{"id":"wa-local:victoria-park-town-of-vehicle-management-local-law-2021","name":"Vehicle Management Local Law 2021","slug":"vehicle-management-local-law-2021","collection":"local_law","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":438991,"registerId":"wa-local:victoria-park-town-of-vehicle-management-local-law-2021-pdf-1775955183362","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Vehicle Management Local Law 2021","content":"1855\nISSN 1448-949X (print) ISSN 2204-4264 (online)\nPRINT POST APPROVED PP665002/00041\nPERTH, FRIDAY, 21 MAY 2021 No. 92 SPECIAL\nPUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY GEOFF O. LAWN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER\n© STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA\nWESTERN\nAUSTRALIAN\nGOVERNMENT\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\n_________\nTOWN OF VICTORIA PARK\n———————————\nVEHICLE MANAGEMENT\nLOCAL LAW 2021\n\n\n\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1857\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nTOWN OF VICTORIA PARK\nVEHICLE MANAGEMENT LOCAL LAW 2021\nCONTENTS\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1 Citation\n2 Commencement\n3 Purpose and effect\n4 Repeal\n5 Application and pre-existing signs\n6 Interpretation\n7 Classes of vehicles and drivers\n8 Part of thoroughfare to which sign applies\n9 Powers of local government\nPART 2—GENERAL LAWS OF PARKING AND STOPPING\nDivision 1—General\n10 Regulation of parking of Local Government\n11 Authorised person may order vehicle on thoroughfare to be moved\n12 Suspension of parking limitations for urgent, essential or official duties\nDivision 2—Parking Position\n13 Parking position on a thoroughfare or carriageway\n14 Prohibited or restricted area\n15 One vehicle per parking space\n16 Wholly within a parking space\n17 Parallel and angled parking\n18 Motor cycle parking\nDivision 3—No Stopping or Parking\n19 Parking or stopping contrary to signs\n20 Parking on local government property or public reserves\n21 Parking on private land\n22 Fire hydrant\n23 Bus stop, bus lane and transit lane\n24 Stopping on a path, median strip, or traffic island\n25 Stopping or parking on verge\n26 Stopping or parking on or over a footpath or path\n27 Obstructing access to and from a path, driveway, etc.\n28 Letter box\n29 Bicycle lane\n30 Right of way and laneway\n31 Eating areas\n32 Vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances\n33 No stopping\n34 No parking\n35 Yellow edge lines\n36 Other no stopping areas\n37 Stopping near an obstruction\n38 Double parking\n\n1858 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 May 2021\nDivision 4—Trucks and other heavy vehicles\n39 No parking heavy vehicles, long vehicles or car carriers\n40 Livestock trucks\n41 Truck noise from residential land\nDivision 5—Parking facilities and detection devices\n42 Behaviour in parking facility\n43 Selling and hiring in parking facilities\n44 Damage to parking facilities\n45 Interfere with or damage to detection devices\nPART 3—STOPPING ZONES\n46 Determination of stopping zones\n47 Stopping in a loading zone\n48 Stopping in a taxi zone\n49 Stopping in a bus zone\n50 Stopping in a mail zone\n51 Stopping in a shared zone\n52 School zone\n53 Other limitations in zones\nPART 4—PARKING ZONES\n54 Determination of parking zones\n55 Parking time limits\n56 Maximum time limit for heavy vehicles, caravans and trailers\n57 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitations in parking zones\n58 Parking position for motor cycles\n59 Obstruction of parking zone entrances or exits\n60 Footpaths and places of refuge for pedestrians\n61 Prohibitions on stopping or parking within parking zone\n62 Authorised spaces in parking zone\nPART 5—PAID PARKING\n63 Definitions\n64 Payment system\n65 Determination of paid parking space\n66 Fees in paid parking spaces\n67 Parking time limits\n68 No parking when payment has expired\n69 One payment per vehicle\n70 Suspension of requirement to pay fee\n71 Entitlement to a receipt\n72 Permitted insertions in payment machines\n73 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitations in paid parking space\nPART 6—PARKING PERMITS\n74 Parking permit policy\n75 Definitions\n76 Parking Permits\n77 Conditions of Exemption for Permit Holders\n78 Validity of permit\n79 Revocation of a permit\n80 Replacement of permit\nPART 7—MISCELLANEOUS\n81 Temporary parking permission\n82 Removal of notices on vehicle\n83 Authorised person may mark tyres\n84 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs\n85 Signs must be complied with\n86 General provisions about signs\n87 Special purpose and emergency vehicles\n88 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place\n89 Contravention that may lead to impounding\n\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1859\nPART 8—OBJECTIONS AND REVIEW\n90 Objections and review\nPART 9—PENALTIES\n91 Offences and penalties\n92 Form of notices\nSCHEDULE A—PARKING REGION\nSCHEDULE B—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES\nSCHEDULE C—HEAVY AND LONG VEHICLE EXCLUSION ZONE\n\n\n\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1861\nLOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995\nTOWN OF VICTORIA PARK\nVEHICLE MANAGEMENT LOCAL LAW 2021\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and by all other powers the Council of\nthe Town of Victoria Park resolved to make the following local law on the 16 March 2021.\nPART 1—PRELIMINARY\n1 Citation\nThis local law may be cited as the Town of Victoria Park Vehicle Management Local Law 2021.\n2 Commencement\nThis local law commences on—\n(a) 1 July 2021; or\n(b) fourteen days following its publication in the Government Gazette;\nwhichever occurs last.\n3 Purpose and effect\n(1) The purpose of this local law is to provide for the regulation, control and management of parking\nand vehicles within the local government.\n(2) The effect of this local law is to regulate parking and vehicles, including where they may stop or\npark, requiring tickets for parking in certain locations and preventing certain types of vehicles from\nbeing in certain locations.\n4 Repeal\nThe Town of Victoria Park Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2008 as published in the\nGovernment Gazette on 14 January 2009 and as amended on 1 December 2009, 5 April 2013, and\n29 November 2013 is repealed.\n5 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) 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,\nshall be deemed for the purposes of this local law to have been erected by the local government under\nthe authority of this local law.\n(5) An inscription or symbol on a sign referred to in subclause (4) 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(6) The provisions of this local law do not apply to a bicycle parked at a bicycle rail or bicycle rack.\n6 Interpretation\n(1) In this local law unless the context otherwise requires—\nAct means the Local Government Act 1995;\narea control sign means a sign which operates at the entry or exit of, or within the boundary of,\na parking control area;\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;\n\n1862 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 May 2021\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;\nbay includes ‘stall’ or ‘space’;\ncar carrier means a vehicle together or separately from any attached trailer that is designed for\nthe transportation of cars or of other vehicles but excludes tow trucks;\ncaravan has the meaning given to it in the Caravan and Camping Grounds Act 1995;\nCEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government;\nclearway means a length of carriageway that has ‘clearway’ signs erected appurtenant to it;\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;\ncontinuous dividing 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;\nCouncil means the Council of the local government;\ndetection device means an electronic device placed in any position to detect or record the\nparking time of a vehicle on any road, parking facility or other public place and includes any\ninstruments, display panels or transmitting apparatus associated with the device;\ndisability parking permit has the meaning given in the Local Government (Parking for People\nwith Disabilities) Regulations 2014;\ndistrict means the district of the local government;\ndriver means any person driving or in control of a vehicle;\ndriveway means an area of land on private property which abuts a crossover and is designed\nprimarily for vehicles to ingress and egress that property;\neating area means an area in which tables, chair and other structures are provided for the\npurpose of the supply of food and beverages to a member of the public or the consumption of\nfood and beverages by a members of the public;\nGVM (which stands for ‘gross