3076GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 July 2021

3076 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 15 July 2021 commercial vehicle means a motor vehicle constructed for the conveyance of goods or merchandise, or for the conveyance of materials used in any trade, business, industry or work whatsoever, other than a motor vehicle for the conveyance of passengers, and includes any motor vehicle that is designed primarily for the carriage of persons, but which has been fitted or adapted for the conveyance of the goods, merchandise or materials referred to, and is in fact being used for that purpose; disability parking permit has the meaning given to it in the Local Government (Parking for People with Disabilities) Regulations 2014; driver means any person driving or in control of a vehicle; edge line for a carriageway means a line marked along the carriageway at or near the far left or the far right of the carriageway; emergency vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code; footpath has the meaning given to it by the Code; GVM (which stands for gross vehicle mass) has the meaning given to it by the Code; loading zone means a parking stall which is set aside for use by commercial vehicles if there is a sign referable to that stall marked loading zone; mail zone has the meaning given to it by the Code; median strip has the meaning given to it by the Code; metered space means a section or part of a metered zone that is adjacent to a parking meter and that is marked or defined by painted lines or by metallic studs or similar devices for the purpose of indicating where a vehicle may be parked on payment of a fee or charge; metered zone means any thoroughfare or reserve, or part of any thoroughfare or reserve, in which parking meters regulate the parking of vehicles; motorcycle has the meaning given to it by the Code; motor vehicle means a self-propelled vehicle that is not operated on rails; and the expression includes a trailer, semi-trailer or caravan while attached to a motor vehicle, but does not include a power assisted pedal cycle; nature strip has the meaning given to it by the Code; no parking area has the meaning given to it by the Code; no parking sign means a sign with the words no parking in red letters on a white background, or the letter P within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a white background; no stopping area has the meaning given to it by the Code; no stopping sign means a sign with the words no stopping or no standing in red letters on a white background or the letter S within a red annulus and a red diagonal line across it on a white background; obstructing means causing or allowing a motor vehicle, trailer, or other object to stand on a road in such a way that it is likely to impede other road users; occupier has the meaning given to it by the Act; owner— (a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1974, means the person in whose name the vehicle has been registered under that Act; (b) where used in relation to any other vehicle, means the person who owns, or is entitled to possession of that vehicle; and (c) where used in relation to land, has the meaning given to it by the Act; painted island has the meaning given to it by the Code; park has the meaning given to it by the Code; parking area has the meaning given to it by the Code; parking control sign has the same meaning given it by the Code; parking facility includes land, buildings, shelters, metered zones, metered spaces, parking stalls and other facilities open to the public generally for the parking of vehicles with or without charge and signs, notices and facilities used in connection with the parking of vehicles; parking meter includes the stand on which the meter is erected and a ticket issuing machine; parking region means the whole of the district except— (a) the approach and departure prohibition areas of all existing and future traffic control signal installations as determined by the Commissioner of Main Roads; (b) prohibition areas applicable to all existing and future bridges and subways as determined by the Commissioner of Main Roads; and (c) 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 Shire;