34Offences against Australian Road Rules on stopping and parking

34  Offences against Australian Road Rules on stopping and parking

 (1) A person who is on the landside of an airport commits an offence of strict liability if the person contravenes an offence provision in Part 12 of the Australian Road Rules.

 (2) The offence is punishable on conviction by a penalty not exceeding the number of penalty units mentioned in Schedule 1 in relation to the offence provision contravened and the airport at which the contravention occurs.

35  Taxi driver must not leave taxi unattended in certain areas

 (1) The driver of a taxi commits an offence of strict liability if:

 (a) a traffic control device applying to a taxi zone on the landside of an airport indicates that taxis must not be left unattended in that zone; and

 (b) the taxi is in the taxi zone; and

 (c) the driver leaves the taxi so that the driver is over 3 metres from the closest point of the taxi.

 (2) An offence against subsection (1) is punishable on conviction by a penalty not exceeding the number of penalty units mentioned in the following table for the airport at which the offence occurs.

 

• Penalty—leaving taxi unattended
• Item Airport Number of penalty units
• 1 Sydney (Kingsford‑Smith) Airport 3
• 2 Melbourne (Tullamarine) Airport 3
• 3 Brisbane Airport 3
• 4 Perth Airport 3
• 5 Gold Coast Airport 3
• 6 Hobart International Airport 2
• 7 Launceston Airport 2
• 8 Townsville Airport 2