City of Perth Parking Amendment Local Law 2023
4049 ISSN 2204-4264 (online) PERTH, FRIDAY, 15 DECEMBER 2023 No. 167 SPECIAL PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY GEOFF O. LAWN, GOVERNMENT PRINTER © STATE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995
CITY OF PERTH ——————————— PARKING AMENDMENT LOCAL LAW 2023
15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4051 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1995 CITY OF PERTH PARKING AMENDMENT LOCAL LAW 2023 Under the powers conferred by the Local Government Act 1995 and under all other powers enabling it, the Council of the City of Perth resolved on 21 November 2023 to make this local law. PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1.1 Short title This is the City of Perth Parking Amendment Local Law 2023. 1.2 Commencement This local law will come into operation 14 days after the date of its publication in the Government Gazette. 1.3 Principal local law amended This local law amends the City of Perth Parking Local Law 2017 as published in the Government Gazette on 28 February 2017. PART 2—AMENDMENTS 2.1 Clause 1.6 (‘Terms used’) amended In clause 1.6— (a) delete the definition of bicycle crossing. (b) replace the definition of charter vehicle with— charter vehicle means a vehicle used in providing an on-demand charter passenger transport service or a tourism passenger transport service; (a) in the definition of charter vehicle zone, add the words ‘by a sign’ after the word ‘designated’; (b) replace the definition of commercial vehicle with— commercial loading vehicle means a motor vehicle that is— (a) constructed, adapted or fitted for the conveyance of goods; and (b) used primarily for the conveyance of goods; (c) in the definition of entrance ticket, delete the words ‘or token’; (d) replace the definition of fee collection machine with— fee collection machine means a machine installed in a parking station which— (a) on the insertion of an entrance ticket and payment of the appropriate fee, if any, made by permitted means, issues an exit ticket; (b) in the case of a machine installed in a parking station with a licence plate recognition system, on inputting of the vehicle’s licence plate number and payment of the appropriate fee, if any, allows the relevant vehicle to exit the parking station; or (c) otherwise on payment of the appropriate fee, if any, allows the vehicle in respect of which the fee, if any, has been paid to exit the parking station; (e) in the definition of fee paying machine, add the words ‘, or any other machine installed in a parking facility which allows payment of any appropriate fee by permitted means’ at the end of the definition and before the semicolon. (f) replace the definition of fee paying zone with— fee paying zone means where a fee is payable is indicated by a sign where the vehicle is stopped or parked within the same— (a) parking facility; or (b) section of the road between two intersections or an intersection and head of a cul- de-sac as the case may be,
4052 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023 and includes— (c) a metred zone; (d) a ticket machine zone; (e) a mobile payment zone; (g) in the definition of GVM, replace the words ‘the Code’ with ‘the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012’; (h) in the definition of loading zone, replace the words ‘commercial vehicles’ with ‘commercial loading vehicles’; (i) in the definition of parking facility, add the words ‘roads, reserves,’ after the word ‘buildings’; (j) in the definition of parking permit, replace the words ‘and includes a written or electronic permit’ with ‘and includes written permits and e-permits’; (k) in the definition of public bus zone, add the words ‘by a sign’ after the word ‘designated’; (l) in the definition of sign, add the words ‘and includes an electronic sign which may alternate showing different information about the stopping and parking of vehicles’ after the words ‘restricting the stopping or parking of vehicles’; (m) in the definition of special purpose vehicle, delete the words ‘and also includes any commercial vehicle owned by the local government’; (n) replace the definition of ticket issuing machine with— ticket issuing machine means a machine or device which, as a result of selecting a period for which no fee is payable or upon payment by any permitted means of the appropriate fee for any other period, issues a ticket showing the period during which it is lawful to remain parked in the area to which the machine or device relates; (o) in the definition of truck bay, add the words ‘by a sign’ after the word ‘designated’; (p) in the definition of unattended, delete the word ‘meters’ and replace with ‘metres’ (q) add the following definitions in their alphabetically ordered position— bicycle parking device means a device installed by the local government for the purpose of allowing bicycles to park by being securely attached to the device; electric personal transporter has the meaning given in the Code; electric rideable device has the meaning given in the Code; electric vehicle means a vehicle that— (a) is powered by an electric motor or motors; and (b) can be recharged from an external source of electricity, but does not include an electric personal transporter or electric rideable device; electric vehicle charging bay means a parking bay designated by a sign for the use of electric vehicles for the period notified on the sign, with an external source of electricity available for charging an electric vehicle stopped or parked in