vehicle mass’) has the meaning given to it by the Code;\nhead of cul-de-sac means the part of a carriageway closed at one end that is shaped in such a\nway that can be used to turn vehicles in and includes bulb or hammer-head shaped closed\nroads;\nheavy or long vehicle means a vehicle or any combination of vehicles, that, together with any\nprojection on, or load carried by, the vehicle or combination of vehicles, is 7.5 metres or more\nin length or exceeds a GVM of 4.5 tonnes;\nlaneway means a public road designed to provide access to the side or rear of lots principally for\nvehicle parking;\nlocal government means the Town of Victoria Park;\nmoney means any coin which is legal tender under the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth) and\nany ‘Australian Notes’ as that term is defined in section 32 of the Reserve Bank Act 1959\n(Commonwealth);\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 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 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;\noccupier has the meaning given to it by the Act;\nowner—\n(a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1976, means the\nperson in whose name the vehicle has been registered under that Road Traffic\nAct 1976;\n(b) where used in relation to any other vehicle, means the person who owns, or is entitled\nto possession of that vehicle; and\n(c) where used in relation to land, has the meaning given to it by the Act;\nparking facilities includes land, buildings, shelters, parking zones, paid parking zones, parking\nspaces and other facilities open to the public generally for the parking of vehicles with or\nwithout charge and signs, notices and facilities used in connection with the parking of\nvehicles;\n\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1863\nparking permit means a permit issued by the Town pursuant to clause 76 of this local law;\nparking region means the area described in Schedule 1;\nparking space means a section or part of a thoroughfare, public reserve or of a parking zone,\nwhich is marked, or defined by painted lines, metallic studs, coloured bricks or pavers or\nsimilar devices for the purpose of indicating where a vehicle may stop or be parked whether\non payment of a fee or charge or otherwise;\nparking zone means any land, structure, section or part of a thoroughfare or public reserve\nprovided for the purpose of accommodating vehicles with or without charge which is\nconstituted under clause 54 to be a parking zone;\npenalty unit has the meaning given to in the Town of Victoria Park Penalty Unit Local\nLaw 2021;\npermit means a permit issued under this local law;\nplace of refuge for pedestrians includes any area or place which is open to or used by the\npublic and not ordinarily intended for the stopping, parking or movement of vehicles and also\nincludes any physical provision or an area demarcated by the marking of lines or otherwise\nidentified by a sign;\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) a public reserve;\npublic reserve 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;\nright of way means a portion of land that is—\n(a) shown and marked “Right of Way” or “ROW”, or coloured or marked in any other way to\nsignify that the portion of land is a right of way, on any plan or diagram deposited with\nthe Registrar of Titles that is subject to the provisions of section 167A of the Transfer of\nLand Act 1893;\n(b) shown on a diagram or plan of survey relating to a subdivision that is created as a\n“right of way” and vested in the Crown under section 152 of the Planning and\nDevelopment Act 2005; and\n(c) shown and marked as a right of way on a map or plan deposited with the Registrar of\nTitles and transferred to the Crown under the Transfer of Land Act 1893, but does not\ninclude—\n(i) private driveways; and\n(ii) a “right of way” created by a deed of easement between two or more parties;\nroad has the same meaning as “carriageway”;\nSchedule means a schedule to this local law;\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 public reserve for the\npurpose of prohibiting, regulating, guiding, directing or restricting the parking of vehicles,\nand includes an area control sign;\nspecial purpose vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code, and includes a vehicle driven\nby an authorised person on duty or that vehicle when it is stationary at any place connected\nwith the official duty;\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;\nstopping zone means any land, structure, section or part of a thoroughfare or public reserve\nprovided for the purpose of accommodating vehicles to stop and includes—\n(a) loading zones;\n(b) taxi zones;\n(c) bus zones;\n(d) mail zones;\n(e) shared zones; and\n(f) school zones;\nstreet has the same meaning as thoroughfare;\nstrata company has the meaning given to it by the Strata Titles Act 1985;\ntare weight in relation to a vehicle means the weight of the vehicle without any passengers or\nload;\nthoroughfare has the meaning given to it by the Act;\n\n1864 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 May 2021\ntow truck has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014;\ntruck means a motor vehicle with a GVM over 3 t, except a bus or tractor;\nunattended in relation to a vehicle, means that the driver has left the vehicle and is more than 3\nmetres from the closest point of the vehicle;\nvalve stem reading means a record of the position of the valve stem on a wheel; and\nverge has the same meaning as “nature strip”.\n(2) 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(3) A reference to a parking space includes a reference to part of the parking space.\n(4) 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 1976 or in the Code, then the term shall have the\nmeaning given to it in that Act or the Code.\n7 Classes of vehicles and drivers\n(1) For the purpose of this local law, vehicles are divided into classes as follows—\n(a) buses;\n(b) commercial vehicles;\n(c) motorcycles and bicycles;\n(d) taxis;\n(e) heavy or long vehicles;\n(f) car carriers;\n(g) tow trucks;\n(h) emergency vehicles;\n(i) special purpose vehicles; and\n(j) all other vehicles.\n(2) For the purpose of this local law, drivers are divided into the following classes—\n(a) authorised persons;\n(b) employees of the Town;\n(c) customers or patrons of a shop, shopping centre, facility or event;\n(d) persons who work in a shop or shopping centre; and\n(e) all other persons not otherwise classified.\n8 Part of thoroughfare to which sign applies\n(1) Subject to subclause (2) where under this local law the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is\ncontrolled by a sign, the sign shall 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.\n(2) Where under this local law the parking of vehicles in an area is controlled by an area control sign,\nthat sign shall be read as applying to the area which—\n(a) lies beyond the sign; and\n(b) where there is a further sign beyond that sign, lies between the sign and the next sign beyond\nthat sign.\n9 Powers of local government\nThe local government, by resolution, may, 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—GENERAL LAWS OF PARKING AND STOPPING\nDivision 1—General\n10 Regulation of parking of local government\nThe local government, by resolution, may determine and vary and indicate by signs—\n(a) prohibitions;\n(b) regulations; and\n(c) restrictions,\non the parking and stopping of vehicles of a specified class or by persons of a specified class in the\nparking region, but a determination shall not be inconsistent with any provision of this local law.\n\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1865\n11 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.\n12 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.\nDivision 2—Parking Position\n13 Parking position on a thoroughfare or carriageway\n(1) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to stop or park on any thoroughfare or\ncarriageway or part of a thoroughfare or carriageway, unless they stop or park—\n(a) parallel to the boundary of the thoroughfare or carriageway and as close to the boundary of\nthe thoroughfare or carriageway as practical;\n(b) headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on the side of the thoroughfare or\ncarriageway on which the vehicle is parked, unless otherwise exempted by the local\ngovernment; and\n(c) wholly within a parking space if the part of the thoroughfare or carriageway upon which the\nvehicle is stopping or parked is provided with parking spaces, subject to clause 15.