place, the\npayment of a deposit or bond against such damage;\n(h) the obtaining of public risk insurance in an amount and on terms reasonably required by the\nlocal government; and\n(i) the provision of an indemnity from the permit holder indemnifying the local government in\nrespect of any injury to any person or any damage to any property which may occur in\nconnection with the use of the public place by the permit holder.\n7.4 Imposing conditions under a policy\n(1) In this clause, policy means a policy of the local government adopted by the Council containing\nconditions subject to which an application for a permit may be approved under clause 7.2(1)(a).\n(2) Under clause 7.2(1)(a) the local government may approve an application subject to conditions by\nreference to a policy.\n(3) The local government is to give a copy of the policy, or the part of the policy which is relevant to\nthe application for a permit, with the form of permit referred to in clause 7.2(2).\n(4) An application for a permit is to be taken not to have been approved subject to the conditions\ncontained in a policy until the local government gives the permit holder a copy of the policy or the\npart of the policy which is relevant to the application.\n(5) Sections 5.94 and 5.95 of the Act shall apply to a policy and for that purpose a policy is to be taken\nto be information within section 5.94(u)(i) of the Act.\n7.5 Compliance with and variation of conditions\n(1) Where an application for a permit has been approved subject to conditions, or where a permit is to\nbe taken to be subject to conditions under this local law, the permit holder shall comply with each of\nthose conditions.\n(2) The local government may vary the conditions of a permit, and the permit holder shall comply\nwith those conditions as varied.\nDivision 3—General\n7.6 Duration of permit\nA permit is valid for one year from the date on which it is issued, unless it is—\n(a) otherwise stated in this local law or in the permit; or\n(b) cancelled under clause 7.10.\n7.7 Renewal of permit\n(1) A permit holder may apply to the local government in writing prior to expiry of a permit for the\nrenewal of the permit.\n(2) The provisions of—\n(a) this Part; and\n(b) any other provision of this local law relevant to the permit which is to be renewed,\nshall apply to an application for the renewal of a permit with all necessary changes as required.\n\n4168 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 September 2016\n7.8 Transfer of permit\n(1) An application for the transfer of a valid permit is to—\n(a) be made in writing;\n(b) be signed by the permit holder and the proposed transferee of the permit;\n(c) provide such information as the local government may require to enable the application to be\ndetermined; and\n(d) be forwarded to the CEO together with any fee imposed and determined by the local\ngovernment under and in accordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act.\n(2) The local government may approve an application for the transfer of a permit, refuse to approve it\nor approve it subject to any conditions.\n(3) Where the local government approves an application for the transfer of a permit, the transfer may\nbe effected by—\n(a) an endorsement on the permit signed by the CEO; or\n(b) issuing to the transferee a permit in the form determined by the local government.\n(4) Where the local government approves an application for the transfer of a permit, it is not required\nto refund any part of any fee paid by the former permit holder.\n7.9 Production of permit\nA permit holder is to produce to an authorised person her or his permit immediately upon being\nrequired to do so by that authorised person.\n7.10 Cancellation of permit\n(1) Subject to clause 8.1, a permit may be cancelled by the local government on any one or more of the\nfollowing grounds—\n(a) the permit holder has not complied with a—\n(i) condition of the permit; or\n(ii) provision of any written law which may relate to the activity regulated by the permit;\nor\n(b) if it is relevant to the activity regulated by the permit—\n(i) the permit holder has become bankrupt, or gone into liquidation;\n(ii) the permit holder has entered into any composition or arrangement with creditors; or\n(iii) a manager, an administrator, a trustee, a receiver, or a receiver and manager is\nappointed in relation to any part of the permit holder’s undertakings or property.\n(2) On the cancellation of a permit the permit holder—\n(a) shall return the permit as soon as practicable to the local government; and\n(b) is to be taken to have forfeited any fees paid in respect of the permit.\nPART 8—OBJECTIONS AND REVIEW\n8.1 Application of Division 1 of Part 9 of the Act\nWhen the local government makes a decision—\n(a) under clause 7.2(1); or\n(b) as to whether it will renew, vary, or cancel a permit,\nthe provisions of Division 1 of Part 9 of the Act and regulation 33 of the Regulations apply to that\ndecision.