that bay; electronic communication means a communication of information in the form of data, text or images by means of guided or unguided electromagnetic energy or both; e-permit means a parking permit issued to the holder in electronic form by electronic communication; licence plate recognition system means a system installed at a parking station which, using cameras and software, reads and records the licence plate number of a vehicle and allows the vehicle to enter and exit the parking station; mobile app means a software application made available by or on behalf of the local government, or an equivalent process using a web browser, through which a person can pay for parking or otherwise obtain authorisation to park using a mobile device and which provides confirmation of the period during which it is lawful to remain parked in the relevant area; mobile app confirmation means the confirmation provided by a mobile app of the period during which it is lawful to remain parked in a mobile payment zone or parking station; mobile device means a mobile telephone, tablet device, wearable device or other compact electronic telecommunications device; mobile payment zone means— (a) a road or reserve, or part of a road or reserve, that is marked or defined in a way that indicates where a vehicle may be parked on payment of a fee or charge; or (b) a parking facility, (in each case, whether or not also, part of or including another type of fee paying zone) with a sign indicating that a person may, or is required to, pay for or obtain authorisation to park by using a mobile app; on-demand charter passenger service has the meaning given in the Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018; permitted payment means a means of payment of parking fees and charges that the local government, under clause 1.12, permits to be used in respect of the relevant fee paying zone or parking station, as specified by a sign at the fee paying zone or parking station;
15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4053 recreational activity includes— (a) any sport (whether or not the sport is an organised activity); (b) any pursuit or activity engaged in for enjoyment, relaxation or leisure; and (c) any pursuit or activity engaged in for enjoyment, relaxation or leisure at a park where people ordinarily engage in sport or in any pursuit or activity for enjoyment, relaxation or leisure; recreational parking bay means a parking bay located adjacent to a public park and designated by a sign— (a) as being for use with no fee payable for the period specified by the sign; and (b) for vehicles stopped or parked by persons who, throughout the period the vehicle is stopped or parked in the bay, are engaged in a recreational activity in the public park to which the bay is adjacent; Regulations means the Local Government (Functions and General) Regulations 1996; tourism passenger transport service has the meaning given in the Transport (Road Passenger Services) Act 2018; valve stem reading means a method of recording the position of the tyre valves of a vehicle in relation to the kerb or road or other surface on which the vehicle is stopped or parked; (r) delete the definitions of bus way, Schedule, service vehicle, service zone, transit lane and truck lane. 2.2 Clause 1.7 (‘Interpretation’) amended Replace clause 1.7(4) with— (4) A reference to a thoroughfare, parking station, parking facility, metered zone, fee paying zone or reserve includes a reference to any part of the thoroughfare, parking station, parking facility, metered zone, fee paying zone or reserve. 2.3 Clause 1.10 (‘Classes of vehicles’) amended In clause 1.10— (a) add the words ‘(which are not mutually exclusive)’ after the words ‘divided into classes’; (b) replace the words ‘commercial vehicles’ with ‘commercial loading vehicles’ in subclause (b); (c) delete the words ‘; and’ from subclause (h); and (c) add a new subclause (ha) as follows— (ha) electric vehicles; and 2.4 Clause 1.12 (‘Permitted payment’) amended Replace clause 1.12 with— 1.12 Permitted payment The local government may authorise a person, or persons generally, in respect of particular areas, or generally, to pay for parking, in advance or in arrears, by any means other than or in addition to the insertion of money in a ticket issuing machine or parking meter, including by mobile app or other electronic means. 2.5 Clause 2.3 (‘Stopping or parking generally’) amended (a) Replace clause 2.3(1)(d)(i) with— (i) clause 6.3(1)(a), 6.3(1)(b) or 6.10 applies; or (b) In clause 2.3(1)(e), replace the word ‘vehicle’ with ‘vehicle (including, for the purpose of this subclause (e), any trailer (or any caravan which is not capable of self-propulsion) attached to the vehicle)’. (c) Replace clause 2.3(2) with— (2) A person must stop or park a vehicle— (a) in a no stopping area; (b) at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow-edged line; or (c) in an area of a carriageway signed or marked with a keep clear marking. (2A) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a bay marked “M/C” unless— (a) it is a motorcycle; or (b) the person is dropping off, or picking up, passengers. (2B) A person must not stop or park a vehicle— (a) in a bus lane; or (b) in a bicycle lane or on a path, unless the person is driving a public bus or a taxi and is immediately dropping off, or picking up, passengers. (d) After clause 2.3(6), add a new clause 2.3(7) as follows— (7) A person must not stop or park a vehicle other than a bicycle against or within 1 metre of a bicycle parking device.
