Part 7PARKING STATIONS

PART 7—PARKING STATIONS 7.1 Fees in ticket machine zones (1) A person must not enter a parking station without first obtaining the authorisation of an authorised person if one is on duty or an entrance ticket or a parking ticket unless that person is— (a) employed at the parking station and is in the course of his or her duties; or (b) a police officer and is in the course of his or her duties; or (c) the driver of or a passenger in a vehicle stopping or parked in that station. 7.2 Stopping or parking in a parking station (1) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in— (a) an attended parking station, unless the appropriate fee as indicated by a sign is paid when demanded; or (b) a parking station with a ticket issuing machine, unless the appropriate fee as indicated by a sign on the ticket issuing machine is inserted into the machine and the person complies with the relevant provisions of Part 6 of this local law; or (c) a parking station with a fee collection machine, unless the appropriate fee as indicated by a sign is inserted into the machine and the ticket is validated immediately prior to departure. 7.3 No entrance ticket Where no entrance ticket is produced by the driver of a vehicle which is being removed from a parking station, the appropriate fee is to be calculated as if the vehicle had entered the parking station when it opened for operation on the day the vehicle was parked in the parking station. 7.4 Removal of vehicles (1) A person must not remove a vehicle which has been stopping or parked in a parking station until— (a) that person or another person has paid the appropriate fee for the period for which the vehicle has been stopping or parked; or (b) the local government has issued a notice stating the fee and that the stated fee must be paid within the time specified in the notice. (2) A person who receives a notice under subclause (1)(b) must pay the fee within 3 working days from the time of issue of the notice. 7.5 Maximum parking period in parking stations Where the stopping or parking of vehicles in a parking station is permitted for a limited time, a person must not stop or park a vehicle for a period exceeding the maximum time permitted, unless the vehicle has first been removed from that parking station for at least 1 hour. 7.6 Parking restrictions for vehicles with multiple occupants (1) The Council in respect of any local government parking station and in respect of any period or time may, by the use of a sign, set aside any parking station where entry is prohibited by vehicles other than vehicles carrying in addition to the driver at least one other person. (2) A person must not stop or park a vehicle in any parking station which has been set aside under subclause (1) at the times or within the period specified under subclause (1) unless the vehicle is carrying at least one other person. (3) A person must not enter any parking station which has been set aside under subclause (1) at the times or within the period specified under subclause (1) unless that person is the driver of or passenger in a vehicle carrying at least one other person. (4) The fee payable, and the manner of payment, for the parking of a vehicle in any parking station which has been set aside under subclause (1) and the manner of payment may be determined by Council from time to time in accordance with the Act.