CITY OF PERTH
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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,
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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;
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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.
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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.
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(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).
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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’.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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