4054 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023 2.6 Clause 2.8 (‘Loading zone’) amended (a) In clause 2.8(1)(a), replace the words ‘commercial vehicle’ with ‘commercial loading vehicle’. (b) In clause 2.8(1)(b), add the words ‘, other than goods being loaded or unloaded by a person for the purposes of any trade work by that person (alone or with others)’ after the words ‘loading or unloading goods to or from that vehicle’. (c) In clause 2.8(2), delete the words ‘commercial or authorised’. 2.7 Clause 2.15 (‘Event parking’) amended Replace clause 2.15(3) with— (3) A person must not stop or park a vehicle on a reserve or local government property established as a parking facility under subclause (2) during the period for which it is established:— (a) unless a ticket obtained from the local government with respect to the event is displayed inside the vehicle and is clearly visible to, and the details on the ticket regarding the period in which stopping or parking is permitted by that ticket are able to be read by, an authorised person from outside the vehicle at all times in which case the vehicle may be parked in accordance with the sign; or (b) in the case of an area designated by a sign used under subclause (2) for the stopping or parking of vehicles displaying a disability parking permit— (i) a disability parking 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; and (ii) the driver or a passenger in the vehicle is the person entitled to use the displayed disability parking permit, in which case the vehicle may be parked in accordance with the sign. 2.8 Clause 2.16 (‘Removal and impounding of vehicles’) amended (1) In clause 2.16(1), replace the words ‘Local Government (Functions and Regulations) 1996’ with ‘Regulations’. (2) Delete clause 2.16(4). 2.9 Clause 2.18 (‘Parking on local government property’) amended In clause 2.18, add the words ‘and in accordance with a sign applicable to the area’ after the words ‘specifically set aside for that purpose’. 2.10 New clauses 2.19 and 2.20 added After clause 2.18, add new clauses 2.19 and 2.20 as follows— 2.19 Parking in electric vehicle charging bays A person must not stop or park a vehicle in an electric vehicle charging bay unless the vehicle is— (a) an electric vehicle; and (b) connected to the external source of electricity available for that electric vehicle charging bay. 2.20 Parking in recreational parking bays A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a recreational parking bay unless the person, or some or all of the passengers of the vehicle, are engaged in a recreational activity in the public park to which the bay is adjacent throughout the period the vehicle is stopped or parked in that bay. 2.11 Clause 3.5 (‘Obstructions generally’) amended In clause 3.5— (a) replace the word ‘paragraphs’ with ‘subclauses’; (b) delete the words ‘, children’s crossing’ in clause 3.5(3)(f). 2.12 Clause 3.9 (‘Bus stops, pedestrian, children and train crossings’) amended In clause 3.9— (a) in the title delete the word ‘, children’; (b) add the words ‘; or’ at the end of clause 3.9(1)(b); (c) delete clause 3.9(1)(c); and (d) renumber the remaining subclauses in clause 3.9(1). 2.13 Clause 3.11 (‘Pedestrian malls’) amended In clause 3.11— (a) add the words ‘; or’ at the end of subclause (b); (b) replace the words ‘; or’ at the end of subclause (c) with a full stop; and (c) delete subclause (d). 2.14 Clause 3.13 (‘Charter vehicle zones’) amended (a) Replace clause 3.13(2) with— (2) A charter vehicle must not stop or park in a charter vehicle zone except to pick up or drop off passengers.
