Dogs Local Law 2021
Part 10PENALTIES
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PART 10—PENALTIES 10.1 Offences and penalties (1) Any person who fails to do anything required or directed to be done under this local law, or who does anything which under this local law that person is prohibited from doing, commits an offence. (2) An offence against any provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section 9.16(1) of the Act. (3) Any person who commits an offence under this local law shall be liable, upon conviction, to a penalty not less than $1,000 and not exceeding $5,000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional penalty not exceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued. (4) The amount appearing in the final column of Schedule 1 directly opposite a clause specified in that Schedule is the modified penalty for an offence against that clause. 10.2 Form of notices For the purposes of this local law— (a) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule 2; (b) the form of the infringement notice referred to in section 9.17 of the Act is that of Form 2 in Schedule 2;
15 July 2021 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 3087 (c) the form of the infringement notice referred to in section 9.17 of the Act which incorporates the notice referred to in section 9.13 of the Act, is that of Form 3 in Schedule 2; and (d) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is that of Form 4 in Schedule 2. ———— Schedule 1 PRESCRIBED OFFENCES (Clause 10.1(4)) Item No. Clause No. Nature of Offence Modified Penalty $ 1 2.2 Failure to pay fee for metered space 100 2 2.3 Parking in excess of period shown on metered space 100 3 2.4 Parking when meter has expired 100 4 2.6(a) Failure to park wholly within metered space 100 5 2.6(c) Parking outside metered zone 100 6 2.7 Non-permitted insertion in parking meter 100 7 2.8 Failure to display ticket clearly in metered zone 100 8 2.9 Parking or attempting to park a vehicle in a metered space occupied by another vehicle 100 9 2.10 Parking contrary to a meter hood 100 10 3.2 Failure to park wholly within parking stall 100 11 3.2(4) Failure to park wholly within parking area 100 12 3.3 Failure to pay parking station fee 100 13 3.5 Leaving without paying parking station fee 100 14 3.7 Failure to display ticket clearly in parking station 100 15 3.8(1)(a) Causing obstruction in parking station 100 16 3.8(1)(b) Parking contrary to sign in parking station 100 17 3.8(1)(c) Parking contrary to directions of authorised person 100 18 3.8(1)(d) Parking or attempting to park a vehicle in a parking stall occupied by another vehicle 100 19 4.1(1)(a) Parking wrong class of vehicle 100 20 4.1(1)(b) Parking by persons of a different class 100 21 4.1(1)(c) Parking during prohibited period 100 22 4.1(3)(a) Parking in no parking area 100 23 4.1(3)(b) Parking contrary to signs or limitations 100 24 4.1(3)(c) Parking vehicle in motor cycle only area 100 25 4.1(4) Parking motor cycle in stall not marked ‘M/C’ 100 26 4.1(5) Parking without permission in an area designated for ‘Authorised Vehicles Only’ 100 27 4.2(1)(a) Failure to park on the left of two-way carriageway and against the flow of traffic 100 28 4.2(1)(b) Failure to park on boundary of one-way carriageway and against the flow of traffic 100 29 4.2(1)(c) Parking when distance from farther boundary less than 3 metres 100 30 4.2(1)(d) Parking closer than 1 metre from another vehicle 100 31 4.2(1)(e) Causing obstruction 100 32 4.3(b) Failure to park at approximate right angle of 90 degrees 100 33 4.4(2) Failure to park at an appropriate angle of 45 degrees 100 34 4.5(2)(a) Parking on or adjacent to a median strip or painted island 100 35 4.5(2)(b) Denying access to private drive or right of way 100 36 4.5(2)(c) Parking beside excavation or obstruction so as to obstruct traffic 100 37 4.5(2)(d) Parking within 10 metres of traffic island 100 38 4.5(2)(e) Parking on footpath/pedestrian crossing 100 39 4.5(2)(f) Parking contrary to continuous line markings 100