105Improper operation of parking meters and voucher machines

105 Improper operation of parking meters and voucher machines

*[Section 105 Amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]*A person who –

(a) operates a parking meter or voucher machine otherwise than in accordance with the instructions (if any) affixed to, or appearing on, the meter or machine;

(b) [Section 105 Amended by No. 28 of 2019, s. 9, Applied:02 Oct 2019] inserts, or causes to be inserted, in a parking meter or voucher machine anything other than a coin, note or card issued by an authorised deposit-taking institution or other means of payment specified on the meter or machine;

(c) [Section 105 Amended by No. 28 of 2019, s. 9, Applied:02 Oct 2019] operates, or causes to be operated, a parking meter or voucher machine otherwise than by a coin, note or card issued by an authorised deposit-taking institution or by any other means of payment specified on the meter or machine;

(d) inserts, or causes to be inserted, a bent or damaged coin in a parking meter or voucher machine;

(e) [Section 105 Amended by No. 28 of 2019, s. 9, Applied:02 Oct 2019] except with the authority of the corporation or the Minister for State Highways, damages, defaces, paints, writes on, obscures, or otherwise interferes with a parking meter, device for covering a parking meter, or voucher machine; or

(f) [Section 105 Amended by No. 28 of 2019, s. 9, Applied:02 Oct 2019] except with the authority of the corporation or the Minister for State Highways, attaches or affixes anything to, places anything on, or stands anything against a parking meter, device for covering a parking meter, or voucher machine–

is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 1 penalty unit.