1526GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 April 2021

1526 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 22 April 2021 (j) within 3 metres of a public letter pillar box, unless the vehicle is being used for the purposes of collecting postal articles from the pillar box; or (k) within 10 metres of the nearer property line of any thoroughfare intersecting the thoroughfare on the side on which the vehicle is parked, unless a sign or markings on the carriageway indicate otherwise. (3) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 10 metres of the departure side of— (a) a sign inscribed with the words ‘Bus Stop’ or ‘Hail Bus Here’ (or with equivalent symbols depicting these purposes) unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down passengers; or (b) a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing. (4) A person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 20 metres of the approach side of— (a) a sign inscribed with the words ‘Bus Stop’ or ‘Hail Bus Here’ (or with equivalent symbols depicting these purposes) unless the vehicle is a bus stopped to take up or set down passengers; (b) a children’s crossing or pedestrian crossing. 3.6 Authorised person may order vehicle on thoroughfare to be moved The driver of a vehicle shall not park that vehicle on any part of a thoroughfare in contravention of this local law after an authorised person has directed the driver to move it. 3.7 Authorised person may mark tyres (1) An authorised person may mark the tyres of a vehicle parked in a parking facility with chalk or any other non-indelible substance for a purpose connected with or arising out of his or her duties or powers. (2) A person shall not remove a mark made by an authorised person so that the purpose of the affixing of such a mark is defeated or likely to be defeated. 3.8 No movement of vehicles to avoid time limitation (1) Where the parking of vehicles in a parking facility is permitted for a limited time, a person shall not move a vehicle within the parking facility so that the total time of parking exceeds the maximum time allowed for parking in the parking facility. (2) Where the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is permitted for a limited time, a person shall not move a vehicle along that thoroughfare so that the total time of parking exceeds the maximum time permitted, unless the vehicle has first been removed from the thoroughfare for at least 2 hours. 3.9 No parking of vehicles exposed for sale and in other circumstances A person shall not park a vehicle on any portion of a thoroughfare— (a) for the purpose of exposing it for sale; (b) if that vehicle is not licensed under the Road Traffic Act; (c) if that vehicle is a trailer or a caravan unattached to a motor vehicle; or (d) for the purpose of effecting repairs to it, other than the minimum repairs necessary to enable the vehicle to be moved to a place other than a thoroughfare. 3.10 Parking on private land (1) In this clause a reference to ‘land’ does not include land— Act 1997; (c) which is an ‘otherwise unvested facility’ within section 3.53 of the Act; or (d) which is the subject of an agreement referred to in clause 1.5(2). (2) A person shall not park a vehicle on land without the consent of the owner or occupier of the land on which the vehicle is parked. (3) Where the owner or occupier of the land, by a sign referable to that land or otherwise, consents to the parking of vehicles of a specified class or classes on the land for a limited period, a person shall not park a vehicle on the land otherwise than in accordance with the consent. 3.11 Parking on reserves No person other than an employee of the local government in the course of his or her duties or a person authorised by the local government shall drive or park a vehicle upon or over any portion of a reserve other than upon an area specifically set aside for that purpose. 3.12 Suspension of parking limitations for urgent, essential or official duties (1) Where by a sign the parking of vehicles is permitted for a limited time on a portion of a thoroughfare or parking facility, the local government, the CEO or an authorised person may, subject to the Code, permit a person to park a vehicle in that portion of the thoroughfare or parking facility for longer than the permitted time in order that the person may carry out urgent, essential or official duties.