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Local Government (Highways) Act 1982
96Hours of operation of controlled parking
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### 96 Hours of operation of controlled parking
> > (1) [*\[Section 96 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 28 of 2019, s. 6, Applied:02 Oct 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-10-02/act-2019-028#GS6@Hpa@EN) Subject to this section, controlled parking operates in respect of –
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> > > > (a) local highways within a municipality only during such hours and days as the corporation may, by public notice, prescribe in respect of those local highways; and
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> > > > (b) State highways within a municipality only during such hours and days as the Minister for State Highways may, by public notice, prescribe in respect of those State highways.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 96 Subsection (2) omitted by No. 50 of 2002, s. 4, Applied:01 Dec 2002\]*](/view/html/inforce/2002-12-01/act-2002-050#GS4@EN) [*\[Section 96 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 28 of 2019, s. 6, Applied:02 Oct 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-10-02/act-2019-028#GS6@Hpa@EN) If –
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> > > > (a) a corporation or the Minister for State Highways prescribes hours of operation of controlled parking in respect of a highway in accordance with [subsection (1)](#GS96@Gs1@EN) ; and
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> > > > (b) that highway changes from a local highway to a State highway, or vice versa –
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> > those hours of operation continue to apply until different hours of operation are prescribed in respect of that highway in accordance with subsection (1).
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> > (3) [*\[Section 96 Subsection (3) amended by No. 28 of 2019, s. 6, Applied:02 Oct 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-10-02/act-2019-028#GS6@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 96 Subsection (3) amended by No. 82 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:13 Dec 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-12-13/act-2000-082#JS1@Ja10@GC3@Hpa@EN) On a day or part of a day that is a statutory holiday for a city or town, controlled parking operates, but operates only at such places in the city or town during such hours as are prescribed by public notice in relation to that day or part of a day.
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> > (4) [*\[Section 96 Subsection (4) amended by No. 28 of 2019, s. 6, Applied:02 Oct 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-10-02/act-2019-028#GS6@Hpc@EN) No hours shall be prescribed under [subsection (3)](#GS96@Gs3@EN) in respect of places in a city or town unless the corporation or the Minister for State Highways is satisfied that most of the shops in that city or town will be open during those hours.
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> > (5) [*\[Section 96 Subsection (5) substituted by No. 82 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:13 Dec 2000\]*](/view/html/inforce/2000-12-13/act-2000-082#JS1@Ja10@GC3@Hpb@EN) A notice under [subsection (3)](#GS96@Gs3@EN) may –
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> > > > (a) apply only to a particular statutory holiday; and
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> > > > (b) make different provisions with respect to different statutory holidays.