15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4055 (2A) A charter vehicle must not stop or park in a charter vehicle zone for no more than— (a) 15 minutes—if the charter vehicle has 12 or more seats including the driver; or (b) 5 minutes—if the charter vehicle has less than 12 seats including the driver. (b) In clause 3.13(3)— (1) replace the words ‘subclause (2)(b)’ with ‘subclause (2A)(b)’; and (2) replace the words ‘a charter vehicle’ with ‘the charter vehicle’. 2.15 Clause 4.1 (‘Payment of fees’) amended Replace clause 4.1 with— 4.1 Payment of fees (1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in a fee paying zone unless the appropriate fee as indicated at the time the person stops or parks the vehicle by a sign— (a) on the parking meter referable to the space—in the case of a metered space; (b) on the ticket issuing machine referable to the zone for each parking bay—in the case of a ticket machine zone; (c) at or near to the entry to the parking station—in the case of a fee paying zone where there is a licence plate recognition system; or (d) specifying that the fee paying zone is a mobile payment zone, or as indicated at the time the person stops or parks the vehicle by a mobile app (and if the mobile app indicates a different fee to any sign, then the fee indicated by the mobile app will be the required fee)—in the case of a mobile payment zone, is paid by any form of permitted payment. (2) Subject to the provisions of this Part 4, the payment of the fee referred to in subclause (1) entitles a person to stop or park a vehicle in— (a) a metered space for the period shown on a sign referable to the space; (b) a ticket machine zone for the period shown on the parking ticket; (c) a fee paying zone with a licence plate recognition system for the period shown on a sign referable to the parking station; or (d) a mobile payment zone for the period shown by the mobile app confirmation where payment is made by mobile app, but does not authorise the parking of the vehicle during any time when stopping or parking in that space or zone is prohibited under this local law. 2.16 New clause 4.3A (‘Mobile app’) added After clause 4.3, add a new clause 4.3A as follows— 4.3A Mobile app A person must not operate a mobile app except in accordance with the terms and conditions applying to the use of the mobile app. 2.17 Clause 4.5 (‘Display of parking tickets and parking limits’) amended (1) In clause 4.5(1)— (a) replace the words ‘the purchase of’ with ‘obtaining’; and (b) add the words ‘the details on the ticket regarding the period in which stopping or parking is permitted by that ticket are’ between the words ‘and’ and ‘able’ in subclause (b). (2) In clause 4.5(2), replace the words ‘subclause (3)’ with ‘clause 4.5A’. 2.18 New clause 4.5A (‘Trailers’) created Delete subclause 4.5(3) and after clause 4.5 add a new clause 4.5A as follows— 4.5A Trailers Where a trailer (or a caravan which is not capable of self-propulsion) is attached to a vehicle stopped or parked in a fee paying zone— (a) a parking ticket must be obtained, or payment must otherwise be made, for each occupied parking bay as permitted under this local law; and (b) where applicable to the fee paying zone and means of payment used, each parking ticket must be displayed inside the vehicle in accordance with clauses 4.5(1)(a) and (b). 2.19 Clause 4.6 (‘Reserved fee paying zones’) amended In clause 4.6— (a) delete the words ‘metred space, or’; and (b) add the words ‘or sign designating it as a fee paying zone’ after the words ‘the parking meter or ticket machine’. (c) replace the words ‘ “No Parking”, “Reserved Parking”, “Temporary Bus Stop” ‘ with ‘ “No Stopping”, “Authorised Vehicles Excepted” ‘ in subclause (a).
4056 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023 2.20 Clause 4.8 (‘Use of counterfeit or altered parking tickets’) amended Replace clause 4.8 with— 4.8 Use of altered parking tickets A person must not— (a) park a vehicle in a parking facility which requires a parking ticket and display a parking ticket; or (b) produce to an authorised person, a parking ticket, which an authorised person is satisfied is not a genuine ticket validly obtained under this local law or which an authorised person is satisfied has been altered, obliterated or interfered with. 2.21 Clause 5.1 (‘Restrictions on entering a parking station’) amended In clause 5.1— (a) add the words ‘, or without first obtaining authorization to enter through the use of a mobile app,’ after the words ‘or an entrance ticket or parking ticket’; (b) delete the word ‘or’ at the end of subclause (a); (c) replace the full stop at the end of subclause (b) with the words ‘; or’; and (d) after subclause (b), add a new subclause (c) as follows— (c) the person is granted entry by a licence plate recognition system. 2.22 Clause 5.2 (‘Stopping or parking in a parking station’) amended (a) In clause 5.2(b)— (1) add the words ‘the fee is paid’ after the words ‘into the machine, or’; and (2) delete the word ‘or’ at the end of the clause. (b) In clause 5.2(c)— (1) add the words ‘the fee is paid’ after the words ‘into the machine, or’; and (2) replace the full stop at the end of the clause with ‘; or’. (c) After clause 5.2(c), add new clauses 5.2(d) and 5.2(e) as follows— (d) a parking station with a licence plate recognition system—unless the appropriate fee as indicated by a sign is inserted into a fee collection machine, or the fee is paid by any other form of permitted payment, prior to departure from the licence plate recognition station; or (e) a parking station that allows entry and payment through the use of a mobile app—unless the appropriate fee has been paid in accordance with subclauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) above, if available, or paid through the mobile app and the person complies with the terms and conditions applicable to the use of the mobile app. 2.23 Clause 6.1 (‘Classes and application for parking permit’) amended (a) In clause 6.1(2)(c), add the word ‘be’ at the start of the clause. (b) After clause 6.1(2), add a new clause 6.1(3) as follows— (3) A person must not, in or in connection with any application for a parking permit under subclause (2), provide information or documents that are false or misleading in a material particular. 2.24 Clause 6.3 (‘Exemption for permit holders’) amended (a) In clause 6.3(1)(b), add the words ‘or to pay any fee under this local law’ after the words ‘have a parking ticket’. (b) In clause 6.3(2)(c), add the words ‘(for permits other than e-permits)’ at the start of the clause. 2.25 Clause 6.5 (‘Use of counterfeit or altered parking permit’) amended Replace clause 6.5 with— 6.5 Use of altered parking permit A person must not— (a) use or display in a vehicle; or (b) produce to an authorised person who accepts payment for parking, a parking permit which an authorised person is satisfied is not a genuine permit validly issued under this local law or which an authorised person is satisfied has been altered, obliterated or interfered with. 2.26 Clause 6.6 (‘Revoking a permit’) amended In clause 6.6(1), add the words ‘or if an authorised person is satisfied that, before the parking permit was issued, the permit holder (or a person on their behalf) provided information or documents in or in connection with the application for the permit which were false in a material particular’ after the words ‘class of parking permit’ at the end of the clause. 2.27 Clause 6.7 (‘Removal of a permit from vehicle’) amended In clause 6.7, add the words ‘(other than an e-permit)’ after the words ‘holder of a parking permit’.
