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McRAE, GOVERNMENT PRINTER AT 1.00 PM\n© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nWESTERN\nAUSTRALIAN\nGOVERNMENT\nTOWN OF BASSENDEAN\n———————————\nDOG ACT 1976\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nDOGS LOCAL LAW 2019\n_________\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nPARKING LOCAL LAW 2019\n\n\n\n5 November 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3967\nDOG ACT 1976\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nTOWN OF BASSENDEAN\nDOGS LOCAL LAW 2019\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Citation\n1.2 Commencement\n1.3 Repeal\n1.4 Definitions\n1.5 Application\nPART 2—KEEPING OF DOGS\n2.1 Dogs to be confined\n2.2 Limitation on the number of dogs\n2.3 Offence to excrete\nPART 3—ENFORCEMENT\n3.1 Interpretation\n3.2 Offences and general penalty\n3.3 Modified penalties\n3.4 Issue of infringement notice\n3.5 Failure to pay modified penalty\n3.6 Payment of modified penalty\n3.7 Withdrawal of infringement notice\nSCHEDULE 1—OFFENCES IN RESPECT OF WHICH MODIFIED PENALTY APPLIES\n\n\n\n5 November 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3969\nDOG ACT 1976\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nTOWN OF BASSENDEAN\nDOGS LOCAL LAW 2019\nUnder the powers conferred by the Dog Act 1976 and the Local Government Act 1995 and under all\nother powers enabling it, the Council of the Town of Bassendean resolved on 25 June 2019 to make\nthe following local law.\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1.1 Citation\nThis local law may be cited as the Town of Bassendean Dogs Local Law 2019.\n1.2 Commencement\nThis local law will come into operation on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is published in\nthe Government Gazette.\n1.3 Repeal\nThe Town of Bassendean Dogs Local Law published in the Government Gazette on 16 August 2001\nand as amended on 3 October 2006 is repealed.\n1.4 Definitions\n(1) In this local law, unless the context otherwise requires—\nAct means the Dog Act 1976;\nAuthorised person means a person appointed by the local government to perform all or any of\nthe functions conferred on an authorised person under this local law;\nCEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government;\nDistrict means the district of the local government;\nLocal Government means the Town of Bassendean;\nRegulations means the Dog Regulations 2013; and\nThoroughfare has the meaning given to it in section 1.4 of the Local Government Act 1995.\n(2) A term that is used in this local law and is not defined in subclause (1) has the same meaning that\nis given to it in the Act or, if not defined in the Act, the same meaning given to it in the Local\nGovernment Act 1995.\n1.5 Application\nThis local law applies throughout the district.\nPART 2—KEEPING OF DOGS\n2.1 Dogs to be confined\n(1) An occupier of premises on which a dog is kept must—\n(a) cause a portion of the premises on which the dog is kept to be fenced in a manner capable of\nconfining the dog;\n(b) ensure the fence used to confine the dog and every gate or door in the fence is of a type, height\nand construction which having regard to the breed, age, size and physical condition of the dog\nis capable of preventing the dog at all times from passing over, under or through it;\n(c) ensure that every gate or door in the fence is kept closed at all times when the dog is on the\npremises (unless the gate is temporarily opened in a manner that ensures that the dog\nremains confined) and is fitted with a proper latch or other means of fastening it;\n(d) maintain the fence and all gates and doors in the fence in good order and condition; and\n(e) where no part of the premises consists of open space, yard or garden or there is no open space\nor garden or yard of which the occupier has exclusive use or occupation, ensure that other\n\n3970 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 November 2019\nmeans exist on the premises (other than the tethering of the dog) for effectively confining the\ndog within the premises.\n(2) An occupier who fails to comply with subclause (1) commits an offence.\n(3) Notwithstanding subclause (1) and (2), the confinement of dangerous dogs is dealt with in the Act\nand the Regulations.\n2.2 Limitation on the number of dogs\n(1) This clause does not apply to premises which have been granted an exemption under section 26(3)\nof the Act.\n(2) The limit on the number of dogs which may be kept on any premises is, for the purpose of\nsection 26(4) of the Act, 2 dogs over the age of 3 months and the young of those dogs under that age.\n2.3 Offence to excrete\n(1) A dog must not excrete on—\n(a) any thoroughfare or other public place; or\n(b) any land which is not a public place without the consent of the occupier.\n(2) Subject to subclause (3), if a dog excretes contrary to subclause (1), every person liable for the\ncontrol of the dog at that time commits an offence.\n(3) The person liable for the control of the dog does not commit an offence against subclause (2) if any\nexcreta is removed immediately by that person.\n(4) Notwithstanding clause 3.2, the penalty for an offence under this clause is $1,000.\nPART 3—ENFORCEMENT\n3.1 Interpretation\nIn this Part—\nInfringement Notice means the notice referred to in clause 3.4; and\nNotice of Withdrawal means the notice referred to in clause 3.7(1).\n3.2 Offences and general penalty\n(1) A person who fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law, or who does\nanything which under this local law that person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under this local law is liable, on conviction, to a penalty not less\nthan $500 and not exceeding $5,000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional\npenalty not exceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued.\n3.3 Modified penalties\n(1) The offences contained in Schedule 1 are offences in relation to which a modified penalty may be\nimposed.\n(2) The amount appearing in the third column of Schedule 1 directly opposite an offence is the\nmodified penalty payable in respect of that offence.\n3.4 Issue of infringement notice\n(1) Where an authorised person has reason to believe that a person has committed an offence in\nrespect of which a modified penalty may be imposed, the authorised person may serve on the alleged\noffender a notice in the form of Form 8 of Schedule 1 of the Regulations, informing the alleged\noffender that, if he or she does not wish to be prosecuted in court for the offence, he or she may pay to\nthe local government within the time specified in the notice, the amount prescribed as the modified\npenalty.\n(2) An infringement notice may be served on an alleged offender personally, or by leaving it at or\nposting it to her or his address as ascertained from the alleged offender, at the time of or immediately\nfollowing the occurrence giving rise to the allegation of the offence, or as recorded by the local\ngovernment under the Act.\n3.5 Failure to pay modified penalty\nWhere a person who has received an infringement notice fails to pay the modified penalty within the\ntime specified in the notice, or within such further time as may in any particular case be allowed by\nthe CEO, he or she is deemed to have declined to have the offence dealt with by way of a modified\npenalty.\n3.6 Payment of modified penalty\nAn alleged offender on whom an infringement notice has been served may, within the time specified\nin that notice or within such further time as may in any particular case be allowed by the CEO, send\nor deliver to the local government the amount of the penalty, with or without a reply as to the\ncircumstances giving rise to the allegation, and then—\n(a) the local government may appropriate that amount in satisfaction of the penalty and issue an\nacknowledgment; or\n(b) the local government, or an authorised person acting on behalf of the local government, may\nwithdraw the infringement notice under clause 3.7 and refund the amount so paid.