1532GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 6 June 2023

1532 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 6 June 2023 (d) subject to clause 9.2(4), allow the animal to defecate on local government property or in a public place. (3) An owner of a horse must not lead, ride or drive the horse on a thoroughfare in a built-up area, unless the person does so under a permit or under the authority of a written law. (4) An owner of an animal does not commit an offence if the defecation is immediately removed. 9.3 Removal of animals An authorised person may impound an animal left on or in local government property or a public place contrary to clause 9.1. Division 2—Vehicles 9.4 Leaving a vehicle in a public place 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, unless that person has first obtained a permit from the local government or is authorised to do so under a written law. PART 10—ROADSIDE CONSERVATION Division 1—Preliminary 10.1 Interpretations In this Part— MRWA means Main Roads Western Australia; protected flora has the meaning given to it in the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016; rare flora has the meaning given to it in the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016; Roadside Conservation Committee means the Roadside Conservation Committee appointed by the Minister for Environment; and special environmental area means an area designated as such under clause 10.7. 10.2 Application This Part does not apply to any townsite within the district. Division 2—Flora roads 10.3 Declaration of flora road The local government may declare a thoroughfare which has, in the opinion of the local government, high quality roadside vegetation to be a flora road. 10.4 Construction works on flora roads Construction and maintenance work carried out by the local government on a flora road is to be in accordance with the Code of Practice for Roadside Conservation and Road Maintenance prepared by the Roadside Conservation Committee. 10.5 Signposting of flora roads The local government may signpost flora roads with the standard MRWA 'flora road' sign. 10.6 Driving only on carriageway of flora roads (1) A person driving or riding a vehicle on a flora road shall only drive or ride the vehicle on the carriageway. (2) Subclause (1) does not apply where— (a) conditions on the thoroughfare do not reasonably permit a vehicle to remain on the carriageway; (b) there is no carriageway; or (c) an exemption from the application of subclause (1) has been obtained from the local government. Division 3—Special environmental areas 10.7 Designation of special environmental areas The local government may designate a thoroughfare, or any part of a thoroughfare, as a special environmental area which— (a) has protected flora or rare flora; or (b) in the opinion of the local government, has environmental, aesthetic or cultural significance. 10.8 Marking of special environmental areas The local government is to mark and keep a register of each thoroughfare, or part of a thoroughfare, designated as a special environmental area. Division 4—Planting in thoroughfares 10.9 Permit to plant A person shall not plant any plant or sow any seeds in a thoroughfare without first obtaining a permit.