\n(2) A person parking a vehicle on a thoroughfare or carriageway other than in a parking space shall\npark it—\n(a) in the case of a two-way thoroughfare or carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to\nand parallel with, the left boundary of the thoroughfare or carriageway and headed in the\ndirection of the movement of traffic on the side of the thoroughfare or carriageway on which\nthe vehicle is parked;\n(b) in the case of a one-way thoroughfare or carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to\nand parallel with either boundary of the thoroughfare or carriageway and headed in the\ndirection of the movement of traffic on the side of the thoroughfare or carriageway on which\nthe vehicle is parked; and\n(c) in any event so that the front and the rear of the vehicle respectively is not less than 1 metre\nfrom any other vehicle, except a motorcycle without a trailer, or a bicycle parked in\naccordance with this local law;\nunless otherwise indicated on a parking regulation sign or markings on the roadway.\n(3) A person parking a vehicle on a thoroughfare or carriageway other than in a parking space shall\npark it—\n(a) so that at least 3 metres of the width of the thoroughfare or carriageway lies between the\nvehicle and the farther boundary of the thoroughfare or carriageway, or any continuous line\nor median strip, or between the vehicle and a vehicle parked on the farther side of the\nthoroughfare or carriageway; and\n(b) so that it does not obstruct any vehicle on the carriageway,\nunless otherwise indicated on a parking regulation sign or markings on the roadway.\n(4) Where a parking space in a thoroughfare or carriageway is set out otherwise than parallel to the\nkerb, then a person must park a vehicle wholly within that parking space.\n14 Prohibited or restricted area\n(1) A person shall not park or stop or attempt to park or stop a vehicle in a prohibited or restricted\narea.\n(2) Where a vehicle is parked such that any part of it is in a prohibited or restricted area, the whole of\nthat vehicle is deemed to be in the prohibited or restricted area.\n15 One vehicle per parking space\nA person shall not park or attempt to park a vehicle in a parking space in which another vehicle is\nparking.\n16 Wholly within a parking space\nA person shall not stop or park a vehicle in a parking space other than wholly within a parking space\nunless a motor vehicle is too wide or long to fit completely within a single parking space, in which\ncase, the vehicle shall be parked within the minimum number of parking spaces needed to park that\nmotor vehicle.\n17 Parallel and angled parking\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\n\n1866 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 May 2021\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.\n18 Motorcycle parking\n(1) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle other than a bicycle or a motorcycle to which no side car\nor side-box is attached in a parking space—\n(a) marked with the symbol “M/C”; or\n(b) in which the parking of bicycles or motorcycles is permitted by a sign referable to that\nparking space.\n(2) A person shall not stop or park a bicycle or motorcycle in a parking space marked with the symbol\n“M/C”—\n(a) for longer than the maximum period permitted for parking in that parking space by a sign\nreferable to that parking space; or\n(b) otherwise than wholly within the motorcycle parking space.\nDivision 3—No Stopping or Parking\n19 Parking or stopping contrary to signs\n(1) A person shall not park or stop a vehicle on a thoroughfare or a portion of a thoroughfare—\n(a) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking or stopping of vehicles of a different class;\n(b) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking or stopping of vehicles by persons of a different\nclass; or\n(c) during any period when the parking or stopping of vehicles is prohibited by a sign.\n(2) A person shall not park or stop a vehicle in a parking zone, except in accordance with the signs\nassociated with the parking zone and with this local law.\n20 Parking on local government property or public reserves\n(1) A person other than an employee of the local government in the course of their duties or a person\nauthorised by the local government, shall not drive, stop or park a vehicle upon or over any portion of\na public reserve or local government property other than upon an area specifically set aside for that\npurpose without the written consent of an authorised person or the local government.\n(2) 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’.\n21 Parking on private land\n(1) In this clause a reference to ‘land’ does not include 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;\n(c) which is an ‘otherwise unvested facility’ within section 3.53 of the Act; or\n(d) which is subject to an agreement referred to in clause 5(2).\n(2) A person shall not park a vehicle on land without the consent of the owner or occupier of the land\non which the vehicle is parked.\n(3) Where the owner or occupier of the land, by a sign referable to that land or otherwise, consents to\nthe parking of vehicles of a specified class or classes on the land for a limited period, a person shall\nnot park a vehicle on the land otherwise than in accordance with the consent.\n22 Fire hydrant\nA driver shall not stop or park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within one 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.\n23 Bus stop, bus lane and transit lane\n(1) 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.\n(2) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of\nthe approach 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 person 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\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1867\n(3) A driver shall not stop or park a vehicle in a bus lane or transit lane unless the driver is driving a\npublic bus or passenger transport vehicle, and is dropping off, or picking up, passengers.\n24 Stopping on a path, median strip, or traffic island\n(1) The driver of a vehicle (other than a bicycle or an animal) shall not stop so that any portion of the\nvehicle is on or obstructs a path, traffic island or median strip, unless the driver stops in an area, to\nwhich a parking control sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local\nlaw.\n(2) Subject to any law relating to intersections with traffic control signals a person shall not stop or\npark a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is—\n(a) on or adjacent to a median strip; or\n(b) on or adjacent to a traffic island,\nunless a sign or markings on the carriageway indicate otherwise.\n25 Stopping or parking on verge\n(1) A person shall not—\n(a) stop or park a vehicle (other than a bicycle);\n(b) stop or park a commercial vehicle or bus, or a trailer or caravan unattached to a motor\nvehicle; or\n(c) stop or park a vehicle during any period when the stopping of vehicles on that verge is\nprohibited by a sign 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 they are 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, unless otherwise prohibited by a written resolution of the\nstrata company responsible for the common property of the lot adjacent to that 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.\n26 Stopping or parking on or over a footpath or path\n(1) A driver shall not stop or park a vehicle (other than a bicycle or an animal) so that any portion of\nthe vehicle is on any footpath or pedestrian crossing.\n(2) 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 space and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking space\nunder this local law.\n27 Obstructing access to and from a path, driveway, etc.\n(1) A driver shall not stop or park a vehicle on or across a driveway or other way of access for vehicles\ntravelling to or from land adjacent to a road or thoroughfare, unless—\n(a) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or\n(b) the driver stops in a parking space and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking space\nunder this local law.\n28 Letter box\nA driver shall not stop or park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 3 metres of a\npublic letter box, unless—\n(a) the vehicle is a postal vehicle;\n(b) the driver is dropping off, or picking up passengers; or\n(c) 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.\n29 Bicycle lane\nA person shall not stop or park a vehicle in a bicycle lane, unless the driver is driving a public bus or\ntaxi and is dropping off or picking up passengers.\n30 Right of way and laneway\nA person shall not stop or park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is obstructing a right of\nway or laneway, or so close thereto as to likely deny any vehicle reasonable access to or egress from\nthe right of way or laneway.\n31 Eating areas\nA person shall not stop or park a vehicle in a parking space which has been authorised in writing by\nthe local government to be set up or conducted as an eating area and which is designated by signs as\nsuch at that time.