CITY OF KWINANA
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PARKING AND PARKING
FACILITIES LOCAL LAW 2018
4 December 2018 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4639
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995
CITY OF KWINANA
PARKING AND PARKING FACILITIES LOCAL LAW 2018
CONTENTS
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
1.1 Citation
1.2 Commencement
1.3 Purpose and effect
1.4 Repeal
1.5 Application
1.6 Interpretation
1.7 Classes of vehicles
1.8 Powers of the local government
1.9 Determination of fees, charges and costs
1.10 Relationship with other laws
PART 2—SIGNS
2.1 Erection of signs
2.2 Compliance with signs
2.3 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs
2.4 General provisions about signs
2.5 Application of this local law to pre-existing signs
2.6 Part of thoroughfare to which sign applies
PART 3—PARKING STALLS AND PARKING STATIONS
3.1 Determination of parking stalls and parking stations
3.2 Vehicles to be within parking stall on thoroughfare
3.3 Parking prohibitions and restrictions
PART 4—PARKING GENERALLY
4.1 Restrictions on parking in particular areas
4.1A Stopping in a parking area for people with disabilities
4.2 Parking vehicle on a carriageway
4.3 When parallel and right-angled parking apply
4.4 When angle parking applies
4.5 General prohibitions on parking
4.6 Authorised person may order vehicle on thoroughfare to be moved
4.7 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitation
4.8 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances
4.9 Parking on private land
4.10 Parking on reserves
4.11 Parking on verges
4.12 Suspension of parking limitations for urgent, essential or official duties
4.13 Parking in a parking station
PART 5—PARKING AND STOPPING
Division 1—Parking and stopping generally
5.1 No stopping and no parking signs, and yellow edge lines
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Division 2—Stopping in zones for particular vehicles
5.2 Stopping in a loading zone
5.3 Stopping in a taxi zone or a bus zone
5.4 Stopping in a mail zone
5.5 Other limitations in zones
Division 3—Other places where stopping is restricted
5.6 Stopping in a shared zone
5.7 Double parking
5.8 Stopping near an obstruction
5.9 Stopping on a bridge or in a tunnel, etc
5.10 Stopping on crests, curves, etc
5.11 Stopping near a fire hydrant etc
5.12 Stopping at or near a bus stop
5.13 Stopping on a path, median strip, or traffic island
5.14 Stopping on verges
5.15 Obstructing access to and from a path, driveway, etc
5.16 Stopping near a public letter box
5.17 Stopping on a thoroughfare—commercial vehicles
5.18 Stopping on a carriageway with a bicycle parking sign
5.19 Stopping on a carriageway with motorcycle parking sign
5.20 Eating areas in parking stalls
5.21 Permits in parking facilities
5.22 Motorcycle stalls
PART 6—TICKET ISSUING MACHINES AND ZONES
6.1 Ticket issuing machines
6.2 Fees in ticket machine zones
6.3 Display of tickets
6.4 Parking limits
6.5 Parking position in ticket machine zones
PART 7—RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMITS
7.1 Definitions
7.2 Exemption for permit holders
7.3 Issue of permits
7.4 Discretionary authority
7.5 Validity of permit
7.6 Revocation of a permit
7.7 Removal of permit from vehicle
7.8 Replacement of permit
7.9 Display of residential or visitor’s parking permits
PART 8—MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Authorised persons
8.2 Necessary power
8.3 Authorised person to be obeyed
8.4 Persons may be directed to leave local government property
8.5 Marking of tyres
8.6 Removal of notices on vehicle
8.7 Special purpose and emergency vehicles
8.8 Vehicles not to obstruct a reserve, verge or thoroughfare
8.9 Damage to parking stations and facilities
8.10 Local government may lock parking stations
PART 9—PENALTIES
9.1 Offences and penalties
9.2 Forms of notices:
SCHEDULE 1—PARKING REGION
SCHEDULE 2—PRESCRIBED OFFENCES
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995
CITY OF KWINANA
PARKING AND PARKING FACILITIES LOCAL LAW 2018
Under the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling
it, the City of Kwinana resolved on 14 November 2018 to adopt the following local law.
PART 1—PRELIMINARY
1.1 Citation
This local law may be cited as the City of Kwinana Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2018.
1.2 Commencement
This local law comes into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government
Gazette.
1.3 Purpose and effect
(1) The purpose of this local law is to regulate the parking or standing of vehicles in all or specified
thoroughfares and reserves under the care, control and management of the local government and to
provide for the management and operation of parking facilities.
(2) The effect of this local law is that a person parking a vehicle within the parking region is to comply
with the provisions of this local law.
1.4 Repeal
The Town of Kwinana Parking Local Law 2000 published in the Government Gazette on 11 January
2011 is repealed.
1.5 Application
(1) Subject to subclause (2), this local law applies to the parking region as described in Schedule 1.
(2) (a) The local government may enter into an agreement in writing with the owner or occupier of a
parking facility or a parking station that is not owned or occupied by the local government for
the application of this local law to the facility or station.
(b) The agreement referred to in subclause (2)(a) may be made on such terms and conditions as
the parties may agree.
(3) This local law does not apply to a parking facility or a parking station that is not occupied by the
local government, unless the local government and the owner or occupier of that facility or station
have agreed in writing that this local law will apply to that facility or station.
(4) Where a parking facility or a parking station is identified in a register maintained by the local
government, the facility or station shall be deemed to be a facility or station to which this local law
applies.
(5) The provisions of Parts 3, 4 and 5 do not apply to a bicycle parked at a bicycle rail or bicycle rack.
1.6 Interpretation
(1) In this local law unless the context requires otherwise—
Act means the Local Government Act 1995;
Australian Standard means an Australian Standard published by Standards Australia and as
amended from time to time;
attended parking station means a parking station attended by an officer of the local
government and in respect of which fees for the parking of a vehicle are payable immediately
prior to the removal of the vehicle from the station;
authorised person means a person appointed by the local government under section 9.10 of the
Act, to perform any of the functions of an authorised person under this local law;
authorised vehicle means a vehicle authorised by the local government, the Chief Executive
Officer or an authorised person or by any written law to park on a thoroughfare or parking
facility;
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bicycle has the meaning given to it by the Code;
bicycle path has the meaning given to it by the Code;
bus has the meaning given to it by the Code;
bus embayment has the meaning given to it by the Code;
bus stop has the meaning given to it by the Code;
bus zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;
caravan means a vehicle that is fitted or designed to allow human habitation and which is
drawn by another vehicle, or which is capable of self-propulsion;
carriageway means a portion of thoroughfare that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for
vehicular traffic and includes the shoulders, and areas, including embayments, at the side or
centre of the carriageway, used for the stopping or parking of vehicles; and where a
thoroughfare has two or more of those portions divided by a median strip, the expression
means each of those portions, separately;
centre in relation to a carriageway, means a line or a series of lines, marks or other indications—
(a) for a two-way carriageway—placed so as to delineate vehicular traffic travelling in
different directions; or
(b) in the absence of any such lines, marks or other indications—the middle of the main,
travelled portion of the carriageway;
Chief Executive Officer means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government;
children’s crossing has the meaning given to it by the Code;
Code means the Road Traffic Code 2000;
coin means any coin which is legal tender pursuant to the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth);
commercial vehicle means a vehicle whether licenced or not, that has a gross vehicle mass of
greater than 4.5 tonnes and/or which is greater than 7 metres in length and 2.4 metres in
height, including—
(a) a utility, van, truck, tractor, bus or earthmoving equipment; and
(b) a vehicle that is, or is designed to be an attachment to a vehicle referred to in
paragraph (a);
costs of the local government include its administrative costs;
cul-de-sac means a carriageway closed at one end that has the same entry and exit point;
disability parking permit has the meaning given to it by the Local Government (Parking for
People with Disabilities) Regulations 2014;
display means to place in a prominent place inside the vehicle on the front passenger’s side,
preferably on the dashboard, in order that the text may readily be seen and read from outside
of the vehicle;
district means the district of the local government;
driver means any person driving or having control of a vehicle;
eating area means an area in which tables, chairs and other structures are provided for the
purpose of the supply of food and beverages to a member of the public or the consumption of
food and beverages by a member of the public;
edge line for a carriageway, means a line marked along the carriageway at or near the far left or
the far right of the carriageway;
emergency vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code;
fire hydrant means an upright pipe with a spout, nozzle or other outlet for drawing water from a
main or service pipe in case of fire or other emergency;