15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4057 2.28 Clause 7.11 (‘Interfere with or damage local government property’) amended In clause 7.11, add the words ‘fee paying machine,’ after the words ‘interfere with, damage or obstruct the operation of any’. 2.29 Clause 8.2 (‘Form of notices’) amended Replace clause 8.2 with the following— 8.2 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 1 of the Regulations; (b) the form of the infringement notice referred to in section 9.17 of the Act is that of Form 2 in Schedule 1 of the Regulations; and (c) the form of the infringement withdrawal notice referred to in section 9.20 of the Act is that of Form 3 in Schedule 1 of the Regulations. 2.30 Clause 8.3 (‘Modified penalty’) amended In clause 8.3— (a) replace each reference to ‘Schedule 2’ with ‘the Schedule to this local law’. (b) replace the words ‘that Schedule’ with ‘the Schedule’ in subclause (2). 2.31 Schedule 1 deleted Delete Schedule 1. 2.32 Schedule 2 amended Replace Schedule 2 with the following— Schedule—Modified Penalties [clause 8.3] Item No. Offence Clauses Nature of Offence Modified Penalty 1 2.3(1)(a) Stopping or parking a vehicle of a different class $120 2 2.3(1)(b) Stopping or parking by persons of a different class $120 3 2.3(1)(c) Stopping or parking a vehicle during a prohibited period $200 4 2.3(1)(d) Stopping or parking a vehicle for more than the maximum time specified $60 5 2.3(1)(e) Failure to park or stop wholly within a parking bay or metered space $60 6 2.3(1)(f) Stopping or parking contrary to sign $60 7 2.3(1)(g) Stopping or parking in a parking facility designated as a loading dock $60 8 2.3(2)(a) Stopping or parking in a no stopping area $200 9 2.3(2)(b) Stopping or parking at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edged line $200 10 2.3(2)(c) Stopping or parking in an area of a carriageway signed or marked with a keep clear marking $200 11 2.3(2A) Stopping or parking a vehicle in a bay marked “M/C” $75 12 2.3(2B)(a) Stopping or parking in a bus lane $200 13 2.3(2B)(b) Stopping or parking in a bicycle lane or on a path $200 14 2.3(3) Parking in a no parking area $75
4058 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023 Item No. Offence Clauses Nature of Offence Modified Penalty 15 2.3(4)(a) Failure to stop a motorcycle in a parking bay or metered space marked “M/C” $75 16 2.3(4)(b) Failure to stop a motorcycle in a parking bay or metered space with a sign applying to the bay or space inscribed “M/C” $75 17 2.3(5) Stopping or parking a vehicle in a parking bay or metered space for longer than the maximum period during which a vehicle may stop or be parked in any adjacent parking bay or metered space $60 18 2.3(6) Stopping or parking a vehicle in an area designated by a sign stating “Authorised Vehicles Excepted” without permission $100 19 2.3(7) Stopping or parking a vehicle other than a bicycle against or within 1 metre of a bicycle parking device $100 20 2.4(2) Stopping or parking a vehicle on land without owner or occupier consent $100 21 2.4(3) Stopping or parking on land not in accordance with consent $100 22 2.5(1)(a) Stopping or parking in a no stopping area, in a school zone during a school zone period $225 23 2.5(1)(b) Stopping or parking at the side of a carriageway marked with a continuous yellow edged line, in a school zone during a school zone period $225 24 2.5(1)(c) Stopping or parking on a road verge, in a school zone during a school zone period $100 25 2.5(1)(d) Stopping or parking on a footpath or pedestrian refuge, in a school zone during a school zone period $225 26 2.5(1)(e) Stopping or parking in a parking bay in which another vehicle is stopped or parked, in a school zone during a school zone period $85 27 2.5(1)(f) Double parking in a school zone during a school zone period $225 28 2.5(1)(g) Stopping or parking on or across a driveway in a school zone during a school zone period $225 29 2.5(1)(h)(i) Stopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or within 20 metres of the approach side of a bus embayment or a bus zone, in a school zone during a school zone period $225 30 2.5(1)(h)(ii) Stopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or within 20 metres of the approach side of a pedestrian crossing, in a school zone during a school zone period $225 31 2.5(1)(h)(iii) Stopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or within 20 metres of the approach side of a children’s crossing, in a school zone during a school zone period $225 32 2.5(2) Stopping or parking on a carriageway so that it obstructs or may obstruct a vehicle on a carriageway, in a school zone during a school zone period $225 33 2.6(a) Failure to stop or park a vehicle as near as practicable to and parallel with an adjacent carriageway boundary $60 34 2.6(b) Failure to stop or park a vehicle at approximately right angles to the centre of a carriageway $60 35 2.7 Failure to stop or park at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the centre of a carriageway in an “angle parking” area $60