\n\n1868 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 May 2021\n32 Vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances\nA person shall not park or stop a vehicle on any portion of a thoroughfare or parking facility—\n(a) for the purpose of exposing it for sale, or any goods on or in the vehicle for sale;\n(b) if that vehicle is not licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1974;\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 or parking facility.\n33 No stopping\nA driver shall not stop on a length of carriageway, or in an area—\n(a) to which a ‘no stopping’ sign applies.\n(b) during times a sign specifies a “no stopping” restriction is in operation; or\n(c) to which a “clearway” sign applies.\n34 No parking\nA driver shall not stop on a length of carriageway or in an area to which a ‘no parking’ sign applies,\nunless 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.\n35 Yellow edge lines\nA driver shall not stop or park at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edge\nline.\n36 Other no stopping areas\nSubject to any law relating to intersections with traffic control signals, a person shall not stop or park\na vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is—\n(a) on or within 10 metres of any portion of a carriageway bounded by a traffic island;\n(b) between the boundaries of a carriageway and any double longitudinal line consisting of\n2 continuous lines or between a double longitudinal line consisting of a continuous line and a\nbroken or dotted line and the boundary of a carriageway nearer to the continuous line, unless\nthere is a distance of at least 3 metres clear between the vehicle and the double longitudinal\nline;\nExample—\nIn this example, the vehicles marked with an ‘X’ are parked in contravention of this local\nlaw.\n(c) on an intersection, except adjacent to a carriageway boundary that is not broken by an\nintersecting carriageway;\nExample—\n\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1869\n(d) within 10 metres of the nearer property line of any thoroughfare intersecting the\nthoroughfare on the side on which the vehicle is parked; or\nExample—\n(e) within the head of a cul-de-sac,\nunless a sign or markings on the carriageway indicate otherwise.\n37 Stopping near an obstruction\nSubject to any law relating to intersections with traffic control signals, a person shall not stop or park\na vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is—\n(a) an obstruction on the carriageway in a position that further obstructs traffic on the\ncarriageway; and\n(b) alongside or opposite any excavation, works, hoarding, scaffolding or obstruction on the\ncarriageway, if the vehicle would obstruct traffic,\nunless a sign or markings on the carriageway indicate otherwise.\n38 Double parking\n(1) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle on a thoroughfare so that any portion of the vehicle is\nbetween any vehicle which is parked or stopped on a carriageway of that thoroughfare and the centre\nof the thoroughfare.\n(2) This clause does not apply to a driver stopped in traffic.\nDivision 4—Trucks and other heavy vehicles\n39 No parking heavy vehicles, long vehicles or car carriers\n(1) A person shall not park a heavy or long vehicle, or a car carrier in any area specified in Schedule 3\nexcept where—\n(a) the driver of that vehicle has received prior written permission from an authorised person; or\n(b) that vehicle is parked wholly within a designated loading zone, and in any case only in\naccordance with the provisions of this local law.\n(2) A person shall not park a heavy or long vehicle or car carrier on a carriageway or parking facility\nfor any period exceeding one hour, unless engaged in the picking up or setting down of goods.\n(3) 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.\n40 Livestock trucks\n(1) A person shall not park a vehicle containing livestock.\n(2) A person may stop a truck containing livestock provided it is—\n(a) wholly within a designated loading zone;\n(b) picking up or setting down goods in that vehicle;\n(c) is not left unattended; and\n(d) remains for no more than 30 minutes.\n41 Truck noise from residential land\nA person shall not start or drive a heavy or long vehicle on land zoned, approved or used for\nresidential purposes between the hours of 11pm and 7am on the following day without first obtaining\nthe written consent of the local government.\nDivision 5—Parking facilities and detection devices\n42 Behaviour in parking facility\n(1) A person shall not remain in or on a parking facility after having been directed to leave that\nparking station by an authorised person or a Police Officer.\n\n1870 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 May 2021\n(2) A person shall not drive in a parking facility in a direction other than the direction indicated by\narrows, if arrows are marked in that parking facility.\n(3) A person shall not ride on or drive or be carried on any bicycle, tricycle, skateboard, roller skate or\nroller blade or other wheeled contrivance other than a licenced vehicle or a wheelchair/motorised\nwheelchair within a parking facility.\n(4) A person shall not permit a vehicle to park on any part of a parking facility, if an authorised\nperson directs the driver of such vehicle to move the vehicle.\n43 Selling and hiring in parking facilities\nNo person shall at or on any part of a parking facility sell, hire, give away, offer or expose for sale or\nhire anything of any nature, unless that person has the prior written permission of the local\ngovernment to do so.\n44 Damage to parking facilities\n(1) A person must not, nor attempt to, remove, damage, deface, misuse or interfere with any part of a\nparking zone, parking facility, parking space or any infrastructure appurtenant to those areas.\n(2) A person must not operate or attempt to operate a payment machine except in accordance with the\noperating instructions appearing on those devices.\n45 Interfere with or damage to detection devices\n(1) A person shall not interfere with, damage or obstruct the operation of any electronic parking\ndetection device or instrument in any road, parking facility or in any other public place.\n(2) A person shall not interfere with, damage or obstruct the operation of any display panels or\ntransmitting equipment in relation to parking detection devices or instruments operated by the local\ngovernment.\nPART 3—STOPPING ZONES\n46 Determination of stopping zones\n(1) The local government, by resolution, may constitute any land, structure, section or part of a\nthoroughfare or public reserve as a stopping zone.\n(2) In respect of stopping zones the local government under subclause (1), may determine—\n(a) the permitted times and conditions of stopping of a vehicle;\n(b) the classes of vehicles permitted to stop;\n(c) the classes of persons permitted to stop a vehicle; and\n(d) the manner of stopping a vehicle.\n(3) A stopping zone constituted under subclause (1) may be varied as to land, structure, section or\npart of a thoroughfare or public reserve which it comprises by the local government.\n(4) Where the local government makes a determination under this clause, it shall erect signs to give\neffect to this determination.\n47 Stopping in a loading zone\n(1) A person shall not stop a vehicle in a loading zone unless it is:—\n(a) a motor vehicle used for commercial or trade purposes and engaged in the picking up or\nsetting down of goods; or\n(b) a motor vehicle picking up or setting down passengers;\nbut in any event shall not remain in that loading zone—\n(c) for longer than a time indicated on the ‘loading zone’ sign; or\n(d) for longer than 30 minutes (if no time is indicated on the sign).\n(2) For the purposes of clause 48(1)(a) a vehicle conducting food delivery services is a motor vehicle\nused for commercial or trade purposes and engaged in the picking up or setting down of goods.\nFor example: A vehicle used for uber eats deliveries.\n48 Stopping in a taxi zone\n(1) A driver shall not stop in a taxi zone, unless the driver is driving a taxi.\n(2) A person driving a taxi shall not leave the taxi unattended whilst it is in a taxi zone.\nNote: Under the code, the definition of taxi includes any form of hail or booked transport service,\nwhich includes Uber, Ola and Didi.\n49 Stopping in a bus zone\n(1) 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.\n(2) A bus shall not remain in a bus zone for longer than the time it takes to take up or set down\npassengers or for mandatory breaks, emergencies or radio communications.\n50 Stopping in a mail zone\nA person shall not stop a vehicle in a mail zone unless the vehicle is a postal vehicle.