\n\n5 November 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3971\n3.7 Withdrawal of infringement notice\n(1) An infringement notice may, whether or not the modified penalty has been paid, be withdrawn by\nthe local government, or an authorised person acting on behalf of the local government, by the\nsending of a notice in the form of Form 9 in Schedule 1 of the Regulations to the alleged offender at\nthe address specified in the notice or his or her last known place of residence or business and in that\nevent, any amount received by way of modified penalty must be refunded and any acknowledgement\nof the receipt of that amount must for the purposes of any proceedings in respect of the alleged offence\nbe regarded as not having been issued.\n(2) A person appointed under section 29(1) of the Act to exercise the powers of an authorised person to\nserve infringement notices under clause 3.4(1) is not eligible to be appointed under that section to\nexercise the powers of an authorised person to withdraw infringement notices under clause 3.7(1).\n————\nSchedule 1\n[Cl 3.3]\nOFFENCES IN RESPECT OF WHICH MODIFIED PENALTY APPLIES\nOffence Nature of Offence Modified penalty\n$\n2.1 Failing to provide means for effectively confining a dog 200\n2.3 Dog excreting in prohibited place 100\n————\nDated the 15th day of October 2019.\nThe Common Seal of the Town of Bassendean was affixed by authority of a resolution of the Council\nin the presence of—\nCr RENEE JOY McLENNAN, Mayor.\nMs PETA MABBS, Chief Executive Officer.\n———————————\n\n\n\n5 November 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3973\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nTOWN OF BASSENDEAN\nPARKING LOCAL LAW 2019\nTABLE OF CONTENTS\nPART 1—DEFINITIONS AND OPERATION\n1.1 Citation\n1.2 Commencement\n1.3 Repeal\n1.4 Interpretation\n1.5 Application of Particular Definitions\n1.6 Application and pre-existing signs\n1.7 Classes of vehicles\n1.8 Part of thoroughfare to which sign applies\n1.9 Powers of the local government\nPART 2—PARKING STALLS AND PARKING STATIONS\n2.1 Determination of parking stalls and parking stations\n2.2 Vehicles to be within parking stall on thoroughfare\n2.3 Parking prohibitions and restrictions\nPART 3—PARKING GENERALLY\n3.1 Restrictions on parking in particular areas\n3.2 Parking with a permit\n3.3 Parking vehicle on a carriageway\n3.4 When parallel and right-angled parking apply\n3.5 When angle parking applies\n3.6 General prohibitions on parking\n3.7 Authorised person may order vehicle on thoroughfare to be moved\n3.8 Authorised person may mark tyres\n3.9 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitation\n3.10 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances\n3.11 Parking on reserves\n3.12 Suspension of parking limitations for urgent, essential or official duties\nPART 4—PARKING AND STOPPING GENERALLY\n4.1 No stopping and no parking signs, yellow edge lines and bicycle lanes\nPART 5—STOPPING IN ZONES FOR PARTICULAR VEHICLES\n5.1 Stopping in a loading zone\n5.2 Stopping in a taxi zone or bus zone\n5.3 Stopping in a mail zone\n5.4 Other limitations in zones\nPART 6—OTHER PLACES WHERE STOPPING IS RESTRICTED\n6.1 Stopping in a shared zone\n6.2 Double parking\n6.3 Stopping near an obstruction\n6.4 Stopping on a bridge\n6.5 Stopping on crests, curves, etc.\n6.6 Stopping near a fire hydrant etc\n6.7 Stopping at or near a bus stop\n6.8 Stopping on a path, median strip, or traffic island\n6.9 Stopping on verge\n\n3974 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 November 2019\n6.10 Obstructing access to and from a path, driveway, etc.\n6.11 Stopping near a letter box\n6.12 Stopping on a carriageway or verge—heavy and long vehicles\n6.13 Stopping on a carriageway with a bicycle parking sign\n6.14 Stopping on a carriageway with motor cycle parking sign\nPART 7—MISCELLANEOUS\n7.1 Removal of notices on vehicle\n7.2 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs\n7.3 Signs must be complied with\n7.4 General provisions about signs\n7.5 Special purpose, emergency and vehicles driven by authorised persons\n7.6 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place\nPART 8—PENALTIES\n8.1 Offences and penalties\n8.2 Form of notices\nSCHEDULE 1—PARKING REGION\nSCHEDULE 2—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES\nSCHEDULE 3—DEEMED PARKING STATIONS\n\n5 November 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3975\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nTOWN OF BASSENDEAN\nPARKING LOCAL LAW 2019\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling\nit, the Council of the Town of Bassendean resolved on the 23 July 2019 to adopt the following local\nlaw.\nPART 1—DEFINITIONS AND OPERATION\n1.1 Citation\nThis local law may be cited as Town of Bassendean Parking Local Law 2019.\n1.2 Commencement\nThis local law will come into operation on the fourteenth day after the day on which it is published in\nthe Government Gazette.\n1.3 Repeal\nThe Town of Bassendean Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2010 published in the\nGovernment Gazette on 7 June 2011 is repealed.\n1.4 Interpretation\nIn this local law unless the context otherwise requires—\nAct means the Local Government Act 1995;\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;\nauthorised vehicle means a vehicle authorised by the local government, CEO, Authorised\nPerson or by any written law to park on a thoroughfare or parking facility;\nbicycle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbicycle lane has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbus has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbus embayment has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbus stop has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nbus zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;\ncaravan has the meaning given to it by the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995;\ncarriageway has the meaning given to it by the Code;\ncentre in relation to a carriageway, means a line or a series of lines, marks or other indications—\n(a) for a two-way carriageway—placed so as to delineate vehicular traffic travelling in\ndifferent directions; or\n(b) in the absence of any such lines, marks or other indications—the middle of the main,\ntravelled portion of the carriageway;\nchildren’s crossing has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nCEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government;\nCode means the Road Traffic Code 2000;\ncommercial vehicle means a motor vehicle constructed for the conveyance of goods or\nmerchandise, or for the conveyance of materials used in any trade, business, industry or work\nwhatsoever, other than a motor vehicle for the conveyance of passengers, and includes any\nmotor vehicle that is designed primarily for the carriage of persons, but which has been fitted\nor adapted for the conveyance of the goods, merchandise or materials referred to, and is in\nfact used for that purpose;\ndisability parking permit has the meaning given to it by the Local Government (Parking for\nPeople with Disabilities) Regulations 2014;\ndistrict means the district of the local government;\ndriver means any person driving or in control of a vehicle;\n\n3976 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 November 2019\ndrop-off zone means the parking stalls which are set aside for the use by persons collecting and\nsetting down of people;\nemergency vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nfootpath has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nGVM (which stands for ‘gross vehicle mass’) has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nKerb means any structure, mark, marking or device to delineate or indicate the edge of a\ncarriageway;\nLoading Zone means a parking stall which is set aside for use by commercial vehicles if there is\na sign referable to that stall marked ‘Loading Zone’;\nlocal government means the Town of Bassendean;\nmail zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nmedian strip has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nmotorcycle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nmotor vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle that is not operated on rails; and the expression\nincludes a trailer, semi-trailer or caravan while attached to a motor vehicle, but does not\ninclude a power assisted pedal cycle;\nno parking area has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nno parking sign means a sign with the words ‘no parking’ in red letters on a white background,\nor the letter ‘P’ within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a white background;\nno stopping area has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nno stopping sign means a sign with the words ‘no stopping’ or ‘no standing’ in red letters on a\nwhite background or the letter ‘S’ within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a\nwhite background;\nnotice means a notice in the form of Form 1, Form 2 or Form 3, in Schedule 1 of the Regulations;\nobstruct means to prevent or impede or make difficult the normal passage of any vehicle,\nwheelchair, perambulator or pedestrian and ‘obstruction’ shall have a similar meaning;\noccupier has the meaning given to it by the Act;\noffence shall have the same meaning as defined in the Act;\nowner—\n(a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1974, means the\nperson in whose name the vehicle has been registered under that Act;\n(b) where used in relation to any other vehicle, means the person who owns, or is entitled to\npossession of that vehicle; and\n(c) where used in relation to land, has the meaning given to it by the Act;\npark, in relation to a vehicle, means to permit a vehicle, whether attended or not by any person,\nto remain stationary except for the purpose of—\n(a) avoiding conflict with other traffic;\n(b) complying with the provisions of any law; or\n(c) taking up or setting down persons or goods (maximum of 2 minutes);\nparking area has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nparking facilities includes land, buildings, shelters, parking stalls and other facilities open to\nthe public generally for the parking of vehicles and signs, notices and facilities used in\nconnection with the parking of vehicles;\nparking region means the area described in Schedule 1;\nparking stall means a section or part of a thoroughfare or of a parking station which is marked\nor defined by painted lines, metallic studs, coloured bricks or pavers or similar devices for the\npurpose of indicating where a vehicle may be parked;\nparking station means any land, or structure provided for the purpose of accommodating\nvehicles;\npedestrian crossing has the meaning given to it by the Code;\npermit means a permit issued under this local law;\nprivate driveway means that area of land located within the boundaries of privately owned\nproperty which has been constructed, formed, shaped or otherwise designated for use by\nvehicles;\nproperty line means the boundary between the land comprising a street and the land that abuts\nthereon;\npublic place means any place to which the public has access whether or not that place is on\nprivate property;\nRegulations means the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996;\nreserve means any land—\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;\n\n5 November 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3977\nright of way means any lane, passage, thoroughfare or way, whether private or public, over\nwhich any person in addition to the owner, has a right of carriageway;\nRoad Traffic Act means the Road Traffic Act 1974;\nSchedule means a Schedule to this local law;\nshared zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nsign includes a traffic sign, inscription, road marking, mark, structure or device approved by the\nlocal government on which may be shown words, numbers, expressions or symbols, and which\nis placed on or near a thoroughfare or within a parking station or reserve for the purpose of\nprohibiting, regulating, guiding, directing or restricting the parking of vehicles;\nspecial purpose vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nstop in relation to a vehicle means to stop a vehicle and permit it to remain stationary, except for\nthe purposes of avoiding conflict with other traffic or of complying with the provisions of any\nlaw;\nsymbol includes any symbol specified from time to time by Standards Australia for use in the\nregulation of parking and any reference to the wording of any sign in this local law shall be\nalso deemed to include a reference to the corresponding symbol;\ntaxi means an ‘on-demand passenger transport service’ as per the Transport (Road Passenger\nServices) Act 2018;\ntaxi zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nthoroughfare has the meaning given to it by the Act;\ntraffic island has the meaning given to it by the Code;\ntrailer means any vehicle without motive power of its own, designed for attachment to a motor\nvehicle for the purpose of being towed, but does not include the rear portion of an articulated\nvehicle, or a side car;\nvehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code; and\nverge means the portion of a thoroughfare which lies between the boundary of a carriageway and\nthe adjacent property line but does not include a footpath.\n1.5 Application of Particular Definitions\n(1) For the purposes of the application of the definitions ‘no parking area’ and ‘parking area’ an arrow\ninscribed on a traffic sign erected at an angle to the boundary of the carriageway is deemed to be\npointing in the direction in which it would point, if the signs were turned at an angle of less than\n90 degrees until parallel with the boundary.\n(2) Unless the context otherwise requires, where a term is used, but not defined, in this local law, and\nthat term is defined in the Road Traffic Act or in the Code, then the term shall have the meaning\ngiven to it in that Act or the Code.\n1.6 Application and pre-existing signs\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), this local law applies to the parking region.\n(2) This local law does not apply to a parking facility or a parking station that is not occupied by the\nlocal government, unless the local government and the owner or occupier of that facility or station\nhave agreed in writing that this local law will apply to that facility or station.\n(3) The agreement referred to in subclause (2) may be made on such terms and conditions as the\nparties may agree.\n(4) Where a parking facility or a parking station is identified in Schedule 3, then the facility or station\nshall be deemed to be a parking station to which this local law applies and it shall not be necessary to\nprove that it is the subject of an agreement referred to in subclause (2).\n(5) A sign that—\n(a) was erected by the local government or the Commissioner of Main Roads prior to the coming\ninto operation of this local law; and\n(b) relates to the parking of vehicles within the parking region, shall be deemed for the purposes\nof this local law to have been erected by the local government under the authority of this local\nlaw.\n(6) An inscription or symbol on a sign referred to in subclause (5) operates and has effect according to\nits tenor, and where the inscription or symbol relates to the stopping of vehicles, it shall be deemed\nfor the purposes of this local law to operate and have effect as if it related to the parking of vehicles.\n(7) The provisions of Parts (2), (3), (4) and (5) do not apply to a bicycle parked at a bicycle rail or\nbicycle rack.\n1.7 Classes of vehicles\nFor the purpose of this local law, vehicles are divided into classes as follows—\n(a) buses;\n(b) commercial vehicles;\n(c) motorcycles and bicycles;\n(d) taxis; and\n(e) all other vehicles.\n\n3978 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 November 2019\n1.8 Part of thoroughfare to which sign applies\nWhere under this local law the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is controlled by a sign, the sign\nshall be read as applying to that part of the thoroughfare which—\n(a) lies beyond the sign;\n(b) lies between the sign and the next sign beyond that sign; and\n(c) is on that side of the thoroughfare nearest to the sign.