15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4059 Item No. Offence Clauses Nature of Offence Modified Penalty 36 2.8(1)(a) Stopping or parking in a loading zone without a commercial loading vehicle or authorised vehicle $100 37 2.8(1)(b) Stopping or parking in a loading zone without loading or unloading goods to or from the vehicle $60 38 2.8(2) Stopping or parking a vehicle in a loading zone for longer than the time permitted $60 39 2.9 Stopping or parking on or over any portion of a reserve $100 40 2.10 Stopping or parking in a parking bay or metered space in which another vehicle is stopped or parked $60 41 2.11(4) Failure to stop or park in accordance with terms of permission granted by an authorised person $75 42 2.12 Parking or stopping contrary to the direction of an authorised person $100 43 2.13 Selling, hiring, or giving away goods or erecting an advertisement in a parking facility without written authorisation $200 44 2.14 Removing, damaging, defacing misusing or interfering with any part of a parking facility $200 45 2.15(3)(a) Stopping or parking a vehicle on a reserve or local government property established as a parking facility for an event without a ticket for that event $60 46 2.15(3)(b)(i) Failure to display a disability parking permit in an area for vehicles displaying disability parking permits on a reserve or local government property established as a parking facility for an event. $500 47 2.15(3)(b)(ii) Stopping or parking a vehicle on a reserve or local government property established as a parking facility for an event in an area for vehicles displaying disability parking permits without entitlement to display permit $500 48 2.17 Stopping or parking in an area for authorised vehicles without permission $100 49 2.18 Stopping or parking on or over any portion of local government property. $100 50 2.19(a) Parking or stopping in an electric vehicle charging bay without an electric vehicle $100 51 2.19(b) Stopping or parking in an electric vehicle charging bay without connecting to the external source of electricity available for that electric charging bay $100 52 2.20 Stopping or parking in a recreational parking bay without engaging in a recreational activity in the public park to which the bay is adjacent $100 53 3.1(a) Failure to stop or park on the left of a two-way carriageway $100 54 3.1(b) Failure to stop or park on the boundary of a one-way carriageway $100 55 3.1(c) Stopping or parking when the distance from the farther boundary of a carriageway is less than 3 metres $60 56 3.1(d) Stopping or parking closer than 1.2 metres from another vehicle on a carriageway $60 57 3.1(e) Causing obstruction on a carriageway $200 58 3.2 Stopping or parking on a traffic island or median strip $75
4060 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023 Item No. Offence Clauses Nature of Offence Modified Penalty 59 3.3(1)(a) Stopping or parking a bus, trailer or caravan unattached to a motor vehicle on a verge $75 60 3.3(1)(b) Stopping or parking on a verge during prohibited period $75 61 3.3(2) Stopping or parking on a verge without authorisation of the owner or occupier of the premises adjacent to that verge $75 62 3.4(a) Parking on a road or within a parking station for the purpose of exposing the vehicle for sale $75 63 3.4(b) Parking an unlicensed vehicle on a road or within a parking station $75 64 3.4(c) Parking a trailer or caravan unattached to a motor vehicle on a road or within a parking station $75 65 3.4(d) Parking on a road or within a parking station for the purpose of repairs $75 66 3.5(3)(a) Causing an obstruction on a road $200 67 3.5(3)(b) Obstructing an entrance, exit, carriageway, passage or thoroughfare in a parking facility $200 68 3.5(3)(c) Stopping or parking on an intersection $200 69 3.5(3)(d) Stopping or parking on a carriageway within 20 metres from an intersecting carriageway at an intersection with traffic- control signals $200 70 3.5(3)(e) Stopping or parking on a carriageway within 10 metres of the prolongation of the nearest edge of any intersecting carriageway (without traffic-control signals) intersecting that carriageway on the side on which the vehicle is stopped or parked $200 71 3.5(3)(f) Stopping or parking on or over a footpath, pedestrian crossing or a place for pedestrians $200 72 3.5(3)(g) Stopping or parking alongside or opposite an excavation, work, hoarding, scaffolding or obstruction on a carriageway $100 73 3.5(3)(h) Stopping or parking on a bridge or other elevated structure or within a tunnel or underpass $200 74 3.5(3)(i) Stopping or parking between the boundaries of a carriageway and any double longitudinal line consisting of 2 continuous lines $100 75 3.5(3)(j) Stopping or parking 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 $100 76 3.5(3)(k) Stopping or parking within the head of a cul-de-sac $200 77 3.6(1) Stopping or parking a vehicle on a road between any other stationary vehicle and the centre of the carriageway $200 78 3.7 Stopping or parking on or across a driveway or other way of access for a vehicle travelling to or from land adjacent to a road or thoroughfare $200 79 3.8(a) Stopping or parking within 1 metre of a fire hydrant or fire plug $200 80 3.8(b) Stopping or parking within 3 metres of a public post box $60 81 3.9(1)(a) Stopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or within 20 metres of the approach side of a bus embayment or a bus zone $200
15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4061 Item No. Offence Clauses Nature of Offence Modified Penalty 82 3.9(1)(b) Stopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or within 20 metres of the approach side of a pedestrian crossing $200 83 3.9(1)(c) Stopping or parking within 10 metres of the departure side or within 20 metres of the approach side of the nearest rail of a railway level crossing $200 84 3.9(2)(a) Stopping within 3 metres of the departure side or within 10 metres of the approach side of a pedestrian crossing that is not at an intersection $200 85 3.9(2)(b) Stopping within 3 metres of the departure side or within 10 metres of the approach side of a bicycle crossing, equipped with bicycle crossing lights, that is not at an intersection. $200 86 3.10(1) Moving a vehicle to avoid time limitation on a carriageway $60 87 3.10(2) Moving a vehicle to avoid time limitation in a parking station $60 88 3.11 Stopping or parking in a pedestrian mall $200 89 3.12(1) Stopping or parking in a public bus zone $200 90 3.12(2) Public bus stopping or parking in a bus embayment without actively picking up or setting down passengers $100 91 3.13(1) Stopping or parking in a charter vehicle zone $120 92 3.13(2) Charter vehicle stopping or parking in a charter vehicle zone without picking up or dropping off passengers $100 93 3.13(2A)(a) Charter vehicle with 12 or more seats stopping or parking in a charter vehicle zone for more than 15 minutes $100 94 3.13(2A)(b) Charter vehicle with less than 12 seats stopping or parking in a charter vehicle zone for more than 5 minutes $100 95 3.13(3) Leaving a charter vehicle unattended in the charter vehicle zone $100 96 3.14(1) Stopping a vehicle in a taxi zone $120 97 3.14(2) Leaving a taxi unattended in a taxi zone $100 98 3.15(8) Stopping or parking in a work zone $100 99 3.16(a) Failure to stop at a place on a length of a carriageway, or in a permitted area, in a shared zone $100 100 3.16(b) Failure to stop in a permitted parking bay in a shared zone $100 101 3.16(c) Stopping or parking in a shared zone without dropping off, or picking up, passengers or goods $60 102 3.16(d) Stopping or parking in a shared zone without engaging in door- to-door delivery or collection of goods, or in the collection of waste $60 103 3.17(1)(a) Parking heavy or long vehicles on a carriageway in a built-up area for over an hour $60 104 3.17(1)(b) Parking heavy or long vehicles on a carriageway outside a built-up area $60 105 4.1(1)(a) Stopping or parking in a fee paying zone without paying the fee indicated by a sign on the parking meter $60 106 4.1(1)(b) Stopping or parking in a fee paying zone without paying the fee indicated by a sign on the ticket issuing machine $60 107 4.1(1)(c) Stopping or parking in a fee paying zone without paying the fee indicated by a sign at or near the entry to the parking station $60
