Parking Local Law 2020
192GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 14 January 2021
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192 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 14 January 2021 (b) destroy, damage, deface, remove or interfere with any local government property; or (c) play or participate in any game or sport so as to cause danger to any person or thing or impede the movement of vehicles or persons on local government property; or (d) enter local government property which has been fenced off or closed to the public by a sign or otherwise; or (e) cause any obstruction to a vehicle or a person using local government property; or (f) alter, obstruct, or interfere with, any watercourse, drain, tunnel, or bridge that is local government property; or (g) hoist anything over local government property; or (h) advertise anything by any means on local government property; or (i) teach, coach or train, for profit, on local government property; or (j) conduct a function on local government property; or (k) charge any person for entry onto local government property; or (l) light a fire or burn anything on local government property except in a facility provided for that purpose; or (m) parachute, hang glide, abseil or base jump from or on to local government property; or (n) make any excavation on or erect or remove any fence on local government property; or (o) play or practice golf on local government property except on a reserve set aside for the purpose of playing golf. (2) The local government may exempt a person from compliance with subclause (1) on the written application by that person. 3.3 Notice to remove anything unlawfully placed on local government property Where anything is placed on local government property in contravention of this local law, the local government may give written notice to the person responsible for the thing being so placed, requiring that person to remove the thing from the local government property. 3.4 Liability for damage to local government property (1) Where a person damages local government property, the local government may by notice in writing to that person require that person within the time stipulated in the notice to pay the costs, at the option of the local government, of either— (a) reinstating the property to the state it was in prior to the occurrence of the damage; or (b) replacing that property. (2) Unless there is evidence establishing on the balance of probabilities to the contrary, a person (hereafter referred to as the accused person) is to be taken to have damaged local government property within subclause (1)— (a) in a case where a vehicle or a boat caused the damage, the accused person is the person responsible, at the time the damage occurred, for the control of the vehicle or boat; or (b) in a case where the damage occurred when an approval, permit or permission was in force, authorising a person to occupy or use the local government property, the accused person is the person who was granted the approval, permit or permission. (3) On a failure to comply with the notice issued under subclause (1), the local government may recover the costs referred to in the notice in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the local government. 3.5 Intoxicated persons not to enter local government property A person must not enter or remain on local government property while intoxicated. 3.6 No possession or consumption of liquor or prohibited drug (1) A person must not consume or have possession of or be in control of any liquor or prohibited drug, on local government property, unless— (a) permitted under the Liquor Control Act 1988 or under another written law; or (b) in accordance with a permit. (2) Subclause (1) does not apply where the liquor is in a sealed and unopened container. 3.7 Permission required to camp outside a facility facility has the same meaning as is given to it in section 5(1) of the Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act 1995. (2) This clause does not apply to a facility operated by the local government. (3) A person must not without the permission of the local government— (a) camp on, lodge at or occupy any structure or vehicle at night for the purpose of sleeping on local government property; or (b) erect any tent, camp, hut or similar structure on local government property other than a beach shade or windbreak erected for use during the hours of daylight and which is dismantled during those hours on the same day.