footpath has the meaning given to it by the Code;
GTM means ‘gross trailer mass’ as given to it by the Code;
GVM means ‘gross vehicle mass’ as given to it by the Code;
kerb means any structure, mark, marking or device to delineate or indicate the edge of a
carriageway;
laneway means a narrow carriageway generally situated at the rear of a lot, the purpose of
which is to service the lots adjacent to it and not as a general thoroughfare for through traffic;
loading zone means a parking stall which is set aside for use by commercial vehicles if there is a
sign referable to that stall marked ‘Loading Zone’;
local government means the City of Kwinana;
mail zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;
median strip has the meaning given to it by the Code;
metered space means a section or part of a metered zone that is controlled by a parking meter
and that is marked or defined in any way to indicate where a vehicle may be parked on
payment of a fee or charge;
metered zone means any road or reserve, or part of any road or reserve, in which parking meters
regulate the stopping or parking of vehicles;
motorcycle has the meaning given to it by the Code;
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motor vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle that is not operated on rails, and includes a trailer,
semi-trailer, or caravan while attached to the vehicle, but does not include a power assisted
pedal cycle;
no parking area means a portion of a carriageway to which a no parking sign applies or an area
to which a no parking sign applies;
no parking sign means a sign with the words ‘no parking’ in red letters on a white background,
or the letter ‘P’ within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a white background;
no stopping area means a portion of a carriageway to which a no stopping sign applies or an
area to which a no stopping sign applies;
no stopping sign means a sign with the words ‘no stopping’ or ‘no standing’ in red letters on a
white background or the letter ‘S’ within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a
white background;
obstruct means to prevent or impede or to make difficult the normal passage of any vehicle,
wheelchair, perambulator or pedestrian and obstruction shall have a corresponding meaning;
occupier has the meaning given to it by the Act;
owner—
(a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1974 means the
person in whose name the vehicle has been registered under the Road Traffic Act 1974;
(b) where used in relation to any other vehicle, means the person who owns, or is entitled
to possession of that vehicle; and
(c) where used in relation to land, has the meaning given to it by the Act;
park in relation to a vehicle, means to permit a vehicle, whether attended or not by any person,
to remain stationary except for the purpose of—
(a) avoiding conflict with other traffic; or
(b) complying with the provisions of any law; or
(c) taking up or setting down persons or goods (maximum of 2 minutes);
parking area means a portion of a carriageway to which a permissive parking sign applies or a
parking facility managed by the local government to which a permissive parking sign applies;
parking facilities includes land, buildings, shelters, road reserve, parking area, metered zone,
ticket machine zone, parking bay, parking station, attended parking station, parking stalls
and other facilities open to the public generally for the parking of vehicles whether or not a
fee is charged, and includes any signs, notices and facilities used in connection with the
parking of vehicles;
parking region means the whole of the district except for those areas, roads, bridges and
subways under the control and direction of the Commissioner of Main Roads;
parking stall means a section or part of a thoroughfare or of a parking station which is marked
or defined by painted lines, metallic studs, coloured bricks or pavers or similar devices for the
purpose of indicating where a vehicle may be parked, but does not include a metered space;
parking station means any land, or structure provided for the purpose of accommodating
vehicles;
parking ticket means a ticket which is issued from a ticket issuing machine and which
authorises the parking of a vehicle in a parking stall or a parking station or part of a parking
station;
pedestrian crossing has the meaning given to it by the Code;
permit means a permit issued under this local law;
reserve means any land—
(a) which belongs to the local government;
(b) of which the local government is the management body under the Land Administration
Act 1997; or
(c) which is an ‘otherwise unvested facility’ within section 3.53 of the Act;
residential street means a thoroughfare where the majority of properties abutting the
thoroughfare are used for residential purposes;
residential zone means land within the residential zone specified within the City of Kwinana’s
town planning scheme dealing with zoning;
right of way means a portion of land that is—
(a) shown and marked “Right of Way” or “ROW”, or coloured or marked in any other way to
signify that the portion of land is a right of way, on any plan or diagram deposited with
the Registrar of Titles that is subject to the provisions of section 167A of the Transfer of
Land Act 1893;
(b) shown on a diagram or plan of survey relating to a subdivision that is created as a right
of way and vested in the Crown under section 152 of the Planning and Development
Act 2005; and
(c) shown and marked as a right of way on a map or plan deposited with the Registrar of
Titles and transferred to the Crown under the Transfer of Land Act 1893,
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but does not include—
(a) private driveways; and
(b) a right of way created by a deed of easement between two or more parties;
Road Traffic Act means the Road Traffic Act 1974;
Schedule means a Schedule to this local law;
shared zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;
sign includes a traffic sign, inscription, road marking, mark, structure or device on which may be
shown words, numbers, expressions or symbols, and which is placed on or near a
thoroughfare or within a parking station or reserve for the purpose of prohibiting, regulating,
guiding, directing or restricting the parking or stopping of vehicles;
special purpose vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code;
special residential zone means land within the special residential zone specified within the
City of Kwinana’s town planning scheme dealing with zoning;
Standards Australia means Standards Australia Limited ACN 087 326 690;
stop in relation to a vehicle means to stop a vehicle and permit it to remain stationary, except for
the purposes of avoiding conflict with other traffic or of complying with the provisions of any
law;
symbol includes, but is not limited to, any symbol specified by the current Australian Standard
1742.11 and any symbol specified from time to time by Standards Australia for use in the
regulation of parking;
tare weight in relation to a vehicle, means the weight of the vehicle without any passengers or
load;
taxi means a taxi within the meaning of section 47Z of the Transport Co-ordination Act 1966;
taxi zone has the meaning given to it by the Code;
ticket issuing machine means a machine or device which is installed in a parking facility and
which upon the insertion of coins or a token, pass, card, key or device issues a parking ticket;
ticket machine zone means a parking facility in which ticket issuing machines are installed but
does not include a parking station;
thoroughfare has the meaning given to it by the Act;
town planning schemes are local planning schemes as defined in the Planning and
Development Act 2005 and mean the Town of Kwinana Town Planning Schemes No 2 and
No 3 or any subsequently adopted local planning scheme of the City of Kwinana;
traffic island has the meaning given to it by the Code;
trailer means any vehicle without motive power of its own, designed for attachment to a motor
vehicle for the purpose of being towed including a trailerable vessel, but does not include the
rear portion of an articulated vehicle, or a side car;
trailerable vessel means a monohull or multi-hull boat which can be transported on the road on
the same trailer used to launch and retrieve it;
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;
vehicle has the meaning of every conveyance, whether licensed or not, a vessel or aircraft, and
every object capable of being propelled or drawn including trailers and caravans, on wheels or
tracks, or by any means;
verge means the portion of a thoroughfare which lies between the boundary of a carriageway and
the adjacent property line but does not include a footpath.
(2) For the purposes of the application of the definitions “no parking area” and “parking area” an
arrow inscribed on a sign erected at an angle to the boundary of the carriageway is deemed to be
pointing in the direction in which it would point, if the signs were turned at an angle of less than
90 degrees until parallel with the boundary.
(3) A reference to a word or expression inscribed on a sign includes a reference to a symbol depicting
the word or expression.
(4) A reference to a parking station, ticket machine zone or metered zone includes a reference to part
of the parking station, ticket machine zone or metered zone.
(5) Unless the context otherwise requires, where a term is used, but not defined in this local law
and—
(a) it is defined in the Act, it shall have the meaning given to it in the Act; and
(b) it is defined in the Road Traffic Act or in the Code, it shall have the meaning given to it in the
Road Traffic Act or the Code.
1.7 Classes of vehicles
For the purpose of this local law, vehicles are divided into the following classes—
(a) buses;
(b) commercial vehicles;
(c) motorcycles and bicycles;
(d) taxis;
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(e) trailers and caravans (a trailerable vessel is included in this class to the extent that it is
located upon a trailer); and
(f) all other vehicles.
