General Amendment Local Law 2016
1688GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 March 2017
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1688 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 March 2017 4.4 Shopping trolley to be marked A retailer shall clearly mark its name or its trading name on any shopping trolley made available for the use of customers. 4.5 Person not to leave trolley in public place A person shall not leave a shopping trolley in a public place other than in an area set aside for the storage of shopping trolleys. 4.6 Retailer to remove abandoned trolley (1) If a shopping trolley is found in a public place, other than in an area set aside for the storage of shopping trolleys, the local government may advise (verbally or in writing) a retailer whose name is marked on the trolley of the location of the shopping trolley. (2) A retailer shall remove a shopping trolley within 24 hours of being so advised under subclause (1), unless the retailer— (a) requests the local government to collect and deliver the shopping trolley to the retailer; and (b) pays any fee for that collection and delivery (imposed and determined under and in accordance with sections 6.16 to 6.19 of the Act) within the period specified by the local 4.7 Retailer taken to own trolley In the absence of any proof to the contrary, a shopping trolley is to be taken to belong to a retailer whose name is marked on the trolley. PART 5—ROADSIDE CONSERVATION In this Part— MRWA means Main Roads Western Australia; protected flora has the meaning given to it in section 6(1) of the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950; rare flora has the meaning given to it in section 23F of the Wildlife Conservation Act 1950; Roadside Conservation Committee means the Roadside Conservation Committee appointed by the Minister for Environment; special environmental area means an area designated as such under clause 5.7. 5.2 Application This Part does not apply to a townsite. Division 2—Flora roads 5.3 Declaration of flora road The local government may declare a thoroughfare which has, in the opinion of the local government, high quality roadside vegetation to be a flora road. 5.4 Construction works on flora roads Construction and maintenance work carried out by the local government on a flora road is to be in accordance with the ‘Handbook of Environmental Practice for Road Construction and Road Maintenance Works’ prepared by the Roadside Conservation Committee. 5.5 Signposting of flora roads The local government may signpost flora roads with the standard MRWA ‘flora road’ sign. 5.6 Driving only on carriageway of flora roads (1) A person driving or riding a vehicle on a flora road shall only drive or ride the vehicle on the carriageway. (2) Subclause (1) does not apply where— (a) conditions on the thoroughfare do not reasonably permit a vehicle to remain on the carriageway; (b) there is no carriageway; or (c) an exemption from the application of subclause (1) has been obtained from the local Division 3—Special environmental areas 5.7 Designation of special environmental areas The local government may designate a thoroughfare, or any part of a thoroughfare, as a special environmental area which— (a) has protected flora or rare flora; or (b) in the opinion of the local government, has environmental, aesthetic or cultural significance.