14GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 January 2021

14 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 January 2021 7.4 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 3 letters of any day of the week when used on a sign indicate that day of the week. 7.5 Special purpose and emergency vehicles Despite anything to the contrary in this local law— (a) the driver of 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) the driver of 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. 7.6 Vehicles not to obstruct a public place (1) A person must 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 CEO or an authorised person, or unless authorised under any written law. (2) A person does not contravene subclause (1) if the vehicle is left for a period not exceeding 24 hours. PART 8—ENFORCEMENT 8.1 Legal proceedings Evidentiary provisions relating to offences involving vehicles are contained in Division 2 of Part 9 of the Act. 8.2 Offences and penalties (1) A person who breaches a provision of this local law commits an offence. (2) An offence against any provision of this local law is a prescribed offence for the purposes of section 9.16(1) of the Act. (3) A person who commits an offence under this local law is to be liable, on conviction, to a penalty not exceeding $5,000 and, if the offence is of a continuing nature, to an additional penalty not exceeding $500 for each day or part of a day during which the offence has continued. (4) The amount appearing in the final column of Schedule 2 directly opposite a clause specified in that Schedule is the modified penalty for an offence against that clause. ———— PARKING REGION [Clause 1.6] The parking region is the whole of the district, but excludes the following portions of the district—

1. the approach and departure prohibition areas of all existing and future traffic control signal installations as determined by the Commissioner of Main Roads;
2. prohibition areas applicable to all existing and future bridges and subways as determined by the Commissioner of Main Roads; and
3. any road which comes under the control of the Commissioner of Main Roads unless the control of parking and parking facilities on that road is carried out subject to the control and direction of the Commissioner of Main Roads or has been delegated by the Commissioner to the local government. ———— PARKING LOCAL LAW [Clause 8.2] Item 1 2.2 Failure to park wholly within parking stall 60 2 2.2(4) Failure to park wholly within parking area 60 3 2.3(1)(a) Causing obstruction in parking station 60 4 2.3(1)(b) Parking contrary to sign in parking station 60 5 2.3(1)(c) Parking contrary to directions of authorised person 60