1.8 Powers of the local government
The local government may, by resolution, prohibit or regulate by signs or otherwise, the stopping or
parking of any vehicle or any class of vehicles in any part of the parking region, but must do so
consistently with the provisions of this local law.
1.9 Determination of fees, charges and costs
All fees, charges and costs referred to in this local law shall be determined and imposed by the local
government from time to time in accordance with sections 6.16 to 6.20 of the Act.
1.10 Relationship with other laws
In the event of any inconsistency with any Act, Regulation or local planning scheme, the provisions of
those Acts, Regulations or local planning schemes are to prevail.
PART 2—SIGNS
2.1 Erection of signs
The local government may erect a sign for the purposes of this local law on any land, building or other
structure within the parking region.
2.2 Compliance with signs
(1) A person shall comply with the direction on every sign displayed, marked, placed, or erected
pursuant to this local law.
(2) An inscription or symbol on a sign operates and has effect according to its meaning and a person
contravening the direction on a sign commits an offence under this local law.
2.3 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs
A person shall not without the approval of the local government—
(a) display, mark, set up or exhibit a sign purporting to be or resembling a sign marked, set up or
exhibited by the local government under this local law;
(b) remove, deface or misuse a sign or property, set up or exhibited by the local government
under this local law or attempt to do any such act; or
(c) affix a board, sign, placard, notice or other thing to or paint or write upon any part of a sign
set up or exhibited by the local government under this local law.
2.4 General provisions about signs
(1) A sign marked, erected, set up, established or displayed on or near a thoroughfare or in a parking
station is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary to be deemed to be a sign marked, erected, set up,
established or displayed under the authority of this local law.
(2) The first three letters of any day of the week when used on a sign indicate that day of the week.
(3) For the purpose of this local law, the local government may use Australian Standard AS 1742.11,
as a guide for the development or marking of signs, but is not bound to do so and, where it does use it
as a guide may vary any of the provisions of Australian Standard AS 1742.11 as it sees fit.
2.5 Application of this local law to pre-existing signs
A sign that—
(a) was erected by the local government or the Commissioner of Main Roads prior to the coming
into operation of this local law; and
(b) relates to the parking of vehicles within the parking region,
shall be deemed for the purposes of this local law to have been erected by the local government under
the authority of this local law.
2.6 Part of thoroughfare to which sign applies
Where under this local law the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is controlled by a sign, the sign
shall be read as applying to that part of the thoroughfare which—
(a) lies beyond the sign;
(b) lies between the sign and the next sign beyond that sign; and
(c) is on that side of the thoroughfare nearest to the sign.
PART 3—PARKING STALLS AND PARKING STATIONS
3.1 Determination of parking stalls and parking stations
(1) The local government may by resolution constitute, determine and vary and also indicate by
signs—
(a) parking stalls;
(b) parking stations;
(c) permitted time and conditions of parking in parking stalls and parking stations which may
vary with the locality;
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(d) permitted classes of vehicles which may park in parking stalls and parking stations;
(e) permitted classes of persons who may park in specified parking stalls or parking stations; and
(f) the manner of parking in parking stalls and parking stations.
(2) Where the local government makes a determination under subclause (1) it shall erect signs to give
effect to the determination.
3.2 Vehicles to be within parking stall on thoroughfare
(1) Subject to subclauses (2), (3) and (4), a person shall not park a vehicle in a parking stall in a
thoroughfare otherwise than—
(a) parallel to and as close to the kerb as is practicable;
(b) wholly within the stall; and
(c) headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on the side of the thoroughfare in which the
stall is situated.
(2) Subject to subclause (3) where a parking stall in a thoroughfare is set out otherwise than parallel
to the kerb, then a person must park a vehicle in that stall wholly within it.
(3) If a vehicle is too long or too wide to fit completely within a single parking stall then the person
parking the vehicle shall do so within the minimum number of parking stalls needed to park that
vehicle, but shall not park outside an area marked with stalls.
(4) A person shall not park a vehicle partly within and partly outside a parking area.
3.3 Parking prohibitions and restrictions
(1) A person shall not—
(a) stop or park a vehicle in a parking station so as to obstruct any entrance, exit, carriageway,
passage or thoroughfare of the parking station;
(b) except with the permission of the local government or an authorised person park a vehicle on
any part of a parking station contrary to a sign referable to that part;
(c) permit a vehicle to park on any part of a parking station, if an authorised person directs the
driver of such vehicle to move the vehicle from such part or from the parking station; or
(d) park or attempt to park a vehicle in a parking stall in which another vehicle is parked but
this paragraph does not prevent the parking of a motorcycle and a bicycle together in a stall
marked “M/C’”, if the bicycle is parked in accordance with subclause (2).
(2) No person shall park any bicycle—
(a) in a parking stall other than in a stall marked “M/C”; and
(b) in such stall other than against the kerb,
unless it is parked at a bicycle rail or in a bicycle rack.
(3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (1)(b) a driver may park a vehicle in a parking stall or
station (except in a parking area for people with disabilities) for twice the period of time permitted by
the sign, provided that—
(a) the driver’s vehicle displays a disability parking permit; and
(b) a person with disabilities to which that disability parking permit relates is either the driver
of, or a passenger in the vehicle.
PART 4—PARKING GENERALLY
4.1 Restrictions on parking in particular areas
(1) Subject to subclause (2), a person shall not park a vehicle in a thoroughfare or part of a
thoroughfare, or part of a parking station—
(a) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking of vehicles of a different class;
(b) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking of vehicles by persons of a different class;
(c) during any period when the parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign; or
(d) by exceeding the length of time specified by a sign.
(2) (a) In subclause(2)(b) driver means a driver where—
(i) the driver’s vehicle displays a disability parking permit; and
(ii) a disabled person to which the disability parking permit relates is either the driver of
the vehicle or a passenger in the vehicle.
(b) A driver may park a vehicle in a thoroughfare or a part of a thoroughfare or part of a parking
station, except in a thoroughfare or a part of a thoroughfare or part of a parking station to
which a disabled parking sign relates, for twice the period of time permitted by a sign
referable to the thoroughfare or the part of the thoroughfare or the part of the parking
station.
(3) A person shall not park a vehicle—
(a) in a no parking area;
(b) in a parking area, except in accordance with both the signs associated with the parking area
and with this local law;
(c) in a stall marked “M/C” unless it is a motorcycle without a sidecar or a trailer, or it is a
bicycle.
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(4) A person shall not, without the prior permission of the local government, or an authorised person,
park a vehicle in an area designated by a sign stating “Authorised Vehicles Only”.
4.1A Stopping in a parking area for people with disabilities
(1) In this clause, unless the contrary intention appears—
authorised vehicle means a vehicle—
(a) used by the holder of a disability parking permit; and
(b) identified in accordance with regulation 6 of the Local Government (Parking for People
with Disabilities) Regulations 2014;
disability parking permit means a current document issued by the National Disability Service
(ACN 008 445 485), consisting of—
(a) an Australian Disability Parking Permit; and
(b) an ACROD Parking Program Card;
(2) A vehicle shall not stop in a parking area for people with disabilities unless—
(a) the vehicle displays an ACROD Program Card; and
(b) either the driver or a passenger of that vehicle possess a current Australian Disability
Parking Permit.
(3) In this clause, a parking area for people with disabilities is a parking stall—
(a) to which a parking control sign of the kind referred to in regulation 3 paragraphs (i) and (k) of
the definition of that term in the Road Traffic Code 2000 applies; and
(b) a people with disabilities symbol (as depicted in the Road Traffic Code 2000
regulation 171(2)), clearly marked on the ground within the limits of the permit parking.
4.2 Parking vehicle on a carriageway
(1) A person parking a vehicle on a carriageway other than in a parking stall shall park it so that it
complies with the requirements of clause 4.8 and—
(a) in the case of a two-way carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to and parallel with,
the left boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on
the side of the thoroughfare on which the vehicle is parked;
(b) in the case of a one-way carriageway, so that it is as near as practicable to and parallel with
either boundary of the carriageway and headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on
the side of the thoroughfare on which the vehicle is parked;
(c) so that at least 3 metres of the width of the carriageway lies between the vehicle and the
farther boundary of the carriageway, or any continuous line or median strip, or between the
vehicle and a vehicle parked on the farther side of the carriageway;
(d) so that the front and the rear of the vehicle respectively is not less than 1 metre from any
other vehicle, except a motorcycle without a trailer, or a bicycle parked in accordance with
this local law;
(e) in a cul-de-sac so as to not obstruct the turning of vehicles within the cul-de-sac;
(f) in a laneway so as to not obstruct any vehicle on the carriageway, and
(g) so that it does not obstruct any vehicle on a carriageway;
unless otherwise indicated by a sign.