\n1.9 Powers of the local government\nThe local government may, by resolution, prohibit or regulate by signs or otherwise, the stopping or\nparking of any vehicle or any class of vehicles in any part of the parking region but must do so\nconsistently with the provisions of this local law.\nPART 2—PARKING STALLS AND PARKING STATIONS\n2.1 Determination of parking stalls and parking stations\n(1) The local government may by resolution constitute, determine and vary—\n(a) parking stalls;\n(b) parking facilities and parking stations;\n(c) permitted time and conditions of parking in parking stalls and parking stations which may\nvary with the locality;\n(d) permitted classes of vehicles which may park in parking stalls and parking stations;\n(e) permitted classes of persons who may park in specified parking stalls or parking stations; and\n(f) the manner of parking in parking stalls and parking stations.\n(2) Where the local government determination under subclause (1) it shall erect signs to give effect to\nthe determination.\n(3) Where a parking facility or a parking station is identified in the Schedule 3, then the facility or\nstation shall be deemed to be a parking station to which this local law applies.\n2.2 Vehicles to be within parking stall on thoroughfare\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), (3) and (4), a person shall not park a vehicle in a parking stall in a\nthoroughfare otherwise than—\n(a) parallel to and as close to the kerb as is practicable;\n(b) wholly within the stall; and\n(c) headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on the side of the thoroughfare in which the\nstall is situated.\n(2) Subject to subclause (3) where a parking stall in a thoroughfare is set out otherwise than parallel\nto the kerb, then a person must park a vehicle in that stall wholly within it.\n(3) If a vehicle is too long or too wide to fit completely within a single parking stall then the person\nparking the vehicle shall do so within the minimum number of parking stalls needed to park that\nvehicle.\n(4) A person shall not park a vehicle partly within and partly outside a parking area.\n(5) Where a vehicle is parked such that any part of it is in a prohibited or restricted area, the whole of\nthe vehicle may be deemed to be in the prohibited or restricted area for the purposes of this local law.\n2.3 Parking prohibitions and restrictions\n(1) A person shall not—\n(a) park a vehicle so as to obstruct an entrance to, or an exit from a parking station, or an access\nway within a parking station;\n(b) except with the permission of the local government or an Authorised Person park a vehicle on\nany part of a parking station contrary to a sign referable to that part;\n(c) permit a vehicle to park on any part of a parking station, if an Authorised Person directs the\ndriver of such vehicle to move the vehicle; or\n(d) park or attempt to park a vehicle in a parking stall in which another vehicle is parked but\nthis paragraph does not prevent the parking of a motorcycle and a bicycle together in a stall\nmarked ‘M/C’, if the bicycle is parked in accordance with subclause (2).\n(2) No person shall park any bicycle—\n(a) in a parking stall other than in a stall marked ‘M/C’; and\n(b) in such stall other than against the kerb.\n(3) Despite subclause (1)(b), a driver may park a vehicle in a stall that is in a parking station (except\nwhere it is in a parking area for people with a disability) for twice the length of time allowed if—\n(a) the driver’s vehicle displays a valid disability parking permit; and\n(b) a person with a disability to whom that disability parking permit relates is either the driver\nof, or a passenger in, the vehicle.\n\n5 November 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3979\nPART 3—PARKING GENERALLY\n3.1 Restrictions on parking in particular areas\n(1) A person shall not park a vehicle in a thoroughfare or part of a thoroughfare, or part of a parking\nstation—\n(a) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking of vehicles of a different class;\n(b) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking of vehicles by persons of a different class; or\n(c) during any period when the parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign.\n(2) A person may park a vehicle in a thoroughfare or part of a thoroughfare or part of a parking\nstation, except in a thoroughfare or a part of a thoroughfare or part of a parking station to which a\ndisabled parking sign relates, for twice the time period indicated on the sign if—\n(a) the driver’s vehicle displays a valid disability parking permit; and\n(b) a person with a disability to whom that disability parking permit relates is either the driver\nof, or a passenger in, the vehicle.\n(3) A person shall not park a vehicle—\n(a) in a no parking area;\n(b) in a parking area, except in accordance with both the signs associated with the parking area\nand with this local law;\n(c) in a stall marked ‘M/C’ unless it is a motorcycle without a sidecar or a trailer, or it is a\nbicycle.\n(4) A person shall not park a motorcycle without a sidecar or a trailer, or a bicycle in a parking stall\nunless the stall is marked ‘M/C’.\n(5) A person shall not, without the prior permission of the local government, the CEO, or an\nAuthorised Person, park a vehicle in an area designated by a sign stating ‘Authorised Vehicles Only’.\n3.2 Parking with a permit\n(1) A sign may indicate that all or part of a parking station or road is set aside, during the period\nindicated on the sign, for the parking of vehicles with a permit.\n(2) The local government may upon a written application of an eligible person, issue a parking permit,\nin the form of a permit issued by the local government, in respect of all or part of a parking station or\nroad referred to in subclause (1).\n(3) A parking permit may be issued as—\n(a) a temporary parking permit for a period as specified on the permit; or\n(b) an annual residential parking permit for a period of not more than twelve months, expiring\non 31 December of the year of issue; or\n(c) an annual visitor parking permit for a period of not more than twelve months, expiring on\n31 December of the year of issue.\n(4) The local government’s power to issue, replace and revoke permits under subclause (2) may be\nexercised by an authorised person.\n(5) A person must not park or stop a vehicle, or permit a vehicle to remain parked, in a parking\nstation or road that is set aside under subclause (1) unless the permit issued under subclause (2) is\ndisplayed inside the vehicle so that it is clearly visible to an authorised person examining the permit\nfrom outside the vehicle.\n(6) The local government may, at any time, revoke a permit issued under subclause (2).\n3.3 Parking vehicle on a carriageway\n(1) Unless otherwise permitted by a sign or markings on the roadway, a person parking a vehicle on a\ncarriageway shall park it—\n(a) in the case of a two-way carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to and parallel with,\nthe left boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on\nthe side of the thoroughfare on which the vehicle is parked;\n(b) in the case of a one-way carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to and parallel with\neither boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on\nthe side of the thoroughfare on which the vehicle is parked.\n(2) Unless otherwise permitted by a sign or markings on the roadway, a person parking a vehicle on a\ncarriageway other than in a parking stall, shall park it—\n(a) so that at least 3 metres of the width of the carriageway lies between the vehicle and the\nfarther boundary of the carriageway, or any continuous line or median strip, or between the\nvehicle and a vehicle parked on the farther side of the carriageway;\n(b) so that the front and the rear of the vehicle respectively is not less than 1 metre from any\nother vehicle, except a motorcycle without a trailer, or a bicycle parked in accordance with\nthis local law; and\n(c) so that it does not obstruct any vehicle on the carriageway.