\n\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1871\n51 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 bay and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking bay under\nthis 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.\n52 School zone\n(1) A person must not stop a vehicle in a school zone during a school zone period—\n(a) in a no stopping area;\n(b) in a no parking area;\n(c) at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edged line;\n(d) on a verge that is prohibited by a sign;\n(e) on a footpath, pedestrian crossing or pedestrian refuge;\n(f) in a parking bay in which another vehicle is stopped or parked;\n(g) double park as outlined in clause 38;\n(h) on or across a driveway as outlined in clause 27;\n(i) so that any portion of the vehicle is within 10 metres of the departure side, or within 20\nmetres of the approach side, of—\n(i) a bus embayment or a bus stop unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set\ndown passengers;\n(ii) a pedestrian crossing; or\n(iii) a children’s crossing.\n(2) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on a carriageway in a school zone during a school zone\nperiod so that it obstructs or may obstruct a vehicle on the carriageway.\n(3) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle on any part of a thoroughfare, whether or not that park is\nmarked as a parking bay, for more than the maximum time specified by a sign.\n53 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 4—PARKING ZONES\n54 Determination of parking zones\n(1) The local government, by resolution, may constitute any land, structure, section or part of a\nthoroughfare or public reserve as a parking zone.\n(2) In respect of parking zones the local government under subclause (1), may determine—\n(a) the location of parking spaces within a parking zone;\n(b) the permitted times and conditions of parking or stopping of a vehicle;\n(c) the classes of vehicles permitted to park or stop;\n(d) the classes of persons permitted to park or stop a vehicle; and\n(e) the manner of parking or stopping a vehicle.\n(3) A parking zone constituted under subclause (1) may be varied as to the land, structure, section or\npart of a thoroughfare or public reserve which it comprises by the local government.\n(4) Where the local government makes a determination under this clause, it shall erect signs to give\neffect to this determination.\n55 Parking time limits\nA person shall not stop or park a vehicle in a parking zone for more than the maximum time specified\nby a sign, unless—\n(a) the vehicle displays a valid disability parking permit, in which case the vehicle may be\nparked (except in a parking area for people with disabilities) in accordance with Regulation\n174(2) of the Code; or\n(b) the vehicle has first been removed from that parking zone for at least two (2) hours since the\nvehicle was last parked in that parking zone.\n56 Maximum time limit for heavy vehicles, caravans and trailers\nA person shall not permit a heavy or long vehicle, caravan or trailer to remain parked in a parking\nzone for more than 1 hour unless the vehicle is in an area designated by a parking sign or parking\nsigns permitting such vehicles to be parked for a longer period.\n\n1872 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 May 2021\n57 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitations in parking zones\nWhere the parking of vehicles in a parking zone is permitted for a limited time, a person shall not\npermit a vehicle to be parked or otherwise remain within the parking zone so that the total time of\nparking exceeds the maximum permitted unless the vehicle has first been removed from that parking\nzone for at least two (2) hours since the vehicle was last parked in that parking zones.\n58 Parking position for motorcycles\nA person shall not stop or park a motorcycle in a parking zone unless it is wholly within a parking\nspace marked with the symbol “M/C” or otherwise designated as being set aside for the parking of\nmotorcycles.\n59 Obstruction of parking zone entrances or exits\nA person shall not stop or park a vehicle so as to obstruct an entrance to or exit from a parking zone,\nor any area or part thereof within a parking zone provided for or intended for the movement of\nvehicles through such parking zone.\n60 Footpaths and places of refuge for pedestrians\nA person shall not stop or park a vehicle on any part of a parking zone so that any portion of such\nvehicle is on or over a footpath or place of refuge for pedestrians.\n61 Prohibitions on stopping or parking within parking zone\n(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle on any part of a parking zone—\n(a) if the stopping of a vehicle on that part is prohibited by a sign; or\n(b) during a period in which the stopping of vehicles on that part is prohibited by a sign.\n(2) A driver shall not park a vehicle on any part of a parking zone—\n(a) if the parking of vehicles on that part is prohibited by a sign;\n(b) during a period in which the parking of vehicles on that part is prohibited by a sign;\n(c) if a sign specifies that the part is for the parking of vehicles—\n(i) of a different class; or\n(ii) driven by a person of a different class;\n62 Authorised spaces in parking zone\n(1) The local government may by use of signs set aside any parking zone or any parking space in a\nparking zone for the parking of vehicles by persons authorised by the local government.\n(2) Where the local government authorises a person pursuant to subclause (1) the local government—\n(a) shall issue a written permit to the person; and\n(b) may revoke the permit at any time.\n(3) A person shall not park or stop a vehicle in a parking space set aside under this clause unless a\npermit issued with respect to the vehicle is displayed inside the vehicle and is clearly visible to and\nreadable by any authorised person examining the permit from outside the vehicle.\n(4) It shall be the responsibility of such person to take all precautions as may be necessary so as to\nensure the permit is displayed and remains displayed as required by this clause.\nPART 5—PAID PARKING\n63 Definitions\nIn this part—\nappropriate fee means the fee appropriate to the period for which the vehicle has been parked;\nexpired payment means a payment which is insufficient to the amount of time the vehicle has\nbeen parked;\npaid parking space means a parking space in a parking zone for which a fee is payable to stop\nor park and may include a parking space for motorcycles;\nparking payment machine means a machine or device which is installed in or near a parking\nzone, thoroughfare or parking facility by or on behalf of the local government and which upon\npayment of the appropriate fee allows a person to stop or park their vehicle in the paid\nparking space and includes any such machine where payment of a fee may not be required for\na specified period; and\npayment system means the system defined in clause 64.\n64 Payment system\nFor the purpose this local law the payment system for parking in a paid parking space is to make\npayment—\n(a) via a parking payment machine;\n(b) electronically via the software program determined by the local government.\n65 Determination of paid parking space\n(1) The Council, by resolution, may constitute, determine and vary parking spaces within a parking\nzone to be paid parking spaces.\n\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1873\n(2) In respect of paid parking space the Council in its resolution under subclause (1), may prescribe—\n(a) the appropriate fee payable for parking or stopping a vehicle;\n(b) the permitted times and conditions of parking or stopping of a vehicle;\n(c) the classes of vehicles permitted to park or stop;\n(d) the classes of persons permitted to park or stop a vehicle; and\n(e) the manner of parking or stopping a vehicle.\n(3) Where the Council makes a resolution under this clause, the local government shall erect signs to\ngive effect to this determination and publish a copy of the determination on its official website.\n66 Fees in paid parking spaces\n(1) Fees for stopping and parking of vehicles in a paid parking space may be determined and imposed\nby the local government under and in accordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act.\n(2) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle in a paid parking space unless the appropriate fee has\nbeen tendered or in the case of a period where parking is free in the paid parking space, registered\ntheir vehicle via the payment system.\n(3) The payment of the fee referred to in subclause (1) in accordance with subclause (2) entitles a\nperson to stop or park a vehicle in a paid parking space for the period allowable based upon their fee,\nbut does not authorise the stopping or parking of the vehicle in a parking space, or part of the parking\nfacility during any time when stopping or parking in that zone is prohibited—\n(a) under this local law;\n(b) by the sign on the parking payment machine referable to the zone; or\n(c) by a sign referable to that space.