\nPART 9—MISCELLANEOUS NOTICES\n9.1 Notice to redirect or repair sprinkler\nWhere a lawn or a garden is being watered with a sprinkler which is on the lawn or the garden, in a\nmanner which causes or may cause an inconvenience or obstruction to any person using a\nthoroughfare, the local government may give a notice to the owner or the occupier of the land abutting\non the lawn or the garden, requiring the owner or the occupier or both to move or alter the direction of\nthe sprinkler or other watering equipment.\n9.2 Hazardous plants\n(1) Where a plant in a garden creates or may create a hazard for any person using a thoroughfare, the\nlocal government may give a notice to the owner or the occupier of the land abutting on the garden to\nremove, cut, move or otherwise deal with that plant so as to remove the hazard.\n(2) Subclause (1) does not apply where the plant was planted by the local government.\n9.3 Notice to repair damage to thoroughfare\nWhere any portion of a thoroughfare has been damaged, the local government may by notice to the\nperson who caused the damage order the person to repair or replace that portion of the thoroughfare\nto the satisfaction of the local government.\n\n29 September 2016 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4169\n9.4 Notice to remove thing unlawfully placed on thoroughfare\nWhere any thing is placed on a thoroughfare in contravention of this local law, the local government\nmay by notice in writing to the owner or the occupier of the property which abuts on that portion of\nthe thoroughfare where the thing has been placed, or such other person who may be responsible for\nthe thing being so placed, require the relevant person to remove the thing.\nPART 10—ENFORCEMENT\nDivision 1—Notices given under this local law\n10.1 Offence to fail to comply with notice\nWhenever the local government gives a notice under this local law requiring a person to do any thing,\nif the person fails to comply with the notice, the person commits an offence.\n10.2 Local government may undertake requirements of notice\nWhere a person fails to comply with a notice referred to in clause 10.1, the local government may do\nthe thing specified in the notice and recover from that person, as a debt, the costs incurred in so\ndoing.\nDivision 2—Offences and penalties\nSubdivision 1—General\n10.3 Offences\n(1) Any person who fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law, or who\ndoes anything which under this local law that person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence.\n(2) Any person who commits an offence under this local law is liable, upon conviction, to a penalty not\nexceeding $5,000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional penalty not exceeding\n$500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued.\nSubdivision 2—Infringement notices and modified penalties\n10.4 Prescribed offences\n(1) An offence against a clause specified in Schedule 1 is a prescribed offence for the purposes of\nsection 9.16(1) of the Act.\n(2) The amount of the modified penalty for a prescribed offence is that specified adjacent to the clause\nin Schedule 1.\n10.5 Forms\nUnless otherwise specified, for the purposes of this local law—\n(a) where a vehicle is involved in the commission of an offence, the form of the notice referred to\nin section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule 1 of the Regulations;\n(b) the form of the infringement notice given under section 9.16 of the Act is that of Form 2 in\nSchedule 1 of the Regulations; and\n(c) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is that of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of\nthe Regulations.\n————\nSCHEDULE 1—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES AND MODIFIED PENALTIES\n[Clause 10.4]\nItem Clause Nature of Offence Modified\npenalty $\n1 2.1(a) Plant any plant within 6m of intersection 100\n2 2.1(b) Damaging lawn or garden 100\n3 2.1(c) Plant (except grass) on thoroughfare within 2m of carriageway 100\n4 2.1(d) Placing hazardous substance on footpath 100\n5 2.1(e) Damaging or interfering with signpost or structure on thoroughfare 300\n6 2.1(f) Playing games so as to impede vehicles or persons on thoroughfare 100\n7 2.1(g) Riding of skateboard or similar device on mall or verandah of\nshopping centre\n100\n8 2.2(1)(a) Digging a trench through a kerb or footpath without a permit 100\n9 2.2(1)(b) Throwing or placing anything on a verge without a permit 100\n10 2.2(1)(c) Causing obstruction to vehicle or person on thoroughfare without a\npermit\n100\n11 2.2(1)(d) Causing obstruction to water channel on thoroughfare without a\npermit\n200\n12 2.2(1)(e) Placing or draining offensive fluid