\n(3) In this clause, ‘continuous line’ means—\n(a) a single continuous dividing line only;\n(b) a single continuous dividing line to the left or right of a broken dividing line; or\n(c) 2 parallel continuous dividing lines.\n\n3980 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 November 2019\n3.4 When parallel and right-angled parking apply\nWhere a traffic sign associated with a parking area is not inscribed with the words ‘angle parking’ (or\nwith an equivalent symbol depicting this purpose), then unless a sign associated with the parking\narea indicates, or marks on the carriageway indicate, that vehicles have to park in a different\nposition, where the parking area is—\n(a) adjacent to the boundary of a carriageway, a person parking a vehicle in the parking area\nshall park it as near as practicable to and parallel with that boundary; and\n(b) at or near the centre of the carriageway, a person parking a vehicle in that parking area shall\npark it at approximately right angles to the centre of the carriageway.\n3.5 When angle parking applies\n(1) This clause does not apply to—\n(a) a passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle with a mass including any load, of over 3 tonnes;\nor\n(b) a person parking either a motor cycle without a trailer or a bicycle.\n(2) Where a sign associated with a parking area is inscribed with the words ‘angle parking’ (or with\nan equivalent symbol depicting this purpose), a person parking a vehicle in the area shall park the\nvehicle at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the centre of the carriageway unless otherwise\nindicated by the inscription on the parking sign or by marks on the carriageway.\n3.6 General prohibitions on parking\n(1) (a) This clause does not apply to a vehicle parked in a parking stall nor to a bicycle in a bicycle\nrack.\n(b) Subclauses (2)(c), (e) and (g) do not apply to a vehicle which parks in a bus embayment.\n(2) Subject to any law relating to intersections with traffic control signals a person shall not park a\nvehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is—\n(a) between any other stationary vehicles and the centre of the carriageway;\n(b) on or adjacent to a median strip;\n(c) obstructing a right of way, private drive or carriageway or so close as to deny a vehicle\nreasonable access to or egress from the right of way, private drive or carriageway;\n(d) alongside or opposite any excavation, works, hoarding, scaffolding or obstruction on the\ncarriageway, if the vehicle would obstruct traffic;\n(e) on or within 10 metres of any portion of a carriageway bounded by a traffic island;\n(f) on any footpath or pedestrian crossing;\n(g) between the boundaries of a carriageway and any continuous line, double longitudinal line\nconsisting of two continuous lines or between a double longitudinal line consisting of a\ncontinuous line and a broken or dotted line and the boundary of a carriageway nearer to the\ncontinuous line, unless there is a distance of at least 3 metres clear between the vehicle and\nthe continuous or double longitudinal line;\n(h) on an intersection, except adjacent to a carriageway boundary that is not broken by an\nintersecting carriageway;\n(i) within 1 metre of a fire hydrant or fire plug, or of any sign or mark indicating the existence of\na fire hydrant or fire plug;\n(j) within 3 metres of a public letter pillar box, unless the vehicle is being used for the purposes\nof collecting postal articles from the pillar box;\n(k) within 10 metres of the nearer property line of any thoroughfare intersecting the\nthoroughfare on the side on which the vehicle is parked;\n(l) on a bridge or other elevated structure or within a tunnel or underpass; or\n(m) within the head of a cul-de-sac,\nunless a sign or markings on the carriageway indicate otherwise.\n(3) A person shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 10 metres of the\ndeparture side of—\n(a) a sign inscribed with the words ‘Bus Stop’ or ‘Hail Bus Here’ (or with equivalent symbols\ndepicting these purposes) unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down\npassengers; or\n(b) a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing.\n(4) A person shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of the\napproach side of—\n(a) a sign inscribed with the words ‘Bus Stop’ or ‘Hail Bus Here’ (or with equivalent symbols\ndepicting these purposes) unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down\npassengers;\n(b) a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing.\n(5) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of either\nthe approach side or the departure side of the nearest rail of a railway level crossing.\n\n5 November 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3981\n3.7 Authorised person may order vehicle on thoroughfare to be moved\nThe driver of a vehicle shall not park that vehicle on any part of a thoroughfare in contravention of\nthis local law after an Authorised Person has directed the driver to move it.\n3.8 Authorised person may mark tyres\n(1) An Authorised Person may mark the tyres of a vehicle parked in a parking facility with chalk or\nany other non-indelible substance for a purpose connected with or arising out of his or her duties or\npowers.\n(2) A person shall not remove a mark made by an Authorised Person so that the purpose of the\naffixing of such a mark is defeated or likely to be defeated.\n3.9 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitation\n(1) Where the parking of vehicles in a parking facility is permitted for a limited time, a person shall\nnot move a vehicle within the parking facility so that the total time of parking exceeds the maximum\ntime allowed for parking in the parking facility unless the vehicle has first been removed from the\nparking facility for at least 2 hours.\n(2) Where the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is permitted for a limited time, a person shall not\nmove a vehicle along that thoroughfare so that the total time of parking exceeds the maximum time\npermitted, unless the vehicle has first been removed from the thoroughfare for at least 2 hours.\n3.10 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances\nA person shall not park a vehicle on any portion of a thoroughfare—\n(a) for the purpose of exposing it, or goods thereon, for sale or hire;\n(b) if where the vehicle is required to be licensed under the Road Traffic Act—\n(i) the vehicle is not licensed under the Road Traffic Act; or\n(ii) each number plate issued for the vehicle is not fixed to the vehicle and displayed in\naccordance with regulation 119 of the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014;\n(c) if that vehicle is a trailer or a caravan unattached to a motor vehicle; or\n(d) for the purpose of effecting repairs to it, other than the minimum repairs necessary to enable\nthe vehicle to be moved to a place other than a thoroughfare.\n3.11 Parking on reserves\nNo person other than an employee of the local government in the course of his or her duties or a\nperson authorised by the local government shall drive or park a vehicle upon or over any portion of a\nreserve other than upon an area specifically set aside for that purpose.\n3.12 Suspension of parking limitations for urgent, essential or official duties\n(1) Where by a sign the parking of vehicles is permitted for a limited time on a portion of a\nthoroughfare or parking facility, the local government, the CEO or an Authorised Person may, subject\nto the Code, permit a person to park a vehicle in that portion of the thoroughfare or parking facility\nfor longer than the permitted time in order that the person may carry out urgent, essential or official\nduties.\n(2) Where permission is granted under subclause (1), the local government, the CEO or an Authorised\nPerson may prohibit the use by any other vehicle of that portion of the thoroughfare or parking\nfacility to which the permission relates, for the duration of that permission.