4062 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 December 2023 Item No. Offence Clauses Nature of Offence Modified Penalty 108 4.1(1)(d) Stopping or parking in a fee paying zone without paying the fee indicated by a sign specifying that the fee paying zone is a mobile payment zone $60 109 4.2 Failure to pay fee in accordance with instructions on the fee paying machine $100 110 4.3 Failure to operate a fee paying machine in accordance with the operating instruction on the fee paying machine $100 111 4.3A Failure to operate a mobile app in accordance with the terms and conditions $100 112 4.4(a) Leaving a vehicle stopped or parked in a metered space when the parking meter exhibits the sign ‘Expired’, a negative time or a series of red flashing lights $60 113 4.4(b) Leaving a vehicle stopped or parked in a metered space for longer than the maximum period that stopping or parking is permitted $60 114 4.5(1)(a) Failure to display unexpired parking ticket inside the vehicle $60 115 4.5(1)(b) Parking ticket not clearly visible to authorised person $60 116 4.6 Leaving a vehicle stopped or parked in a reserved fee paying zone $100 117 4.7(1)(a) Stopping or parking in a fee paying zone during a period when stopping or parking is not permitted $60 118 4.7(1)(b) Stopping or parking in a fee paying zone for longer than the maximum period permitted $60 119 4.8(a) Displaying an ingenuine or altered ticket $500 120 4.8(b) Producing an ingenuine or altered ticket to an authorised person $500 121 5.1 Entering a parking station without authorisation or a ticket $100 122 5.2(a) Stopping or parking in an attended parking station without paying the fee $100 123 5.2(b) Stopping or parking in a parking station with a ticket issuing machine without paying the fee $60 124 5.2(c) Stopping or parking in a parking station with a fee collection machine without paying the fee $60 125 5.2(d) Stopping or parking in a parking station with licence plate recognition without paying the fee $60 126 5.2(e) Stopping or parking in a parking station that allows entry and payment through the use of a mobile app without paying the fee $60 127 5.4(1)(a) Removing vehicle from a parking station without paying fee $200 128 5.4(2) Failure to pay fee issued by the local government within 3 working days $100 129 5.5 Stopping or parking in a parking station for longer than the maximum period permitted $60 130 5.6 Entering or exiting a parking facility other than through an authorised entry or exit $100 131 5.7(2) Stopping or parking in a parking station set aside for vehicles with multiple occupants $60 132 5.7(3) Entering a parking station set aside for vehicles with multiple occupants $60
15 December 2023 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4063 Item No. Offence Clauses Nature of Offence Modified Penalty 133 5.9(1) Remaining in a parking station after having been required to leave by a police officer or authorised person $100 134 5.9(2) Loitering in a parking station $100 135 5.10 Driving past a low clearance sign in a vehicle higher than the height indicated by the sign $200 136 6.1(3) Proving false or misleading material in or in connection with an application for a parking permit $500 137 6.5(a) Using or displaying an ingenuine or altered parking permit $500 138 6.5(b) Producing an ingenuine or altered parking permit to an authorised person $500 139 6.7 Failure to remove revoked parking permit $60 140 6.10(2)(a) Failure to clearly display written permit issued by local government $100 141 6.10(2)(b) Stopping or parking in a parking facility with an invalid permit $100 142 6.10(2)(c) Stopping or parking in a parking facility with a permit specifying a person’s or vehicle’s class other than that permitted $100 143 7.4 Impersonating or assuming the functions of an authorised person $100 144 7.5 Obstructing an authorised person $100 145 7.6 Removing a notice put on a vehicle by an authorised person $100 146 7.7(a) Displaying an unauthorised sign resembling a sign displayed by the local government under this local law $100 147 7.7(b) Removing, defacing or misusing a sign or property set up by the local government under this local law $100 148 7.7(c) Affixing a board, sign placard, notice, cover or other thing to, or painting or writing on any part of a sign or fee paying machine $100 149 7.8(2) Removing a mark made by an authorised person $100 150 7.11 Interfering, damaging or obstructing the operation of an electronic parking detection device or instrument in a parking station, carriageway or other place $500 151 Other offences not specified above. $60 2.33 Schedule 3 deleted Delete Schedule 3. Dated this 6th day of December 2023. The Common Seal of the City of Perth was affixed by authority of a a resolution of the Council in the presence of— BASIL ZEMPILAS, Lord Mayor. MICHELLE REYNOLDS, Chief Executive Officer. ———————————