(2) In this clause, continuous dividing line means—
(a) a single continuous dividing line only;
(b) a single continuous dividing line to the left or right of a broken dividing line; or
(c) 2 parallel continuous dividing lines.
(3) (a) The driver of any vehicle standing on any carriageway in any park or reserve shall place and
keep the vehicle close to and parallel with the road edge, kerb or footpath on the left of the
vehicle, except where channels or other obstructions prevent this from being done;
(b) Subclause (3)(a) shall not apply to a vehicle parked in an area where the parking bays have
been marked other than parallel to the road edge.
4.3 When parallel and right-angled parking apply
Where a sign associated with a parking area is not inscribed with the words “angle parking” (or with
an equivalent symbol depicting this purpose), then unless a sign associated with the parking area
indicates, or marks on the carriageway indicate, that vehicles have to park in a different position,
where the parking area is—
(a) adjacent to the boundary of a carriageway, a person parking a vehicle in the parking area
shall park it as near as practicable to and parallel with that boundary; and
(b) at or near the centre of the carriageway, a person parking a vehicle in that parking area shall
park it at approximately right angles to the centre of the carriageway.
4.4 When angle parking applies
(1) Where a sign associated with a parking area is inscribed with the words “angle parking” (or with
an equivalent symbol depicting this purpose), a person parking a vehicle in the area shall park the
vehicle at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the centre of the carriageway unless otherwise
indicated by the inscription on the parking sign or by marks on the carriageway.
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(2) This clause does not apply to—
(a) a commercial vehicle; or
(b) any vehicle when it is being loaded or unloaded immediately with passengers, goods,
merchandise or materials collected from or delivered to the premises.
4.5 General prohibitions on parking
(1) (a) This clause does not apply to a vehicle parked in a parking stall.
(b) Subclauses (2)(c), (e) and (g) do not apply to a vehicle which parks in a bus embayment.
(2) Subject to any law relating to intersections with traffic control signals a person shall not park a
vehicle on a thoroughfare so that any portion of the vehicle is—
(a) between any other stationary vehicle or vehicles and the centre of the carriageway (double
parking);
(b) on or adjacent to a median strip;
(c) obstructing a right of way, private driveway or carriageway or so close as to deny a vehicle
reasonable access to or egress from the right of way, private driveway or carriageway;
(d) alongside or opposite any excavation, works, hoarding, scaffolding or obstruction on the
carriageway, if the vehicle would obstruct traffic;
(e) on or within 10 metres of any portion of a carriageway bounded by a traffic island;
(f) either wholly or partially on or overhanging any footpath or pedestrian crossing;
(g) between the boundaries of a carriageway and any double longitudinal line consisting of two
continuous lines or between a double longitudinal line consisting of a continuous line and a
broken or dotted line and the boundary of a carriageway nearer to the continuous line, unless
there is a distance of at least 3 metres clear between the vehicle and the double longitudinal
line;
(h) on an intersection, except adjacent to a carriageway boundary that is not broken by an
intersecting carriageway;
(i) within 1 metre of a fire hydrant or fire plug, or of any sign or mark indicating the existence of
a fire hydrant or fire plug;
(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 commencement of the change of direction of the kerb of a road at an
intersecting carriageway on either the approach or departure side;
unless a sign indicates 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.
(5) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of either
the approach side or the departure side of the nearest rail of a railway level crossing.
4.6 Authorised person may order vehicle on thoroughfare to be moved
The driver of a vehicle shall not park a vehicle on any part of a thoroughfare in contravention of this
local law after an authorised person has directed the driver to move it.
4.7 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 two hours.
(3) Where parking in a thoroughfare is restricted as to time and a vehicle has been parked in that
thoroughfare a person shall not park that vehicle again in that thoroughfare unless there is between
the place where the vehicle had been parked and the place where the vehicle is subsequently parked
another thoroughfare that meets or intersects that thoroughfare.
4.8 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances
A person shall not park a vehicle on any part of a thoroughfare—
(a) for the purpose of exposing it for sale;
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(b) if that vehicle is not licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1974;
(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, nor dismantle or construct it, other than to effect the
minimum repairs necessary to enable the vehicle to be moved to a place other than a
thoroughfare.
4.9 Parking on private land
(1) In this clause a reference to “private land” does not include land—
(a) which belongs to the local government;
(b) of which the local government is the management body under the Land Administration
Act 1997;
(c) which is an ‘otherwise unvested facility’ within section 3.53 of the Act;
(d) which is the subject of an agreement referred to in clause 1.5(2); or
(e) which is identified in a register of parking stations maintained by the local government in
accordance with clause 1.5.
(2) Parking on private land other than land identified in sub-clause (1) is dealt with in the town
planning schemes.
(3) Unless otherwise permitted by law, a person shall not park a vehicle on land identified in sub-
clause (1) without the consent of the local government.
4.10 Parking on reserves
No person other than an employee or approved contractor 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.
4.11 Parking on verges
(1) Unless otherwise permitted by clause 7.3, a person shall not—
(a) park any vehicle (commercial or otherwise); or
(b) park a trailer or caravan unattached to a motor vehicle; or
(c) park a vehicle during any period when parking of vehicles on that verge is prohibited by a
sign adjacent and referable to that verge,
so that any portion of it is on a verge.
(2) Subclause (1)(a) does not apply to;
(a) the person if he or she is the owner or occupier of the premises adjacent to that verge, or is a
person authorised by the occupier of those premises to park the vehicle so that any portion of
it is on the verge; or
(b) a vehicle when it is being loaded or unloaded immediately with goods, merchandise or
materials collected from or delivered to the premises adjacent to the portion of the verge on
which the vehicle is parked. Provided that the person is authorised by the occupier of those
premises and no obstruction is caused to the passage of any vehicle or person using a
carriageway or a footpath; or
(c) a commercial vehicle associated with building works being carried out on the premises at that
time and place.
(3) Subclause 2(a) does not allow for or include the parking of commercial vehicles.
4.12 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 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.
(2) Where permission is granted under subclause (1), the local government 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.
4.13 Parking in a parking station
(1) Display of Tickets—
(a) Subject to subclause (2) a person shall not stop or park a vehicle in any part of a parking
station equipped with a ticket issuing machine or a parking facility during any permitted
period unless—
(i) an unexpired parking ticket or unexpired parking tickets applicable to that part of the
parking station and issued on that day; and
(ii) the date and time of issue or expiry of the ticket, as the case may be, and the number of
the ticket, if any, printed thereon, are displayed inside the vehicle and clearly visible to
and able to be read by an authorised person from outside the vehicle at all times while
the vehicle remains stopped or parked in that part of the parking station.
(b) For the purposes of subclause (1), a parking ticket issued in respect of any parking station or
any part of a parking station which has been set aside under this local law shall be applicable
only to that parking station or that part of that parking station, as the case may be.
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(c) A reference in this clause to—
(i) permitted period means the period stated on the ticket issuing machines in the
parking station during which the parking of vehicle is permitted upon the purchase of a
parking ticket;
(ii) unexpired parking ticket means a parking ticket on which—
(a) a date and expiry time is printed and that time has not expired; or
(b) a date and time of issue is printed and the period for which that ticket remains
valid as stated on the ticket issuing machine from which the ticket was
purchased has not expired.
(2) Use of Parking Tickets—
A person shall not—
(a) deface, alter, add to, erase, obliterate or otherwise interfere with a parking ticket or any
information, printing or imprint thereon;
(b) park a vehicle in a parking station or parking facility if there is displayed in that vehicle
so as to be visible from outside the vehicle a parking ticket which has been defaced,
altered, added to, erased, obliterated or otherwise interfered with; or
(c) produce to an authorised person or the local government to accept payment of parking
fees, a parking ticket which is, or any information, printing or imprint on which is
defaced, altered, added to, erased, obliterated or otherwise interfered with.