\nPART 4—PARKING AND STOPPING GENERALLY\n4.1 No stopping and no parking signs, yellow edge lines and bicycle lanes\n(1) A driver shall not stop on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a ‘no stopping’ sign\napplies.\n(2) A driver shall not stop on a length of carriageway or in an area to which a ‘no parking’ sign\napplies, unless the driver is—\n(a) dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods;\n(b) does not leave the vehicle unattended; and\n(c) completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers or goods within 2 minutes of\nstopping and drives on.\n(3) In subclause (2) ‘unattended’, in relation to a vehicle, means that the driver has left the vehicle so\nthat the driver is more than 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle.\n(4) A driver shall not stop a vehicle at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edge\nline.\n(5) A driver must not stop in a bicycle lane unless the driver is driving a public bus or taxi, and is\ndropping off, or picking up, passengers.\nPART 5—STOPPING IN ZONES FOR PARTICULAR VEHICLES\n5.1 Stopping in a loading zone\nA person shall not stop a vehicle in a loading zone unless it is—\n(a) a motor vehicle used for commercial or trade purposes engaged in the picking up or setting\ndown of goods;\n\n3982 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 November 2019\nbut, in any event, shall not remain in that loading zone—\n(b) for longer than a time indicated on the ‘loading zone’ sign; or\n(c) longer than 30 minutes (if no time is indicated on the sign).\n5.2 Stopping in a taxi zone or bus zone\n(1) A driver shall not stop in a taxi zone, unless the driver is driving a taxi.\n(2) A driver shall not stop in a bus zone unless the driver is driving a public bus, or a bus of a type\nthat is permitted to stop at the bus zone by information on or with the ‘bus zone’ sign applying to the\nbus zone.\n5.3 Stopping in a mail zone\nA person shall not stop a vehicle in a mail zone.\n5.4 Other limitations in zones\nA person shall not stop a vehicle in a zone to which a traffic sign applies if stopping the vehicle would\nbe contrary to any limitation in respect to classes of persons or vehicles, or specific activities allowed,\nas indicated by additional words on a traffic sign that applies to the zone.\nPART 6—OTHER PLACES WHERE STOPPING IS RESTRICTED\n6.1 Stopping in a shared zone\nA driver shall not stop in a shared zone unless—\n(a) the driver stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking\ncontrol sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law;\n(b) the driver stops in a parking stall and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking stall\nunder this local law;\n(c) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods; or\n(d) the driver is engaged in door-to-door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of\nwaste or garbage.\n6.2 Double parking\n(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is between any other stopped\nvehicle and the centre of the carriageway.\n(2) This clause does not apply to—\n(a) a driver stopped in traffic; or\n(b) a driver angle parking on the side of the carriageway or in a median strip parking area, in\naccordance with this local law.\n6.3 Stopping near an obstruction\nA driver shall not stop on a carriageway near an obstruction on the carriageway in a position that\nfurther obstructs traffic on the carriageway.\n6.4 Stopping on a bridge\nA driver shall not stop a vehicle on a bridge, causeway, ramp or similar structure unless—\n(a) the carriageway is at least as wide on the structure as it is on each of the approaches and a\ntraffic sign does not prohibit stopping or parking; or\n(b) the driver stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking\ncontrol sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.\n6.5 Stopping on crests, curves, etc.\n(1) Subject to subclause (2), a driver shall not stop a vehicle on, or partly on, a carriageway, in any\nposition where it is not visible to the driver of an overtaking vehicle, from a distance of 50 metres\nwithin a built-up area, and from a distance of 150 metres outside a built-up area.\n(2) A driver may stop on a crest or curve on a carriageway that is not in a built-up area if the driver\nstops at a place on the carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies and the\ndriver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.\n6.6 Stopping near a fire hydrant etc.\n(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 1 metre of a fire\nhydrant or fire plug, or of any sign or mark indicating the existence of a fire hydrant or fire plug,\nunless—\n(a) the driver is driving a public bus, and the driver stops in a bus zone or at a bus stop and does\nnot leave the bus unattended; or\n(b) the driver is driving a taxi, and the driver stops in a taxi zone and does not leave the taxi\nunattended.\n(2) In this clause a driver leaves the vehicle ‘unattended’ if the driver leaves the vehicle so the driver\nis over 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle.\n\n5 November 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3983\n6.7 Stopping at or near a bus stop\n(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of the\napproach side of a bus stop, or within 10 metres of the departure side of a bus stop, unless—\n(a) the vehicle is a public bus stopped to take up or set down passengers; or\n(b) the driver stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking\ncontrol sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.\n(2) In this clause—\n(a) distances are measured in the direction in which the driver is driving; and\n(b) a trailer attached to a public bus is deemed to be a part of the public bus.\n6.8 Stopping on a path, median strip, or traffic island\nThe driver of a vehicle (other than a bicycle or an animal) shall not stop so that any portion of the\nvehicle is on a path, traffic island or median strip, unless the driver stops in an area, to which a\nparking control sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.\n6.9 Stopping on verge\n(1) A person shall not—\n(a) stop a vehicle (other than a bicycle);\n(b) stop a commercial vehicle or bus, or a trailer or caravan unattached to a motor vehicle; or\n(c) stop a vehicle during any period when the stopping of vehicles on that verge is prohibited by a\nsign adjacent and referable to that verge,\nso that any portion of it is on a verge.\n(2) Subclause (1)(a) does not apply to the person if he or she is the owner or occupier of the premises\nadjacent to that verge, or is a person authorised by the occupier of those premises to stop the vehicle\nso that any portion of it is on the verge.\n(3) Subclause (1)(b) does not apply to a commercial vehicle when it is being loaded or unloaded with\nreasonable expedition with goods, merchandise or materials collected from or delivered to the\npremises adjacent to the portion of the verge on which the commercial vehicle is parked, provided no\nobstruction is caused to the passage of any vehicle or person using a carriageway or a path.\n6.10 Obstructing access to and from a path, driveway, etc.\n(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is in front of a path, in a position\nthat obstructs access by vehicles or pedestrians to or from that path, unless—\n(a) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or\n(b) the driver stops in a parking stall and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking stall\nunder this local law.\n(2) A driver shall not stop a vehicle on or across a driveway or other way of access for vehicles\ntravelling to or from adjacent land, unless—\n(a) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or\n(b) the driver stops in a parking stall and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking stall\nunder this local law.\n6.11 Stopping near a letter box\nA driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 3 metres of a public letter\nbox, unless the driver—\n(a) is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or mail; or\n(b) stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign\napplies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law.