\n67 Parking time limits\n(1) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle in a paid parking space during any permitted period for\nlonger than the maximum period.\n(2) Where the parking of vehicles in a paid parking space is permitted for a free period of time, a\nperson shall not permit a vehicle to be parked or otherwise remain within paid parking space or\nobtain another free parking ticket so that the total free time of parking exceeds the maximum free\ntime permitted.\n(3) A reference in this clause to—\n(a) maximum period means the maximum period stated on signs or the payment machines in the\nparking zone during which the continuous parking of a vehicle in the zone is permitted;\n(b) permitted period means the period stated on the signs or payment machines during which the\nparking of vehicle is permitted upon making payment via the payment system.\n68 No parking when payment has expired\nSubject to clause 70, a person shall not leave or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a paid parking\nspace with an expired payment.\n69 One payment per vehicle\nRegardless of the number of parking spaces taken up by a vehicle, only one payment is required for\nthe vehicle.\nFor example: If a person parks a car with a trailer across two parking space then they are\nrequired to only make one payment.\n70 Suspension of requirement to pay fee\nThe Council, by resolution, may from time to time determine that the provisions of clauses 66 and 68\nshall not apply during the periods and days specified in the determination.\n71 Entitlement to a receipt\nA person paying a fee for a paid parking space is to be entitled to receive a receipt on demand showing\nthe period of parking covered by the payment.\n72 Permitted insertions in payment machines\n(1) A person shall not insert into a payment machine anything other than the designations of money\nor such other permitted form of payment indicated by a sign on the payment machine.\n(2) The insertion of a coin or banknote into any payment machine or the making of payment in such\nother form as may be permitted shall be effected only in accordance with the instructions printed on\nthat particular payment machine.\n73 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitations in paid parking space\nWhere the parking of vehicles in a paid parking space is permitted for a limited time, a person shall\nnot permit a vehicle to be parked or otherwise remain within the paid parking space so that the total\ntime of parking exceeds the maximum permitted unless the vehicle has first been removed from that\nparking zone for at least two (2) hours since the vehicle was last parked in that parking zone.\n\n1874 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 May 2021\nPART 6—PARKING PERMITS\n74 Parking permit policy\n(1) The Council, by resolution, shall adopt policies in respect of—\n(a) Parking permits for owners and occupiers of land within the district; and\n(b) Parking permits for work sites.\n(2) The Council, by resolution, may amend the policies adopted under subclause (1).\n(3) The local government must give local public notice of the adoption or amendment of the policies\nunder sub-clause (1) and make a copy of the policies available on the local government’s official\nwebsite and in any place where a copy of this local law is available.\n75 Definitions\n(1) For the purposes of this Part of the local law—\neligible person means a person who is eligible to be issued with and use a parking permit under\nthe policies adopted by the Council under clause 74.\nelectronic parking permit means a parking permit issued by the local government\nelectronically and does not need to be physically displayed.\n(2) A permit will only be taken to be valid and effective for the purposes of this part if it is—\n(a) issued by the local government;\n(b) not rendered invalid for any of the reasons set out in clause 78 of this local law; and\n(c) displayed in a vehicle specified in the permit, unless the permit is an electronic parking\npermit.\n76 Parking Permits\n(1) Subject to the relevant policy adopted under clause 74, a person may apply for a parking permit to\npark a vehicle on a thoroughfare, in a parking zone or other form of parking facility.\n(2) An application for a permit shall be made in the form, accompanied by the payment of any fee,\ndetermined by the local government under section 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act.\n(3) The local government may in respect of an application for a permit for the purpose of\nsubclause (1)—\n(a) approve it;\n(b) approve it subject to such conditions as the local government considers appropriate; or\n(c) refuse to approve it and provide reasons to the applicant for the refusal.\n(4) Where the local government makes a decision under subclauses (3)(a) or (b), it shall issue a permit\nin the form determined by it to the person who applied for the permit.\n(5) A parking permit issued for the purpose of this part is valid for the dates, days and or times as set\nout in the conditions of the approval of the permit, and is valid until the expiry date and or time set\nout in the conditions of the permit.\n77 Conditions of Exemption for Permit Holders\n(1) Where on any part of a thoroughfare, parking zone or parking facility the stopping or parking of\nvehicles is prohibited by a sign for more than a specified period or where any part of a thoroughfare is\na paid parking space, the holder of a valid permit is exempted from the time restriction or\nrequirement to pay.\n(2) The local government may also issue a permit which exempts the holder from compliance with the\nrequirements of clauses 76(3)(a) and 76(3)(b).\n(2) The exemption conferred by subclause (1) shall apply only—\n(a) to that part of a thoroughfare, parking zone or parking facility specified in the permit;\n(b) where the time restriction applicable to that part of the thoroughfare is for a period exceeding\n30 minutes;\n(c) if a permit is specified to be only for a particular vehicle, that vehicle.\n(d) unless the permit is an electronic parking permit, if the permit is displayed in the vehicle or\naffixed to the windscreen of the vehicle so as to be clearly visible and able to be read by an\nauthorised person from outside the vehicle; and\n(e) if the permit is valid.\n(3) The exemption conferred by subclause (1) shall not, unless specifically noted on the permit, apply\nduring any period in which the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited in the thoroughfare or the\npart of the thoroughfare specified in the permit.\n78 Validity of permit\nEvery parking permit as the case may be, shall cease to be valid upon—\n(a) the expiry of a period of one (1) year from and including the date on which it is issued;\n(b) the holder of the permit ceasing to be an eligible person;\n(c) the revocation of the permit by the local government pursuant to clause 79; or\n(d) the replacement of any permit by a new permit issued by the local government pursuant to\nclause 80(1).\n\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1875\n79 Revocation of a permit\n(1) The local government may at any time give an eligible person to whom a permit was issued\npursuant to the provisions of this local law notice requiring that person to notify the local government\nof any reason why that permit should not be revoked.\n(2) The local government shall give notice referred to in subclause (1) by serving a notice on the\neligible person to whom the permit was issued.\n(3) After fourteen (14) days of the serving of a notice referred to in subclause (2), the local government\nmay revoke the permit.\n(4) For the purpose of subclause (3) the date of receipt of the notice shall be the date the notice was\nserved.\n80 Replacement of permit\n(1) The local government may upon a written application of an eligible person and upon payment of\nthe relevant fee, if any, issue a permit to replace a parking permit which is lost, misplaced, destroyed\nor stolen.\n(2) The local government may determine and impose a fee, in accordance with section 6.16 to 6.19 of\nthe Act, for the issue of a replacement permit pursuant to this clause.\n(3) Notwithstanding subclause (2), no fee shall be payable for the issue of a replacement permit if\nevidence is produced in writing to the satisfaction of the local government—\n(a) that the vehicle in which the permit is displayed has been disposed of;\n(b) that the vehicle’s windscreen in which the permit is displayed has been replaced; or\n(c) which the local government considers warrants the waiving of the fee.