(3) Fees for Motorcycles in Parking Stations—
(a) A fee payable for the parking of a motorcycle and the period of application of the fee in a
parking station may be determined and imposed by the local government.
(b) The local government shall not be obliged to accept payment of any fee referred to in this
clause.
(4) Parking Position for Motorcycles—
A person shall not stop or park a motorcycle in a parking station equipped with a ticket issuing
machine unless—
(a) wholly within a parking stall marked with the symbol “M/C” or otherwise designated as
being set aside for the parking of motorcycles;
(b) that person has paid to the local government the fee; and
(c) during the period for which the fee is applicable.
(5) Set aside Parking Stations for Multiple Occupants—
The local government in respect of any period or time may by the use of signs set aside any
parking station or any part of a parking station and prohibit entry thereto by vehicles other than
vehicles carrying in addition to the driver at least one other person.
(6) Parking Restrictions for Vehicles with Multiple Occupants—
(a) The local government may determine and impose a fee payable for the parking of a vehicle in
any parking station or part of a parking station at any time or for specified times.
(b) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle in any parking station or part of a parking station
which has been set aside under this local law at the times or within such period specified
pursuant to this local law unless the vehicle is carrying at least one other person.
(c) A person shall not enter any parking station or part of a parking station which has been set
aside under this local law at the times or within such period specified pursuant to this local
law unless that person is the driver of or passenger in a vehicle carrying at least one other
person.
PART 5—PARKING AND STOPPING
Division 1—Parking and stopping generally
5.1 No stopping and no parking signs, and yellow edge lines
(1) No stopping—
A driver shall not stop on a part of a carriageway, or in an area, to which a no stopping sign
applies.
(2) No parking—
A driver shall not stop on a part of a 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.
(3) No stopping on a carriageway with yellow edge lines—
A driver shall not stop at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edge line.
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Division 2—Stopping in zones for particular vehicles
5.2 Stopping in a loading zone
A person shall not stop a vehicle in a loading zone unless it is—
(a) a motor vehicle used for commercial or trade purposes engaged in thepicking up or setting
down of goods; or
(b) a motor vehicle taking up or setting down passengers,
but, 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 30 minutes (if no time is indicated on the sign).
5.3 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.
5.4 Stopping in a mail zone
A person shall not stop a vehicle in a mail zone.
5.5 Other limitations in zones
A person shall not stop a vehicle in a zone to which a 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 sign that applies to the zone.
Division 3—Other places where stopping is restricted
5.6 Stopping in a shared zone
A driver shall not stop in a shared zone unless—
(a) the driver stops at a place on a part of a carriageway, or in an area, to which a sign applies
and the driver is permitted to stop at that place by the sign;
(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.
5.7 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.
5.8 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.
5.9 Stopping on a bridge or in a tunnel, etc
(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle on a bridge, causeway, ramp or similar structure unless—
(a) the carriageway is at least as wide on the structure as it is on each of the approaches and a
sign does not prohibit stopping or parking; or
(b) the driver stops at a place on a part of a carriageway, or in an area, to which a sign applies
and the driver is permitted to stop at that place by the sign.
(2) A driver shall not stop a vehicle in a tunnel or underpass unless—
(a) the carriageway is at least as wide in the tunnel or underpass as it is on each of the
approaches and a traffic sign does not prohibit stopping or parking; or
(b) the driver of a motor vehicle stops at a bus stop, or in a bus zone or parking area marked on
the carriageway, for the purpose of setting down or taking up passengers.
5.10 Stopping on crests, curves, etc
(1) Subject to subclause (2), a driver shall not stop a vehicle on, or partly on, a carriageway, in any
position where it is not visible to the driver of an overtaking vehicle, from a distance of 50 metres
within a built-up area, and from a distance of 150 metres outside a built-up area.
(2) A driver may stop on a crest or curve on a carriageway that is not in a built-up area if the driver
stops at a place on the carriageway, or in an area, to which a sign applies and the driver is permitted
to stop at that place by the sign.
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5.11 Stopping near a fire hydrant etc
A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within one metre of a fire hydrant
or fire plug, or of any sign or mark indicating the existence of a fire hydrant or fire plug, unless—
(a) the driver is driving a public bus, and the driver stops in a bus zone or at a bus stop and does
not leave the bus unattended; or
(b) the driver is driving a taxi, and the driver stops in a taxi zone and does not leave the taxi
unattended.
5.12 Stopping at or near a bus stop
(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of the
approach side of a bus stop, or within 10 metres of the departure side of a bus stop, unless—
(a) the vehicle is a public bus stopped to take up or set down passengers; or
(b) the driver stops at a place on a part of a carriageway, or in an area, to which a sign applies
and the driver is permitted to stop at that place by the sign.
(2) In this clause—
(a) distances are measured in the direction in which the driver is driving; and
(b) a trailer attached to a public bus is deemed to be a part of the public bus.
5.13 Stopping on a path, median strip, or traffic island
The driver of a vehicle (other than a bicycle or an animal) shall not stop so that any portion of the
vehicle is on a traffic island or median strip, unless the driver stops in an area, to which a sign applies
and the driver is permitted to stop at that place by the sign.
5.14 Stopping on verges
(1) Unless otherwise permitted by clause 7.3, a person shall not—
(a) stop any vehicle (commercial or otherwise) ; or
(b) stop a trailer or caravan unattached to a motor vehicle; or
(c) stop a vehicle during any period when stopping of vehicles on that verge is prohibited by a
sign adjacent and referable to that verge,
so that any portion of it is on a verge.
(2) Subclause (1)(a) does not apply to;
(a) the person if he or she is the owner or occupier of the premises adjacent to that verge, or is a
person authorised by the occupier of those premises to stop the vehicle so that any portion of
it is on the verge; or
(b) a vehicle when it is being loaded or unloaded immediately with goods, merchandise or
materials collected from or delivered to the premises adjacent to the portion of the verge on
which the vehicle is stopped provided that the person is authorised by the occupier of those
premises and no obstruction is caused to the passage of any vehicle or person using a
carriageway or a footpath; or
(c) a commercial vehicle associated with building works being carried out on the premises at that
place.
(3) Subclause 2(a) does not allow for or include the stopping of commercial vehicles for a period of
longer than 4 hours.
5.15 Obstructing access to and from a path, driveway, etc
(1) A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is in front of a path, in a position
that obstructs access by vehicles or pedestrians to or from that path, unless—
(a) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or
(b) the driver stops in a parking stall and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking stall
under this local law.
(2) A driver shall not stop a vehicle on or across a driveway or other way of access for vehicles
travelling to or from adjacent land, unless—
(a) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or
(b) the driver stops in a parking stall and the driver is permitted to stop in the parking stall
under this local law.
5.16 Stopping near a public letter box
A driver shall not stop a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 3 metres of a public letter
box, unless the driver—
(a) is dropping off, or picking up, passengers or mail; or
(b) stops at a place on a part of a carriageway, or in an area, to which a sign applies and the
driver is permitted to stop at that place by the sign.
5.17 Stopping on a thoroughfare—commercial vehicles
Subject to any clause to the contrary or sign referable to the thoroughfare, a person shall not stop a
commercial vehicle—
(a) on a thoroughfare in a built-up area, for any period exceeding 4 hours, unless actively
engaged in the picking up or setting down of goods; or
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(b) on a thoroughfare outside a built-up area, except on the shoulder of the carriageway, or in a
truck bay or other area set aside for the parking of such vehicles; or
(c) on a thoroughfare in a residential or special residential zoned area between the hours of
6.00pm one day and 6.00am the following day; unless a permit has been issued in accordance
with clause 5.21 of this local law.
5.18 Stopping on a carriageway with a bicycle parking sign
The driver of a vehicle (other than a bicycle) shall not stop on a part of a carriageway to which a
“bicycle parking” sign applies, unless the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers.
5.19 Stopping on a carriageway with motorcycle parking sign
The driver of a motor vehicle shall not stop on a part of a carriageway, or in an area, to which a
“motorcycle parking” sign applies, or an area marked “M/C” unless—
(a) the vehicle is a motorcycle; or
(b) the driver is dropping off, or picking up, passengers.