\n6.12 Stopping on a carriageway or verge—heavy and long vehicles\n(1) A person shall not park a vehicle or any combination of vehicles that, together with any projection\non, or load carried by, the vehicle or combination of vehicles, is 7.5 metres or more in length or\nexceeds a GVM of 4.5 tonnes—\n(a) on a carriageway or verge in a built-up area, for any period exceeding 1 hour, unless engaged\nin the picking up or setting down of goods; or\n(b) on a carriageway or verge outside a built-up area, except on the shoulder of the carriageway,\nor in a truck bay or other area set aside for the parking of goods vehicles.\n(2) Nothing in this clause mitigates the limitations or condition imposed by any other clause or by any\nlocal law or traffic sign relating to the parking or stopping of vehicles.\n6.13 Stopping on a carriageway with a bicycle parking sign\nThe driver of a vehicle (other than a bicycle) shall not stop on a length of carriageway to which a\n‘bicycle parking’ sign applies, unless the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers.\n6.14 Stopping on a carriageway with motor cycle parking sign\nThe driver of a vehicle shall not stop on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a ‘motor cycle\nparking’ sign applies, or an area marked ‘M/C’ unless—\n(a) the vehicle is a motor cycle; or\n(b) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers.\n\n3984 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 November 2019\nPART 7—MISCELLANEOUS\n7.1 Removal of notices on vehicle\nA person, other than the driver of the vehicle or a person acting under the direction of the driver of\nthe vehicle, shall not remove from the vehicle any notice put on the vehicle by an Authorised Person.\n7.2 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs\nA person shall not without the authority of the local government—\n(a) mark, set up or exhibit a sign purporting to be or resembling a sign marked, set up or\nexhibited by the local government under this local law;\n(b) remove, deface or misuse a sign or property, set up or exhibited by the local government\nunder this local law or attempt to do any such act; or\n(c) affix a board, sign, placard, notice or other thing to or paint or write upon any part of a sign\nset up or exhibited by the local government under this local law.\n7.3 Signs must be complied with\nAn inscription or symbol on a sign operates and has effect according to its tenor and a person\ncontravening the direction on a sign commits an offence under this local law.\n7.4 General provisions about signs\n(1) A sign marked, erected, set up, established or displayed on or near a thoroughfare is, in the\nabsence of evidence to the contrary presumed to be a sign marked, erected, set up, established or\ndisplayed under the authority of this local law.\n(2) The first three letters of any day of the week when used on a sign indicate that day of the week.\n7.5 Special purpose, emergency and vehicles driven by authorised persons\nNotwithstanding anything to the contrary in this local law, the driver of—\n(a) a special purpose vehicle may, only in the course of his or her duties and when it is expedient\nand safe to do so, stop, or park the vehicle in any place, at any time;\n(b) an emergency vehicle may, in the course of his or her duties and when it is expedient and safe\nto do so or where he or she honestly and reasonably believes that it is expedient and safe to\ndo so, stop, or park the vehicle at any place, at any time; and\n(c) an authorised person may, in the course of his or her duties and when it is expedient and safe\nto do so or where he or she honestly and reasonably believes that it is expedient and safe to\ndo so, stop, or park a vehicle at any place, at any time.\n7.6 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place\n(1) A person shall not leave a vehicle, or any part of a vehicle, in a public place so that it obstructs the\nuse of any part of that public place without the permission of the local government or unless\nauthorised under any written law.\n(2) A person will not contravene subclause (1) where the vehicle is left for a period not exceeding\n24 hours.\n(3) The powers of the local government to remove and impound goods including vehicles are set out in\nPart 3 Division 3 Subdivision 4 of the Act.\nPART 8—PENALTIES\n8.1 Offences and penalties\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) An offence against any provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section\n9.16(1) of the Act.\n(3) Any person who commits an offence under this local law shall be liable, upon conviction, to a\npenalty not less than $250 and not exceeding $5000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an\nadditional penalty not exceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has\ncontinued.\n(4) The amount appearing in the final column of Schedule 2 directly opposite a clause specified in that\nSchedule is the modified penalty for an offence against that clause.\n8.2 Form of notices\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\n5 November 2019 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3985\nSCHEDULE 1—PARKING REGION\n[Cl 1.4]\nThe parking region is the whole of the district, but excludes the following portions of the district—\n1. the approach and departure prohibition areas of all existing and future traffic control signal\ninstallations as determined by the Commissioner of Main Roads;\n2. prohibition areas applicable to all existing and future bridges and subways as determined by\nthe Commissioner of Main Roads; and\n3. any road which comes under the control of the Commissioner of Main Roads unless the\ncontrol of parking and parking facilities on that road is carried out subject to the control and\ndirection of the Commissioner of Main Roads or has been delegated by the Commissioner to\nthe local government.\n4. private land, other than private land which Council has resolved to control at the landowners\nrequest.\n————\nSCHEDULE 2—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES\n[Cl 8.1(4)]\nItem\nNo.\nClause\nNo. Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty $\n1 2.2 Failure to park wholly within parking stall 75\n2 2.2(4) Failure to park wholly within parking area 75\n3 2.3(1)(a) Causing obstruction in parking station 100\n4 2.3(1)(b) Parking contrary to sign in parking station 100\n5 2.3(1)(c) Parking contrary to directions of Authorised Person 100\n6 2.3(1)(d) Parking or attempting to park a vehicle in a parking stall\noccupied by another vehicle\n75\n7 3.1(1)(a) Parking wrong class of vehicle 75\n8 3.1(1)(b) Parking by persons of a different class 75\n9 3.1(1)(c) Parking during prohibited period 75\n10 3.1(3)(a) Parking in no parking area 100\n11 3.1(3)(b) Parking contrary to signs or limitations 75\n12 3.1(3)(c) Parking vehicle in motor cycle only area 75\n13 3.1(4) Parking motor cycle in stall not marked ‘M/C’ 75\n14 3.1(5) Parking without permission in an area designated for\n‘Authorised Vehicles Only’\n80\n15 3.2(5) Failure to display valid parking permit 75\n16 3.3(1)(a) Failure to park on the left of two-way carriageway 75\n17 3.3(1)(b) Failure to park on boundary of one-way carriageway 75\n18 3.3(1)(a) or\n3.3(1)(b)\nParking against the flow of traffic 80\n19 3.3(2)(a) Parking when distance from farther boundary less than\n3 metres\n80\n20 3.3(2)(b) Parking closer than 1 metre from another vehicle 75\n21 3.3(2)(c) Causing obstruction 100\n22 3.4(a) Failure to park close and parallel to the boundary 75\n23 3.4(b) Failure to park at approximate right angle 75\n24 3.5(2) Failure to park at an appropriate angle 75\n25 3.6(2)(a)\nand 6.2\nDouble parking 80\n26 3.6(2)(b) Parking on or adjacent to a median strip 75\n27 3.6(2)(c) Denying access to private drive or right of way 80\n28 3.6(2)(d) Parking beside excavation or obstruction so as to obstruct\ntraffic\n100\n29 3.6(2)(e) Parking within 10 metres of traffic island 80\n30 3.6(2)(f) Parking on footpath/pedestrian crossing 100\n31 3.6(2)(g) Parking contrary to continuous line markings 80\n32 3.6(2)(h) Parking on intersection 80\n33 3.6(2)(i) Parking within 1 metre of fire hydrant or fire plug 100\n34 3.6(2)(j) Parking within 3 metres of public letter box 80\n35 3.6(2)(k) Parking within 10 metres of intersection 80\n\n3986 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 November 2019\nItem\nNo.