\nPART 7—MISCELLANEOUS\n81 Temporary parking permission\n(1) The local government or authorised person may, whether upon payment of a fee or not, issue a\nwritten temporary parking permission which allows a specific vehicle to park—\n(a) in a specified kerbside area;\n(b) in a parking zone which is controlled by a sign, in contravention of the restriction specified on\nthat sign; or\n(c) in any other place under the control of the local government.\n(2) A temporary parking permission issued under subclause (1) may—\n(a) authorise the stopping or parking of the vehicle continuously for a specified period or periods\nbetween specified times or from time to time during a specified period; and\n(b) be revoked or suspended at any time by the local government or an authorised person before\nthe expiration of any time or period specified in the permit without responsibility for any\nliability or loss or claim.\n(3) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle in respect of which a temporary parking permission has\nbeen given pursuant to subclause (2) except—\n(a) at the times or during the period specified in the written temporary parking permission;\n(b) for any purpose other than the purpose for which the written temporary parking permission\nwas issued; or\n(c) in accordance with any conditions associated with that written temporary parking\npermission;\n(4) Nothing in this clause mitigates the limitations or condition imposed by any other clause or by any\nlocal law relating to a person’s right of appeal against the local government revoking or suspending a\npermit.\n82 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.\n83 Authorised person may mark tyres\nAn authorised person may in a parking facility—\n(a) mark the tyres of a vehicle with chalk or any other non-indelible substance;\n(b) record the position of a vehicle;\n(c) take a valve stem reading of a vehicle; or\n(d) record vehicle details and vehicle registration numbers;\nfor any purpose connected with or arising out of their duties or powers.\n84 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\n1876 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 May 2021\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.\n85 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.\n86 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.\n87 Special purpose and emergency vehicles\nNotwithstanding anything to the contrary in this local law, the driver of—\n(a) a special purpose vehicle may, only in the course of their duties and when it is expedient and\nsafe to do so, stop, or park the vehicle in any place, at any time; and\n(b) an emergency vehicle may, in the course of their duties and when it is expedient and safe to\ndo so or where he or she honestly and reasonably believes that it is expedient and safe to do\nso, stop, or park the vehicle in any place, at any time.\n88 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 vehicle which is parked in any portion of a public place where vehicles may be lawfully parked,\nis deemed to cause an obstruction and may be impounded where—\n(a) the vehicle is parked for any period exceeding 24 hours;\n(b) the vehicle is so parked during any period in which the parking of vehicles is prohibited or\nrestricted by a sign;\n(c) the vehicle is unregistered or no registration plates are displayed; or\n(d) in the opinion of an authorised person the presence of the vehicle presents a hazard to public\nsafety or obstructs the lawful use of any place.\n89 Contravention that may lead to impounding\nFor the purposes of Part 3 Division 3 Subdivision 4 of the Act and regulation 29 of the Local\nGovernment (Functions and General) Regulations 1996 a contravention of this local law is a\ncontravention that may lead to impounding.\nPART 8—OBJECTIONS AND REVIEW\n90 Objections and review\nWhere the local government makes a decision under this local law, the provisions of Part 9 Division 1\nof the Local Government Act 1995 and Regulation 33 of the Local Government (Functions and\nGeneral) Regulations 1996, apply to that decision.\nPART 9—PENALTIES\n91 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) Any person who commits an offence under this local law shall be liable, upon conviction, to a\npenalty, not less than $500 and not exceeding $5,000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to\nan additional penalty not exceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has\ncontinued.\n(3) An offence against any provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of\nsection 9.16(1) of the Act.\n(4) The amount appearing in the final column of Schedule 2 directly opposite a clause specified in that\nSchedule identifies the modified penalty for an offence against that clause.\n(5) Where this local law expresses the modified penalty as a number of penalty units, the monetary\nvalue of the modified penalty is the number of dollars obtained by multiplying the value of the\npenalty unit as specified in the Town of Victoria Park Penalty Units Local Law 2021 by the number of\npenalty units specified in this local law.\n92 Form of notices\nFor the purposes of this local law—\n(a) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule 1 of\nthe Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996;\n\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1877\n(b) the form of the infringement notice referred to in section 9.17 of the Act is that of Form 2 in\nSchedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; and\n(c) the form of the infringement withdrawal notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is that of\nForm 3 in Schedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996.\n————\nSchedule 1\nPARKING REGION\nClause 6(1)\nThe parking region is the whole of the district excluding the following portions of the district—\n(a) the approach and departure prohibition areas of all existing and future traffic control signal\ninstallations as determined by the Commissioner of Main Roads;\n(b) prohibition areas applicable to all existing and future bridges and subways as determined by\nthe Commissioner of Main Roads; and\n(c) any road which comes under the control of the Commissioner of Main Roads unless the\ncontrol of parking and parking facilities on that road has been delegated by the Commissioner\nof Main Roads to the local government.\n————\nSchedule 2\nPRESCRIBED OFFENCES\nClause 91(4)\nItem Clause Nature of Offence Penalty\nUnits\n1 11 Parking contrary to directions of Authorised Person 16\n2 13(1)(a)\n13(2)(a)\n13(2)(b)\nFailure to park parallel to the boundary of the thoroughfare or\ncarriageway\n16\n3 13(1)(b)\n13(2)(a)\nParking against the flow of traffic\n16\n4 13(3)(a) Parking when distance from the farther boundary is less than 3\nmeters 16\n5 13(3)(b) Parking that obstructs a vehicle on the carriageway 16\n6 13(4)\n16\nFailure to park wholly within parking space\n7\n7 14 Parking in a prohibited or restricted area 7\n8 15 Parking or attempting to park more than one vehicle in a parking\nspace 7\n9 17 Failure to park at an appropriate angle 7\n10 18(1) Parking unlawful vehicle in motorcycle only area 7\n11 18(2)(a) Parking longer than time allowed in motorcycle bay 7\n12 18(2)(b) Not parking bicycle or motorcycle wholly within motorcycle bay 7\n13 19 Parking or stopping contrary to a sign or limitation 7\n14 20(1) Parking or stopping on a public reserve or local government\nproperty without approval 16\n15 20(2) Parking without permission in an area designated for ‘Authorised\nVehicles Only’ 16\n16 21 Parking on private land without the permission of the owner or\noccupier or contrary to the consent of the owner and occupier 16\n17 22 Parking within 1 meter of fire hydrant or fire plug 24\n18 23(2) Parking or stopping a vehicle within 10 meters of departure side\nof bus stop 16\n19 23(2) Parking or stopping a vehicle within 20 meters of approach side\nof bus stop 16\n20 23(3) Parking or stopping a bus stop or in a bus lane or transit lane 16\n21 24(1) Parking or stopping on or obstructing a path, traffic island or\nmedian strip. 