5.20 Eating areas in parking stalls
A person shall not stop or park a vehicle in a parking stall which has been authorised in writing by
the local government, to be set up or conducted as an eating area and which is designated by signs as
such at that time.
5.21 Permits in parking facilities
(1) The local government or authorised person may, whether upon payment of a fee or not, issue a
Parking Facilities Permit which allows a specific vehicle or class of vehicle to stop or park—
(a) in a specified kerbside area;
(b) in a car park which is controlled by a sign, in contravention of the restriction specified on that
sign; or
(c) in any other place under the control of the local government.
(2) A permit issued under subclause (1) may—
(a) authorise the stopping or parking of the vehicle continuously for a specified period or periods
between specified times or from time to time during a specified period; and
(b) be revoked or suspended at any time by the local government or an authorised person before
the expiration of any time or period specified in the permit.
(3) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle in respect of which a permit has been issued pursuant to
subclause (2)—
(a) except at the times or during the period specified in the permit;
(b) for any purpose other than the purpose for which the permit was issued; or
(c) at any time after the cancellation, withdrawal or suspension of the permit.
(4) Further conditions may be imposed in accordance with subclause (1) by the local government in
relation to the issuing of such a permit.
5.22 Motorcycle stalls
(1) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle other than a bicycle or a motorcycle to which no side car
or side-box is attached in a parking stall—
(a) marked with the symbol “M/C”; or
(b) in which the parking of bicycles or motorcycles is permitted by a sign referable to that
parking stall.
(2) A person shall not stop or park a bicycle or motorcycle in a parking stall marked with the symbol
“M/C”—
(a) for longer than the maximum period permitted for parking in that parking stall by a sign
referable to that parking stall or metered space;
(b) if there is no sign referable to that parking stall than for longer than the maximum period
during which a vehicle may stop or be parked as specified on any sign referable to any
parking stall adjacent thereto; or
(c) otherwise than wholly within the stall.
PART 6—TICKET ISSUING MACHINES AND ZONES
6.1 Ticket issuing machines
(1) Damage to Ticket Issuing Machines—
A person shall not or attempt to remove, damage, deface, misuse or interfere with any ticket
issuing machine.
(2) Signs on Ticket Issuing Machines—
A person shall not, without the permission of the local government, affix any board, sign, placard,
notice, cover or other thing to or paint, mark or write upon any ticket issuing machine.
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(3) Use of Coins in Ticket Issuing Machines—
A person shall not insert or cause to be inserted or attempt to insert into a coin slot of a ticket
issuing machine anything other than a coin appropriate to that slot.
(4) Operating Ticket Issuing Machines—
A person shall not operate or attempt to operate a ticket issuing machine except in accordance
with the operating instructions appearing on the ticket issuing machine.
6.2 Fees in ticket machine zones
(1) Fees for stopping and parking of vehicles in a ticket machine zone may be determined and imposed
by the local government.
(2) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a ticket machine zone unless the appropriate fee as
indicated by a sign on the ticket issuing machine referable to the zone is inserted into the ticket
issuing machine.
(3) The payment of the fee referred to in subclause (1) in accordance with subclause (2) entitles a
person to stop or park a vehicle in a ticket machine zone for the period shown on the parking ticket,
but does not authorise the stopping or parking of the vehicle in a parking space, or part of the zone
during any time when stopping or parking in that zone is prohibited—
(a) under this local law;
(b) by the sign on the ticket issuing machine referable to the zone; or
(c) by a sign referable to that space.
6.3 Display of tickets
(1) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle in a ticket machine zone during any permitted period
unless—
(a) an unexpired ticket issued by a ticket issuing machine in that ticket machine zone; and
(b) the date and time of issue or expiry, as the case may be, and the number, if any, of the ticket
printed on the ticket,
are displayed inside the vehicle and are clearly visible to and able to be read by an authorised person
from outside the vehicle at all times while the vehicle remains stopped or parked in the zone.
(2) A reference in this clause to—
(a) “permitted period” means the period stated on the ticket issuing machines in the ticket
machine zone during which the parking of vehicle is permitted upon the purchase of a
parking ticket;
(b) “unexpired parking ticket” means a parking ticket on which—
(i) a date and expiry time is printed and that time has not expired;
(ii) a date and time of issue is printed and the period for which that ticket remains valid as
stated on the ticket issuing machine from which the ticket was purchased has not
expired.
(3) For the purpose of this clause, where more than one parking ticket is displayed bearing the same
date and time of issue, the period for each ticket referred to in subclause (2)(b) shall be aggregated
and the tickets shall be deemed not to have expired until the expiry of the aggregate of those periods.
6.4 Parking limits
(1) A person shall not stop or park a vehicle in a ticket machine zone during any permitted period for
longer than the maximum period.
(2) A reference in this clause to—
(a) “maximum period” means the maximum period stated on the ticket issuing machines in
the zone during which the continuous parking of a vehicle in the zone is permitted;
(b) “permitted period” has the meaning given to it in clause 6.3(2)(a).
6.5 Parking position in ticket machine zones
A person shall not stop or park a vehicle in a ticket machine zone—
(1) on any part of which there are parking stalls set out parallel to a kerb otherwise than—
(a) parallel to that kerb;
(b) as close to the kerb as practicable;
(c) wholly within a parking stall;
(d) headed in the direction of the movement of traffic on the part of the carriageway on which the
parking stall is situated;
(2) on any part of which there are parking stalls not set out parallel to a kerb otherwise than wholly
within a parking stall.
PART 7—RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMITS
7.1 Definitions
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—
dwelling unit means premises lawfully used for self contained living quarters;
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eligible person where used in relation to an application for a–
(a) residential parking permit means a single house occupier, a unit occupier or a unit
owner;
(b) visitor’s parking permit means—
(i) a single house occupier;
(ii) a strata company;
(iii) a unit owner of a residential unit which is not a strata lot;
parking facilities parking permit means a permit issued to a person by the local government
pursuant to clause 7.3(3);
residential parking permit means a permit issued to a resident by the local government
pursuant to clause 7.3(1);
residential unit means a dwelling unit which is part of a building adjacent to a part of a
thoroughfare on which thoroughfare the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited for more
than a specified period and which building contains—
(a) two or more dwelling units with or without any non residential units;
(b) one dwelling unit with one or more non residential units;
single house means a dwelling unit constructed on its own lot and used for self contained living
quarters and which is adjacent to a part of a road on which the stopping or parking of vehicles
is prohibited for more than a specified period;
single house occupier means an occupier of a single house;
strata company has the meaning given to it in the Strata Titles Act 1985;
unit occupier means a person who is an occupier of a residential unit but does not include a unit
owner.
unit owner means a person who is an owner of a residential unit.
visitor’s parking permit means a permit issued by the local government pursuant to
clause 7.3(2).
7.2 Exemption for permit holders
(1) (a) Where on any part of a thoroughfare the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited by a
sign for more than a specified period or where any part of a thoroughfare is a metered space,
the holder of a valid permit is exempted from such prohibition.
(b) The local government may also issue a permit which exempts the holder from compliance
with the requirements of clauses 7(2)(a) and 7(2)(b).
(2) The exemption conferred by subclause (1) shall apply only—
(a) to the part of a thoroughfare specified in the permit;
(b) where the time restriction applicable to that part of the thoroughfare is for a period exceeding
30 minutes;
(c) where the permit displayed is a residential parking permit to the vehicle specified in the
residential parking permit;
(d) if the permit is displayed in the vehicle or affixed to the windscreen of the vehicle so as to be
clearly visible and able to be read by an authorised person from outside the vehicle;
(e) if the permit is valid.
(3) The exemption conferred by subclause (1) shall not, unless specifically noted on the permit, apply
during any period in which the stopping or parking of vehicles is prohibited in the thoroughfare or the
part of the thoroughfare specified in the permit.
7.3 Issue of permits
(1) The local government may upon a written application of an eligible person, issue a residential
parking permit in the form determined by the local government.
(2) The local government may upon a written application of an eligible person issue, for the occasional
use of visitors, a visitor’s parking permit in the form determined by the local government;
(3) The local government’s power to issue, replace and revoke permits under this Part may be
exercised by an authorised officer.
(4) Notwithstanding any other provisions in this local law, the local government may approve the
issue of a number of parking facility, residential or visitor’s parking permits to any owner or occupier
on such terms and conditions as the local government sees fit.
