1530GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 April 2021

1530 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 April 2021 (7) A permit issued for the purpose of subclause (1) may be either— (a) A Permit issued for a period not exceeding one year and expiring on 31 December in the year of issue; or (b) A temporary permit, issued for a period not exceeding 3 months from the date of issue. (8) Every permit issued for the purpose of subclause (1) is to specify— (a) A permit number; and (b) The registration number of the vehicle linked to the permit; (c) The name of the thoroughfare to which the exemption granted by clause 7.2 applies; and (d) The date on which it expires. 7.2 Condition of exemption for residential parking permits Where parking of a vehicle on any part of a thoroughfare within the district is prohibited for more than a specified time, or without an unexpired parking ticket being displayed within the vehicle, the holder of a permit issued under clause 7.1 is exempted from such prohibitions if— (a) The vehicle is parked on a thoroughfare specified in the permit, but not adjacent to retail premises where parking of all vehicles is subject to time restriction; (b) The permit is affixed to the windscreen of the vehicle in a prominent position; (c) The period in respect to the permit was issued has expired; and (d) If the holder of the permit at the time of parking the vehicle still resides at the lot in respect of which the permit was issued. 7.3 Removal and cancellation of residential parking permit (a) The holder of a permit issued subject to clause 7.1 and who changes place of residence or vehicle shall advise the local government and remove the permit from the vehicle to which it is affixed. (b) The permit shall be deemed to be cancelled on and from the date the holder changes residence or vehicle. PART 8—MISCELLANEOUS 8.1 Removal of notices on vehicle A person, other than the driver of the vehicle or a person acting under the direction of the driver of the vehicle, shall not remove from the vehicle any notice put on the vehicle by an authorised person. 8.2 Unauthorised signs and defacing of signs A person shall not without the authority of the local government— (a) mark, set up or exhibit a sign purporting to be or resembling a sign marked, set up or exhibited by the local government under this local law; (b) remove, deface or misuse a sign or property, set up or exhibited by the local government under this local law or attempt to do any such act; or (c) affix a board, sign, placard, notice or other thing to or paint or write upon any part of a sign set up or exhibited by the local government under this local law. 8.3 Signs must be complied with An inscription or symbol on a sign operates and has effect according to its tenor and a person contravening the direction on a sign commits an offence under this local law. 8.4 General provisions about signs (1) A sign marked, erected, set up, established or displayed on or near a thoroughfare is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary presumed to be a sign marked, erected, set up, established or displayed under the authority of this local law. (2) The first three letters of any day of the week when used on a sign indicate that day of the week. 8.5 Special purpose and emergency vehicles Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this local law, the driver of— (a) a special purpose vehicle may, only in the course of his or her duties and when it is expedient and safe to do so, stop, or park the vehicle in any place, at any time; and (b) an emergency vehicle may, in the course of his or her duties and when it is expedient and safe to do so or where he or she honestly and reasonably believes that it is expedient and safe to do so, stop, or park the vehicle at any place, at any time. 8.6 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place (1) A person shall not leave a vehicle, or any part of a vehicle, in a public place so that it obstructs the use of any part of that public place without the permission of the local government or unless authorised under any written law. (2) A person will not contravene subclause (1) where the vehicle is left for a period not exceeding 24 hours.