16\n22 24(2) Parking or stopping a vehicle on or adjacent to a median strip or\ntraffic island 16\n\n1878 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 21 May 2021\nItem Clause Nature of Offence Penalty\nUnits\n23 25 Stopping or parking on a verge without consent 7\n24 26 Stopping or parking on a footpath or pedestrian crossing 16\n25 27 Obstructing access to or from a driveway or vehicle access way 16\n26 28 Parking or stopping within 3 meters of public letter box 7\n27 29 Parking or stopping on a bicycle lane 16\n28 30 Parking or stopping which obstructs a right of way or laneway 16\n29 31 Parking or stopping in an eating area 16\n30 32(a) Parking or stopping a vehicle to expose it, or goods within it, for\nsale 7\n31 32(b) Parking or stopping a vehicle which is not licenced 24\n32 32(c) Parking or stopping a trailer or caravan that is not attached to a\nvehicle 7\n33 32(d) Parking or stopping a vehicle to affect repairs 7\n34 33 Stopping contrary to a no stopping or clearway sign 16\n35 34 Parking or stopping contrary to a no parking sign 16\n36 35 Parking or stopping contrary to a yellow edge line 16\n37 36(a) Parking or stopping within 10 metres of a traffic island 16\n38 36(b) Parking contrary to continuous line markings 16\n39 36(c) Parking on intersection 16\n40 36(d) Parking within 10 meters of the nearer property line on an\nintersection 16\n41 36(e) Parking within the head of a cul-de-sac 16\n42 37(a) Parking or stopping a vehicle near an obstruction 16\n43 37(b) Parking or stopping near works causing an obstruction 16\n44 38 Double parking 16\n45 39 Park car carrier or heavy or long vehicle in prohibited area. 7\n46 40 Unlawfully parking or stopping a vehicle containing livestock 7\n47 41 Starting or driving a heavy or long vehicle on residential land\nbetween 11pm and 7am 7\n48 42(1) Remaining in a parking facility after being directed to leave 16\n49 42(2) Driving in the wrong direction in a parking facility 7\n50 42(3) Riding or driving a vehicle other than a licenced vehicle in a\nparking facility 7\n51 42(4) Parking contrary to the direction of an authorised person 16\n52 43 Unlawfully selling goods in a parking facility 7\n53 44 Damaging a parking facility or payment machine 24\n54 45 Interfering or damaging a detection device 24\n55 47 Stopping unlawfully in a loading zone 7\n56 48 Stopping unlawfully in a taxi zone 7\n57 49 Stopping unlawfully in a bus zone 7\n58 50 Stopping unlawfully in a mail zone 7\n59 51 Stopping unlawfully in a shared zone 7\n60 52 Stopping unlawfully in a school zone during a school zone period 16\n61 53 Stopping in a zone contrary to a sign 7\n62 55 Parking in a parking zone longer than the maximum time 7\n63 56 Parking a heavy vehicle, caravan or trailer in a parking zone\nlonger than the maximum time 7\n64 57 Moving a vehicle to avoid time limitations 7\n65 58 Parking or stopping a motorcycle in a parking zone outside of a\nmotorcycle bay 7\n66 59 Obstructing the entrance or exit of a parking zone 16\n67 60 Parking or stopping a footpath or pedestrian refuge in a parking\nzone 16\n68 61 Parking or stopping contrary to a sign in a parking zone 16\n69 66(2) Parking in a paid parking space without payment of a fee 7\n\n21 May 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1879\nItem Clause Nature of Offence Penalty\nUnits\n70 67 Parking longer than the maximum period in a paid parking space 7\n71 68 Parking in a paid parking space after payment has expired 7\n72 72 Inserting anything than money in a payment machine 24\n73 73 Moving a vehicle to avoid time limitation in a paid parking space 7\n74 82 Unlawfully removing a notice placed on a vehicle 16\n75 83 Removing a marking on a tyre 16\n76 84 Erecting unauthorised signs or defacing a sign 16\n77 85 Contravening a direction on a sign 7\n78 88 Obstructing a public place with a vehicle 16\n79 All other offenses not specified 7\n————\nSchedule 3\nHEAVY AND LONG VEHICLE EXCLUSION ZONE\nClause 39(1)\n(1) Albany Highway and side streets off Albany Highway to a distance of 250 metres.\n————\nUnder the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and by all other powers, the Council of\nthe Town of Victoria Park resolved to make the following local law on the 16 March 2021.\nThe Common Seal of the Town of Victoria Park was affixed by the authority of a resolution of the\nCouncil in the presence of —\nKAREN VERNON, Mayor.\nANTHONY VULETA, Chief Executive Officer\nOn the 10th day of May, 2021.\n———————————","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument expressly repeals the Town of Victoria Park Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2008 (clause 4) and re‑frames the regulatory scheme. It codifies paid parking and electronic payment systems (Part 5, clauses 63–66), electronic parking permits (Part 6, clause 75), detection devices and their protection (clauses 45 and 72), and a specified heavy/long vehicle exclusion zone (clause 39; Schedule 3). It therefore broadens and modernises the operational scope compared with the repealed 2008 local law by adding new enforcement tools, fee mechanisms and delegated discretions."},"complexity_factors":["Extensive definitions section with many cross‑references to the Local Government Act 1995 and the Road Traffic Code (clause 6) increasing interpretive work.","Numerous specific prohibitions, time limits and spatial rules across Parts 2–5 creating fine‑grained compliance requirements.","Delegated discretion to Council, the CEO and authorised persons to determine zones, fees, permits and suspensions (clauses 9, 10, 46, 54, 65, 70, 74).","Introduction of paid parking, electronic payment and detection devices with operational rules (Part 5, clauses 63–66, 72; Part 2 clause 45).","Permit and temporary permission regimes with eligibility, display, revocation and replacement rules (Part 6, clauses 74–80; clause 81).","Enforcement architecture combining infringement notices, penalty units and impounding powers plus a long Schedule of prescribed offences and penalties (Part 9, clause 91; Schedule 2).","Interfaces with external bodies and excluded areas (Commissioner of Main Roads, Schedule 1) and a specific heavy‑vehicle exclusion zone (clause 39; Schedule 3).","Appeals and review tie back to the Local Government Act procedures (clause 90), requiring cross‑statute navigation."],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, this local law lays out where and how vehicles may stop or park across the Town of Victoria Park, creates paid‑parking and permit systems, bans or restricts certain vehicle types in specified areas, and grants authorised officers enforcement and impounding powers. It affects motorists, vehicle owners, businesses, occupiers and the local government. It matters because it imposes fees, time limits and permit conditions, prescribes fines, and gives the Council, the CEO and authorised persons discretion to set zones, fees and exemptions."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":6,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation appears consistent with its original intent as a comprehensive vehicle and parking management scheme for the local government area. It replaces the 2008 Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law and maintains the expected scope of regulating parking, stopping, and vehicle management on council-controlled land. While detailed, it has not grown beyond the typical scope of a local parking law."},"complexity_factors":["89 clauses across 9 Parts plus 3 Schedules, creating a lengthy and detailed regulatory scheme","47 defined terms in clause 6(1) alone, including cross-references to other Acts (Road Traffic Act 1976, Local Government Act 1995, Road Traffic Code 2000)","Extensive conditional logic with nested exceptions (e.g., clause 25 has multiple sub-exceptions for verge parking; clause 22 has exceptions for buses and taxis near fire hydrants)","Multiple overlapping zones (stopping zones, parking zones, paid parking zones, school zones) each with distinct rules","Cross-references to external regulations and other local laws (e.g., Penalty Units Local Law 2021, Local Government (Parking for People with Disabilities) Regulations 2014)","Detailed prescription of parking positions, distances, and angles (e.g., clause 13 specifies distances from boundaries, direction of traffic, and clearances)","Specific exemptions and special cases (emergency vehicles, special purpose vehicles, authorised persons, permit holders) scattered throughout","Schedules containing mapped areas (Schedule 1) and detailed penalty tables (Schedule 2) that must be read with the main text"],"plain_english_summary":"This local law governs parking and vehicle management across the Town of Victoria Park, setting where and how vehicles may stop or park, creating no‑stopping/no‑parking and special zones, enabling paid parking and permits, restricting heavy vehicles, and protecting parking infrastructure.\n\nIt affects all drivers, residents, businesses, and operators (taxis, buses, motorcyclists, heavy vehicles), and matters because it maintains traffic flow and safety, manages parking demand, supports enforcement and revenue, and allows vehicle impoundment when needed."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/vehicle-management-local-law-2021","history":"/api/acts/vehicle-management-local-law-2021/history","analysis":"/api/acts/vehicle-management-local-law-2021/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/vehicle-management-local-law-2021/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/vehicle-management-local-law-2021/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/vehicle-management-local-law-2021/documents"}}