on thoroughfare without a permit 200\n13 2.2(1)(g) Lighting a fire on a thoroughfare without a permit 300\n14 2.2(1)(h) Felling tree onto thoroughfare without a permit 100\n15 2.2(1)(i) Installing pipes or stone on thoroughfare without a permit 100\n\n4170 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 September 2016\nItem Clause Nature of Offence Modified\npenalty $\n16 2.2(1)(j) Installing a hoist or other thing on a structure or land for use over a\nthoroughfare without a permit\n300\n17 2.2(1)(k) Creating a nuisance on a thoroughfare without a permit 100\n18 2.2(1)(l) Placing a bulk rubbish container on a thoroughfare without a permit 100\n19 2.2(1)(m) Interfering with anything on a thoroughfare without a permit 100\n20 2.3(1) Consumption or possession of liquor on thoroughfare 100\n21 2.4(1) Failure to obtain permit for temporary crossing 200\n22 2.5(2) Failure to comply with notice to remove crossing and reinstate kerb 300\n23 2.9(1) Installation of verge treatment other than permissible verge\ntreatment\n200\n24 2.10 Failure to maintain permissible verge treatment or placement of\nobstruction on verge\n100\n25 2.11 Failure to comply with notice to rectify default 100\n26 2.17(2) Failure to comply with sign on public place 100\n27 2.19(1) Driving or taking a vehicle on a closed thoroughfare 300\n28 3.2(1) Placing advertising sign or affixing any advertisement on a\nthoroughfare without a permit\n100\n29 3.2(3) Erecting or placing of advertising sign in a prohibited area 100\n30 4.1(1) Animal or vehicle obstructing a public place or local government\nproperty\n100\n31 4.2(2)(a) Animal on thoroughfare when not led, ridden or driven 100\n32 4.2(2)(b) Animal on public place with infectious disease 100\n33 4.2(2)(c) Training or racing animal on thoroughfare in built-up area 100\n34 4.2(3) Horse led, ridden or driven on thoroughfare in built-up area 100\n35 4.3 Parking unlawfully on verge 100\n36 4.6 Person leaving shopping trolley in public place other than trolley\nbay\n100\n37 4.7(2) Failure to remove shopping trolley upon being advised of location 100\n38 5.6(1) Driving a vehicle on other than the carriageway of a flora road 200\n39 5.9 Planting in thoroughfare without a permit 200\n40 5.11 Failure to obtain permit to clear a thoroughfare 500\n41 5.13 Burning of thoroughfare without a permit 500\n42 5.17 Construction of firebreak on thoroughfare without a permit 500\n43 5.19 Commercial harvesting of native flora on thoroughfare 500\n44 5.20(1) Collecting seed from native flora on thoroughfare without a permit 300\n45 6.2(1) Conducting of stall in public place without a permit 300\n46 6.3(1) Trading without a permit 300\n47 6.8(1)(a) Failure of stallholder or trader to display or carry permit 100\n48 6.8(1)(b) Stallholder or trader not displaying valid permit 100\n49 6.8(1)(c) Stallholder or trader not carrying certified scales when selling goods\nby weight\n100\n50 6.8(2) Stallholder or trader engaged in prohibited conduct 100\n51 6.16 Establishment or conduct of outdoor eating facility without a permit 300\n52 6.18 Failure of permit holder of outdoor eating facility to comply with\nobligations\n100\n53 6.20(1) Use of equipment of outdoor eating facility without purchase of food\nor drink from facility\n50\n54 6.20(2) Failure to leave outdoor eating facility when requested to do so by\npermit holder\n50\n55 7.5 Failure to comply with a condition of a permit 100\n56 7.9 Failure to produce permit on request of authorised person 100\n57 10.1 Failure to comply with notice given under local law 100\n————\nThe Common Seal of the Shire of Dundas was affixed by authority of a resolution of the Council in the\npresence of—\nLYNN WEBB, Shire Deputy President.\nDOUGLAS STEAD, Chief Executive Officer.\nDated on this 20 day of September 2016.\n———————————","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This appears to be a consolidated remake of the 2013 local law of the same name. The scope remains consistent with the original intent—regulating activities on thoroughfares and public places and trading within the Shire of Dundas. While the 2016 version updates references to current legislation (e.g., Building Act 2011) and refines some provisions, it does not represent a significant expansion beyond the original purpose of managing public space usage, verge treatments, roadside conservation, and commercial activities in public areas."