\nClause\nNo. Nature of Offence Modified\nPenalty $\n36 3.6(2)(m) Parking within the head of a cul-de-sac 80\n37 3.6(3)(a) or\n(b)\nParking vehicle within 10 metres of departure side of bus stop,\nchildren’s crossing or pedestrian crossing\n100\n38 3.6(4)(a) or\n(b)\nParking vehicle within 20 metres of approach side of bus stop,\nchildren’s crossing or pedestrian crossing\n100\n39 3.6(5) Parking vehicle within 20 metres of approach side or departure\nside of railway level crossing\n100\n40 3.7 Parking contrary to direction of Authorised Person 100\n41 3.8(2) Removing mark of Authorised Person 100\n42 3.9 Moving vehicle to avoid time limitation 75\n43 3.10(a) Parking in thoroughfare for purpose of sale or hire 75\n44 3.10(b) Parking unlicensed vehicle in thoroughfare 75\n45 3.10(c) Parking an unattached trailer/caravan on a thoroughfare 75\n46 3.10(d) Parking in thoroughfare for purpose of repairs 75\n47 3.11 Driving or parking on reserve 75\n48 4.1(1) Stopping contrary to a ‘no stopping’ sign 75\n49 4.1(2) Parking contrary to a ‘no parking’ sign 75\n50 4.1(4) Stopping within continuous yellow edge lines 75\n51 4.1(5) Stopping in a bicycle lane 75\n52 5.1 Stopping unlawfully in a loading zone 75\n53 5.2(1) Stopping unlawfully in a taxi zone 75\n54 5.2(2) Stopping unlawfully in a bus zone 75\n55 5.3 Stopping unlawfully in a mail zone 75\n56 5.4 Stopping in a zone contrary to a sign 75\n57 6.1 Stopping in a shared zone 75\n58 6.3 Stopping near an obstruction 80\n59 6.4 Stopping on a bridge 75\n60 6.5 Stopping on crests/curves etc. 100\n61 6.6 Stopping near fire hydrant 100\n62 6.7 Stopping near bus stop 80\n63 6.8 Stopping on path, median strip or traffic island 75\n64 6.9(1)(a) or\n6.9(1)(c)\nStopping on verge 75\n65 6.9(1)(b) Stopping commercial vehicle or bus, or unattached\ntrailer/caravan on verge\n75\n66 6.10 Obstructing path, a driveway etc. 75\n67 6.11 Stopping near letter box 75\n68 6.12 Stopping heavy or long vehicles on carriageway or verge 80\n69 6.13 Stopping in bicycle parking area 75\n70 6.14 Stopping in motorcycle parking area 75\n71 7.6 Leaving vehicle so as to obstruct a public place 100\n72 All other offences not specified 75\n————\nSCHEDULE 3—DEEMED PARKING STATIONS\n[Cl 1.6(4) and Cl 2.1(3)]\n PARKING STATION NO. 1—WILSON STREET CARPARK, corner Guildford Road and Wilson\nStreet, Bassendean (Lot 9644 Park Lane).\n————\nDated: 15th October 2019.\nThe Common Seal of the Town of Bassendean was affixed by authority of a resolution of the Council\nin the presence of—\nCr RENEE JOY McLENNAN, Mayor.\nMs PETA MABBS, Chief Executive Officer.\n———————————","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation appears to be a standard replacement of previous local laws (Dogs Local Law 2001 and Parking Local Law 2010). The scope remains consistent with typical local government regulatory functions—animal control and traffic management. While the Parking Local Law is substantially detailed, this reflects the inherent complexity of parking regulation rather than scope creep beyond the original purpose of managing public thoroughfares."},"complexity_factors":["Two distinct local laws bundled together in one Gazette notice (Dogs and Parking), creating potential confusion","Parking Local Law contains 72 specific offences in Schedule 2 with varying penalty amounts ($75-$100)","Extensive cross-referencing to external legislation: Dog Act 1976, Local Government Act 1995, Road Traffic Code 2000, Dog Regulations 2013, and Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996","47+ defined terms in the Parking Local Law alone, many incorporating definitions from other statutes by reference","Numerous exceptions and qualifications (e.g., disability parking permit holders get double time, emergency vehicles exempt, verge parking allowed for adjacent property owners)","Nested conditional logic in parking restrictions (e.g., clause 3.6 with 13 sub-paragraphs of prohibitions, each with potential exceptions)","Geographic scope exclusions in Schedule 1 (state-controlled roads, traffic signals, bridges) requiring knowledge of external determinations by Commissioner of Main Roads","Deemed provisions for pre-existing signs (clause 1.6) creating retrospective application complexities"],"plain_english_summary":"The Town of Bassendean adopted two local laws: one governing dog ownership (fencing, limits, waste removal and penalties) and one regulating parking across council-controlled roads (where and how vehicles may park, special zones, permits and fines). They affect anyone who keeps a dog or parks/drives in Bassendean, giving the council enforcement powers to manage public safety, hygiene, traffic flow and access."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Both instruments expressly repeal earlier Town local laws (Dogs cl.1.3; Parking cl.1.3) and re-enact comprehensive rules across the district (Dogs cl.1.5; Parking cl.1.6). The Parking law narrows its operational area by listing explicit exclusions to the parking region (Parking Sch.1) and deems certain pre-existing signs and parking stations to be covered (Parking cl.1.6(5)–(6), cl.2.1(3)). Mechanically, the instruments replace prior texts and introduce updated definitions, prescribed offences and modified penalty schedules that alter enforcement detail and territorial application."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive cross-references to external instruments (Dog Act 1976; Dog Regulations 2013; Local Government Act 1995; Road Traffic Act 1974; Road Traffic Code 2000) increasing interpretive dependencies (Dogs cl.1.4; Parking cl.1.4).","Detailed, prescriptive definitions and class-based rules (many defined terms and vehicle classes) that affect application (Parking cl.1.4–1.7).","Large number of specific, location- and circumstance-based prohibitions and exceptions (e.g. parking near bus stops, hydrants, crests, reserves) requiring factual assessments by officers (Parking Parts 3–6).","Multiple enforcement pathways and delegated discretions: modified penalties, infringement notices, CEO/Authorised Person powers, withdrawal and refund processes (Dogs Part 3; Parking Part 8).","Schedules listing prescribed offences, modified penalty amounts and deemed parking stations create detailed penalty framing and uneven sanctioning across many clauses (Dogs Sch.1; Parking Sch.2–3).","Deeming and application clauses narrowing or excluding the local law’s reach (parking region exclusions and agreements for private facilities) add boundary complexity (Parking cl.1.6; Sch.1).","Repeal and replacement of prior local laws requires attention to transitional or consistency issues (Dogs cl.1.3; Parking cl.1.3)."],"plain_english_summary":"These local laws replace earlier Town rules and set district-wide standards for dogs (must be confined, a two‑dog limit on most premises, and owners must remove faeces) and for parking (where and how vehicles may park, permit regimes, marked zones and signage). They create enforcement mechanisms: authorised officers and the CEO can issue infringement notices, mark tyres, order vehicle removal and impose modified penalties or prosecute.\n\nThey affect occupiers, dog owners, drivers and vehicle owners who must follow confinement, permit, signage and time limits; non‑compliance attracts fixed penalties, higher court fines and possible vehicle removal."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/town-of-bassendean-parking-local-law-2019","history":"/api/acts/town-of-bassendean-parking-local-law-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/town-of-bassendean-parking-local-law-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/town-of-bassendean-parking-local-law-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/town-of-bassendean-parking-local-law-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/town-of-bassendean-parking-local-law-2019/documents"}}