7.4 Discretionary authority
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this local law which restrict the number of residential or
visitors’ parking permits that may be issued, the local government may approve the issue of one
additional residential parking permit or one additional visitor’s parking permits to any occupier on
such terms and conditions as the local government sees fit.
7.5 Validity of permit
Every residential parking permit or visitor’s parking permit as the case may be shall cease to be valid
upon—
(a) the expiry of a period of twelve months or lesser term as determined by the local government
from and including the date on which it is issued;
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(b) the holder of the permit ceasing to be an eligible person;
(c) the revocation of the permit by the local government pursuant to clause 7.6;
(d) the replacement of any permit by a new permit issued by the local government pursuant to
clause 7.3.
7.6 Revocation of a permit
(1) The local government may at any time give an eligible person to whom a permit was issued
pursuant to the provisions of this local law notice requiring that person to notify the local government
of any reason why that permit should not be revoked.
(2) The local government shall give notice referred to subclause (1) in the form determined by the
local government by serving the notice on the eligible person to whom the permit was issued.
(3) If within seven (7) days after the date of receipt of the notice referred to in subclause (2) the
eligible person to whom the permit was issued—
(a) fails to give the local government notice in writing of any reason why the permit should not
be revoked; or
(b) gives the local government notice in writing of any reasons why the permit should not be
revoked;
then the local government may in its absolute discretion revoke that permit.
(4) For the purpose of subclause (3) the date of receipt of the notice shall be the date the notice was
served.
(5) The local government shall give notice of the revocation in the form determined by the local
government by serving the notice on the eligible person to whom the permit was issued.
7.7 Removal of permit from vehicle
The holder of a residential parking permit shall forthwith upon that permit being revoked or ceasing
to be valid remove the permit from the vehicle in which it is displayed or to which it is affixed.
7.8 Replacement of permit
(1) The local government may upon a written application of an eligible person and upon payment of
the fee referred to in subclause (2), if any, issue a permit to replace a residential parking permit or
visitor’s parking permit which is lost, destroyed or stolen.
(2) The local government may determine and impose a fee for the issue of a replacement permit
pursuant to this clause.
(3) Notwithstanding subclause (2), no fee shall be payable for the issue of a replacement permit if
evidence is produced in writing to the satisfaction of the local government—
(a) that the vehicle in which the permit is displayed has been disposed of;
(b) that the vehicle’s windscreen in which the permit is displayed has been replaced; or
(c) which the local government considers warrants the waiving of the fee.
7.9 Display of residential or visitor’s parking permits
A person shall not stop or park a vehicle in an area set aside for persons or vehicles of a particular
class during any permitted period unless a valid permit is displayed inside the vehicle and is clearly
visible to and able to be read by an authorised person from outside the vehicle at all times while the
vehicle remains stopped or parked in the zone.
PART 8—MISCELLANEOUS
8.1 Authorised persons
No offence under this local law is committed by an authorised person while carrying out his or her
duties as an authorised person.
8.2 Necessary power
An authorised person has all necessary powers for the purpose of performing or observing all of the
functions conferred on him or her under the Act and this local law.
8.3 Authorised person to be obeyed
A person who is given a direction by an authorised person or a member of the WA Police Force under
this local law, or in relation to a contravention of this local law, shall comply with that direction.
8.4 Persons may be directed to leave local government property
An authorised person may direct a person to leave local government property or a local government
building where the authorised person reasonably suspects that the person has contravened a
provision of this local law.
8.5 Marking of tyres
(1) For the purposes of ascertaining whether or not a parked vehicle has been or may be parked in
contravention of any provision of this local law an authorised person may mark the tyres of a vehicle
parked in a parking facility with chalk or any other non-indelible substance.
(2) A person shall not remove or interfere with any such mark referred to in subclause (1) so that the
purpose of affixing that mark is or may be defeated.
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8.6 Removal of notices on vehicle
A person, other than the driver of the vehicle or a person acting under the direction of the driver of
the vehicle or an authorised person, shall not remove from the vehicle any notice put on the vehicle by
an authorised person.
8.7 Special purpose and emergency vehicles
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this local law, the driver of—
(a) a special purpose vehicle may, only in the course of his or her duties and when it is expedient
and safe to do so, stop, or park the vehicle in anyplace, at any time; and
(b) an emergency vehicle may, in the course of his or her duties and when it is expedient and safe
to do so or where he or she honestly and reasonably believes that it is expedient and safe to
do so, stop, or park the vehicle at any place, at any time.
8.8 Vehicles not to obstruct a reserve, verge or thoroughfare
(1) A person shall not leave a vehicle, or any part of a vehicle, in a reserve, verge or thoroughfare so
that it obstructs the use of any part of that reserve, verge or thoroughfare without the permission of
the local government or unless authorised under any written law.
(2) A person will not contravene subclause (1) where the vehicle is left for a period not exceeding 24
hours or is permitted to do so by the local government, unless the vehicle is causing an obstruction or
may cause a danger to the public or is jeopardising or may jeopardise the safety of a person.
(3) A vehicle found to be in contravention of sub-clause (2) may be impounded by an authorised
officer.
(4) The impounding of vehicles and other goods under sub-clause (3) shall be carried out in accordance
with sections 3.37 and 3.48 of the Act and Regulation 29 of the Local Government (Functions and
General) Regulations 1996.
8.9 Damage to parking stations and facilities
A person shall not, and shall not attempt to, remove, damage, deface, misuse or interfere with any
part of a parking station or parking facility.
8.10 Local government may lock parking stations
At the expiration of the hours of operation of a parking station, the local government, whether or not
any vehicle remains parked in a parking station, may lock the parking station or otherwise prevent
the movement of any vehicle within or to or from the parking station.
PART 9—PENALTIES
9.1 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) A person who commits an offence under this local law is liable on conviction to a penalty not less
than $250 and not exceeding $5,000, and if the offence is of a continuing nature, to a further penalty
not exceeding a fine of $500 in respect of each day or part of a day during which the offence has
continued.
(3) An offence against any provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of
section 9.16(1) of the Act.
(4) The amount appearing in the final column of Schedule 2 directly opposite a clause specified in that
Schedule is the modified penalty for an offence against that clause.
9.2 Forms of notices—
For the purposes of this local law—
(a) where a vehicle is involved in the commission of an offence, the form of the notice referred to
in section 9.13 of the Act is that of Form 1 in Schedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions
and General) Regulations 1996;
(b) the form of the infringement notice given under section 9.16 of the Act is that of Form 2 in
Schedule 1 of the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; and
(c) the form of the notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is that of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of
the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996.
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Schedule 1
PARKING REGION
[cl. 1.5(1)]
Local Government Act 1995
CITY OF KWINANA PARKING AND PARKING FACILITIES LOCAL LAW 2018
Parking Region
The parking region is the whole of the district, but excludes the following portions of the district—
(1) the approach and departure prohibition areas of all existing and future traffic control signal
installations as determined by the Commissioner of Main Roads;
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(2) prohibition areas applicable to all existing and future bridges and subways as determined by
the Commissioner of Main Roads;
(3) any road which comes under the control of the Commissioner of Main Roads unless the
control of parking and parking facilities on that road is carried out subject to the control and
direction of the Commissioner of Main Roads or has been delegated by the Commissioner to
the local government.
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Schedule 2
PRESCRIBED OFFENCES
[cl.9.1(4)]
Local Government Act 1995
CITY OF KWINANA PARKING AND PARKING FACILITIES LOCAL LAW 2018
Offences and Modified Penalties
Item
No.