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-referencing to other legislation (Local Government Act 1995, Road Traffic Code 2000, Liquor Control Act 1988, Wildlife Conservation Act 1950, Food Act 2008, etc.)","Multiple defined terms (approximately 40 definitions in clause 1.2 alone, plus additional definitions in nearly every Part/Division)","Nested structure with 10 Parts, multiple Divisions and Subdivisions creating layered conditional logic","Numerous permit requirements with varying conditions, exemptions and exceptions (e.g., clause 2.2(1) lists 13 separate prohibited activities requiring permits, each with potential exemptions)","Geographic variations in application (some provisions apply only to 'townsites' of Norseman and Eucla, others exclude them)","Transitional provisions dealing with legacy installations (clauses 2.12, 2.18)","Multiple overlapping offence provisions with different penalty levels (Schedule 1 lists 57 specific prescribed offences with modified penalties)","Conditional permit approvals with extensive lists of considerations (e.g., clause 6.5 has multiple grounds for refusal, clause 6.6 has 14 potential condition categories)","Specific measurement requirements throughout (6m from intersections, 2m from carriageway, 500mm height, 0.5m2 area, etc.)"],"plain_english_summary":"The Shire of Dundas local law regulates use of roads, footpaths and other public places: what activities need permits (trading, stalls, signs, outdoor dining, driveway works, street performance), restrictions (alcohol, vehicle/animal access, verge works, roadside conservation) and penalties for breaches. It affects residents, businesses, builders, retailers, event organisers and street performers. The law matters because it preserves safety, access and native vegetation while allowing managed community uses of public spaces."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument expressly repeals the Shire of Dundas 2013 Activities on Thoroughfares and Public Property and Trading Local Law (cl.1.4) and re-enacts a comprehensive permit-and-offence framework that applies \"throughout the district\" (cl.1.3) while creating townsite-specific rules (cl.2.7; cl.5.2). The text does not state an explicit expansion or narrowing of geographic or subject-matter scope compared with the repealed law; on the face of this document alone a change of scope from the earlier instrument cannot be established."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple, overlapping permit regimes (planting, verge works, crossings, signage, stalls/traders, performers, outdoor eating, burning, firebreaks, harvesting) each with tailored application and condition rules (Parts 2–6)","Extensive discretion for the local government to approve, impose conditions, vary or cancel permits (clauses 7.2, 7.3, 7.5, 7.10)","Cross‑references to the Local Government Act 1995, Regulations and other written laws (see definitions cl.1.2 and multiple cross-references throughout)","Detailed offence and enforcement architecture: general penalties, daily penalties for continuing offences, and a long schedule of prescribed offences with modified penalties (cls 10.3–10.5; Schedule 1)","Technical and spatial carve-outs and transitional rules (e.g. Division‑specific application limits: cl.2.7 applies only to townsites; cl.5.2 excludes townsites; transitional cl.2.12)","Administrative burdens: prescribed application form and information, possible public notice, bonds, insurance and indemnities (cl.7.1, cl.7.3, cl.7.4)","Operational obligations and private‑party liabilities (maintenance duties, notice rectification powers, cost recovery and impoundment powers — cls 2.10, 9.1–9.4, 10.2)","Numerous defined terms that affect scope and operation (cl.1.2) increasing interpretive demand for users and officers"],"plain_english_summary":"Replaces the Shire’s 2013 local law and sets permit-based rules for use of thoroughfares, verges and public places across the Shire of Dundas. It makes many activities (planting, signage, crossings, trading, street performance, outdoor dining, burning, harvesting) subject to permits and conditions, and authorises the council to approve, condition, vary or cancel permits (cls 1.4, 7.2–7.3).\n\nApplicants pay permit fees and may be required to provide bonds or insurance (cl.7.1(2)(d), 7.3(g)–(h)); failure to comply permits notices, cost-recovery (cl.10.2) and fines up to $5,000 or specified modified penalties (cl.10.3; Schedule 1)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/shire-of-dundas-activities-on-thoroughfares-and-public-places-and-trading-local-law-2016","history":"/api/acts/shire-of-dundas-activities-on-thoroughfares-and-public-places-and-trading-local-law-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/shire-of-dundas-activities-on-thoroughfares-and-public-places-and-trading-local-law-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/shire-of-dundas-activities-on-thoroughfares-and-public-places-and-trading-local-law-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/shire-of-dundas-activities-on-thoroughfares-and-public-places-and-trading-local-law-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/shire-of-dundas-activities-on-thoroughfares-and-public-places-and-trading-local-law-2016/documents"}}