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1526 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 April 2021 (j) within 3 metres of a public letter pillar box, unless the vehicle is being used for the purposes of collecting postal articles from the pillar box; or (k) within 10 metres of the nearer property line of any thoroughfare intersecting the thoroughfare on the side on which the vehicle is parked, unless a sign or markings on the carriageway indicate otherwise. (3) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 10 metres of the departure side of— (a) a sign inscribed with the words ‘Bus Stop’ or ‘Hail Bus Here’ (or with equivalent symbols depicting these purposes) unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down passengers; or (b) a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing. (4) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of the approach side of— (a) a sign inscribed with the words ‘Bus Stop’ or ‘Hail Bus Here’ (or with equivalent symbols depicting these purposes) unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down passengers; (b) a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing. 3.6 Authorised person may order vehicle on thoroughfare to be moved The driver of a vehicle shall not park that vehicle on any part of a thoroughfare in contravention of this local law after an authorised person has directed the driver to move it. 3.7 Authorised person may mark tyres (1) An authorised person may mark the tyres of a vehicle parked in a parking facility with chalk or any other non-indelible substance for a purpose connected with or arising out of his or her duties or powers. (2) A person shall not remove a mark made by an authorised person so that the purpose of the affixing of such a mark is defeated or likely to be defeated. 3.8 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitation (1) Where the parking of vehicles in a parking facility is permitted for a limited time, a person shall not move a vehicle within the parking facility so that the total time of parking exceeds the maximum time allowed for parking in the parking facility. (2) Where the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is permitted for a limited time, a person shall not move a vehicle along that thoroughfare so that the total time of parking exceeds the maximum time permitted, unless the vehicle has first been removed from the thoroughfare for at least 2 hours. 3.9 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances A person shall not park a vehicle on any portion of a thoroughfare— (a) for the purpose of exposing it for sale; (b) if that vehicle is not licensed under the Road Traffic Act; (c) if that vehicle is a trailer or a caravan unattached to a motor vehicle; or (d) for the purpose of effecting repairs to it, other than the minimum repairs necessary to enable the vehicle to be moved to a place other than a thoroughfare. 3.10 Parking on private land (1) In this clause a reference to ‘land’ does not include land— Act 1997; (c) which is an ‘otherwise unvested facility’ within section 3.53 of the Act; or (d) which is the subject of an agreement referred to in clause 1.5(2). (2) A person shall not park a vehicle on land without the consent of the owner or occupier of the land on which the vehicle is parked. (3) Where the owner or occupier of the land, by a sign referable to that land or otherwise, consents to the parking of vehicles of a specified class or classes on the land for a limited period, a person shall not park a vehicle on the land otherwise than in accordance with the consent. 3.11 Parking on reserves No person other than an employee of the local government in the course of his or her duties or a person authorised by the local government shall drive or park a vehicle upon or over any portion of a reserve other than upon an area specifically set aside for that purpose. 3.12 Suspension of parking limitations for urgent, essential or official duties (1) Where by a sign the parking of vehicles is permitted for a limited time on a portion of a thoroughfare or parking facility, the local government, the CEO or an authorised person may, subject to the Code, permit a person to park a vehicle in that portion of the thoroughfare or parking facility for longer than the permitted time in order that the person may carry out urgent, essential or official duties.

22 April 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1527 (2) Where permission is granted under subclause (1), the local government, the CEO or an authorised person may prohibit the use by any other vehicle of that portion of the thoroughfare or parking facility to which the permission relates, for the duration of that permission. PART 4—PARKING AND STOPPING GENERALLY 4.1 No stopping and no parking signs, and yellow edge lines (1) A driver shall not stop on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a ‘no stopping’ sign applies. (2) A driver shall not stop on a length of carriageway or in an area to which a ‘no parking’ sign applies, unless the driver is— (a) dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods; (b) does not leave the vehicle unattended; and (c) completes the dropping off, or picking up, of the passengers or goods within 2 minutes of stopping and drives on. unattended, in relation to a vehicle, means that the driver has left the vehicle so that the driver is more than 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle. (3) A driver shall not stop at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edge line. PART 5—STOPPING IN ZONES FOR PARTICULAR VEHICLES 5.1 Stopping in a loading zone A person shall not stop a vehicle in a loading zone unless it is– (a) a commercial vehicle used for commercial or trade purposes engaged in the picking up or setting down of goods; or (b) in accordance with the sign associated with the loading zone, and, in any event, shall not remain in that loading zone– (c) for longer than a time indicated on the ‘loading zone’ sign; or (d) longer than 15 minutes (if no time is indicated on the sign). 5.2 Stopping in a taxi zone or a bus zone (1) A driver shall not stop in a taxi zone, unless the driver is driving a taxi. (2) A driver shall not stop in a bus zone unless the driver is driving a public bus, or a bus of a type that is permitted to stop at the bus zone by information on or with the ‘bus zone’ sign applying to the bus zone. 5.3 Stopping in a mail zone A person shall not stop a vehicle in a mail zone. 5.4 Other limitations in zones A person shall not stop a vehicle in a zone to which a traffic sign applies if stopping the vehicle would be contrary to any limitation in respect to classes of persons or vehicles, or specific activities allowed, as indicated by additional words on a traffic sign that applies to the zone. PART 6—OTHER PLACES WHERE STOPPING IS RESTRICTED 6.1 Stopping in a shared zone A driver shall not stop in a shared zone unless— (a) the driver stops at a place on a length of carriageway, or in an area, to which a parking control sign applies and the driver is permitted to stop at that place under this local law; (b) the driver stops in a parking bay and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking bay under this local law; (c) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods; or (d) the driver is engaged in door-to-door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of waste or garbage. 6.2 Double parking (1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is between any other stopped vehicle and the centre of the carriageway. (2) This clause does not apply to— (a) a driver stopped in traffic; or (b) a driver angle parking on the side of the carriageway or in a median strip parking area, in accordance with this local law. 6.3 Stopping near an obstruction A driver shall not stop on a carriageway near an obstruction on the carriageway in a position that further obstructs traffic on the carriageway.