Clause
No. Nature of Offence Modified
Penalty $
2.2(1) Failure to comply with signs 50
2.3(a) Unauthorised display, marking, setting up, exhibiting of a
sign
125
2.3(b) Unauthorised removal, defacing or misuse of a sign 70
2.3(c) Unauthorised affixing anything to a sign 60
3.2(1)(a) Failure to park parallel to and as close to the kerb as
practicable in a parking stall
60
3.2(1)(b) Failure to park wholly within parking stall 60
3.2(1)(c) Failure to park in the direction of the movement of traffic in
a parking stall
60
3.2(4) Failure to park wholly within parking area 50
3.3(1)(a) Causing obstruction in parking station 125
3.3(1)(b) Parking contrary to sign in parking station 50
3.3(1)(c) Parking contrary to directions of authorised person 150
3.3(1)(d) Parking or attempting to park a vehicle in a parking stall
occupied by another vehicle
50
3.3(2)(a) Park in a stall other than in a stall marked M/C 85
4.1(1)(a) Parking by vehicles of a different class 85
4.1(1)(b) Parking by persons of a different class 85
4.1(1)(c) Parking during prohibited period 85
17 4.1(1)(d) Exceeding the length of time specified by a sign 85
4.1(3)(a) Parking in no parking area 85
4.1(3)(b) Parking contrary to signs or limitations 50
4.1(3)(c) Parking vehicle in motorcycle only area 50
4.1(4 ) Parking without permission in an area designated for
‘Authorised Vehicles Only’
85
22 4.1A(2)(a) Stopping a vehicle in a parking area for people with
disabilities without the vehicle displaying a disability
parking permit.
300
23 4.1A(2)(b) Stopping a vehicle in a parking area for people with
disabilities when neither the driver nor a passenger of that
vehicle is a person with a current Australian Disability
Parking Permit
300
4.2(1)(a) Failure to park on the left of two-way carriageway 60
4.2(1)(b) Failure to park on boundary of one-way carriageway 60
4.2(1)(a)
or
4.2(1)(b)
Parking against the flow of traffic 60
4.2(1)(c) Parking when distance from farther boundary less than 3
metres
100
4.2(1)(d) Parking closer than 1 metre from another vehicle 50
4.2(1)(e) Parking in a cul-de-sac so as to obstruct the turning of a
vehicle within the cul-de-sac
100
4.2(1)(f) Parking in a laneway 100
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Item
No.
Clause
No. Nature of Offence Modified
Penalty $
31. 4.2(1)(g) Causing obstruction to a vehicle on the carriageway 125
32. 4.3(a) Failure to park parallel 50
33. 4.3(b) Failure to park at approximate right angle 50
34. 4.4(1) Failure to park at an appropriate angle 50
35. 4.5(2)(a) Parking between any other stationary vehicle or vehicles and
the centre of the carriageway (Double parking)
125
36. 4.5(2)(b) Parking on or adjacent to a median strip 60
37. 4.5(2)(c) Denying access to private drive or right of way 125
38. 4.5(2)(d) Parking beside excavation or obstruction so as to obstruct
traffic
125
39. 4.5(2)(e) Parking within 10 metres of traffic island 60
40. 4.5(2)(f) Parking on or overhanging footpath/pedestrian crossing 150
41. 4.5(2)(g) Parking closer than 3 metres to double longitudinal lines 125
42. 4.5(2)(h) Parking on intersection 150
43. 4.5(2)(i) Parking within 1 metre of fire hydrant or fire plug 50
44. 4.5(2)(j) Parking within 3 metres of public letter box 50
45. 4.5(2)(k) Parking within 10 metres of intersection 60
46. 4.5(3)(a)
or (b)
Parking vehicle within 10 metres of departure side of bus
stop, children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing
50
47. 4.5(4)(a)
or (b)
Parking vehicle within 20 metres of approach side of bus
stop, children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing
50
48. 4.5(5) Parking vehicle within 20 metres of approach side or
departure side of railway level crossing
50
49. 4.6 Parking contrary to direction of authorised person 150
50. 4.7(1), (2)
or (3)
Moving vehicle to avoid time limitation 85
51. 4.8(a) Parking in thoroughfare for purpose of sale 125
52. 4.8(b) Parking unlicensed vehicle in thoroughfare 100
53. 4.8(c) Parking an unattached trailer/caravan on a thoroughfare 100
54. 4.8(d) Parking in thoroughfare for purpose of repairs 125
55. 4.9(3) Parking on land not in accordance with consent 125
56. 4.10 Driving or parking on a reserve 125
57. 4.11(1) Parking on a verge 60
58. 4.13(1)(a) Failure to display an unexpired parking ticket 60
59. 4.13(2)(a) Deface, alter, add to, erase, obliterate or otherwise interfere
with a parking ticket
150
60. 4.13(2)(b) Display a defaced, altered obliterated or otherwise interfered
with parking ticket
150
61. 4.13(2)(c) Produce a defaced, altered obliterated or otherwise interfered
with parking ticket
150
62. 4.13(4) Motorcycle not parking wholly within a marked parking stall 100
63. 4.13(6)(b) Stopping or parking a vehicle in any parking station or part
of a parking station which has been set aside under this
local law at the times or within such period specified
pursuant to this local law unless the vehicle is carrying at
least one other person
100
64. 4.13(6)(c) Entering any parking station or part of a parking station
which has been set aside under this local law at the times
or within such period specified pursuant to this local law
unless that person is the driver of or passenger in a vehicle
carrying at least one other person.
100
65. 5.1(1) Stopping contrary to a no stopping sign 125
66. 5.1(2) Parking contrary to a no parking sign 125
67. 5.1(3) Stopping within continuous yellow lines 125
68. 5.2 Stopping unlawfully in a loading zone 85
69. 5.3 Stopping unlawfully in a taxi zone or bus zone 100
70. 5.4 Stopping unlawfully in a mail zone 70
71. 5.5 Stopping in a zone contrary to a sign 50
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Item
No.
Clause
No. Nature of Offence Modified
Penalty $
72. 5.6 Stopping in a shared zone 50
73. 5.7(1) Double parking 125
74. 5.8 Stopping near an obstruction 125
75. 5.9 Stopping on a bridge or tunnel 100
76 5.10 Stopping on crests/curves etc 100
77. 5.11 Stopping near fire hydrant 70
78. 5.12(1) Stopping near bus stop 85
79. 5.13 Stopping on path, median strip or traffic island 125
80. 5.14(1) Stopping on a verge 60
81. 5.15 Obstructing path, a driveway etc 125
82. 5.16 Stopping near letter box 50
83. 5.17 Stopping a commercial vehicle on a thoroughfare without or
in contravention of a permit
85
84. 5.18 Stopping in bicycle parking area 60
85. 5.19 Stopping in motorcycle parking area 60
86. 5.20 Stopping or parking in a stall set up as an eating area 85
87. 5.21 Stopping or parking contrary to requirements of a permit 60
88. 5.22 Stopping or parking a vehicle (other than a bicycle or
motorcycle) in a parking stall approved for motorcycles
60
89. 6.1(1) Damaging or interfering with ticket issuing machine 150
90. 6.1(2) Affixing a board, sign, placard or notice or marking any
ticket issuing machine
60
91. 6.1(3) Inserting other than a coin in a ticket issuing machine 50
92. 6.1(4) Operating a ticket issuing machine contrary to instructions 50
93. 6.2(2) Failure to pay appropriate fee 60
94. 6.3(1)(a) Failure to display an unexpired parking ticket 60
95. 6.3(1)(b) Failure to display a valid parking ticket 60
96. 6.4(1) Stopping or parking for longer than the maximum period 60
97. 6.5(1)(a) Failure to stop or park parallel to the kerb in a ticket
machine zone
60
98. 6.5(1)(b) Failure to stop or park as close to the kerb as practicable in a
ticket machine zone
60
99. 6.5(1)(c) Failure to stop or park wholly within a parking stall in a
ticket machine zone
60
100. 6.5(1)(d) Failure to stop or park in direction of movement of traffic in a
ticket machine zone
50
101. 7.9 Failure to display a valid permit 85
102. 8.3 Failure to comply with a lawful direction of an authorised
person
150
103. 8.4 Failure to leave local government property when lawfully
directed to do so by an authorised person
150
104. 8.5(2) Removing or interfering with a lawful mark on a tyre 125
105. 8.6 Removing a notice on a vehicle 125
106. 8.8(1) Leaving a vehicle in a public place or thoroughfare so as to
cause an obstruction
125
107. 8.9 Attempting to or removing, damaging, defacing, misusing or
interfering with any part of a parking station or parking
facility
150
108. All other offences not specified 85
Dated this 15th day of November, 2018.
The Common Seal of the City of Kwinana was hereunto affixed in the presence of—
CAROL ADAMS, Mayor.
JOANNE ABBISS, Chief Executive Officer.
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