4760GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 12 December 2018

4760 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 12 December 2018 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”; local government means the Shire of Dowerin; mail zone has the meaning given to it by the Code; median strip has the meaning given to it by the Code; 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; 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; 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, means the person in whose name the vehicle has been registered under that Road Traffic 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; park, in relation to a vehicle, means to permit a vehicle, whether attended or not by any person, to remain stationary except for the purpose of— (a) avoiding conflict with other traffic; or (b) complying with the provisions of any law; or (c) taking up or setting down persons or goods (maximum of 2 minutes); parking area has the meaning given to it by the Code; parking facilities includes land, buildings, shelters, parking stalls and other facilities open to the public generally for the parking of vehicles and signs, notices and facilities used in connection with the parking of vehicles; parking region means the area described in Schedule 1; parking stall means a section or part of a thoroughfare or of a parking station which is marked or defined by painted lines, metallic studs, coloured bricks or pavers or similar devices for the purpose of indicating where a vehicle may be parked; parking station means any land, or structure provided for the purpose of accommodating vehicles; pedestrian crossing has the meaning given to it by the Code; public place means any place to which the public has access whether or not that place is on private property; reserve means any land— Act 1997; or (c) which is an “otherwise unvested facility” within section 3.53 of the Act; Road Traffic Act means the Road Traffic Act 1974; Schedule means a Schedule to this local law; shared zone has the meaning given to it by the Code; sign includes a traffic sign, inscription, road marking, mark, structure or device approved by the local government on which may be shown words, numbers, expressions or symbols, and which is placed on or near a thoroughfare or within a parking station or reserve for the purpose of prohibiting, regulating, guiding, directing or restricting the parking of vehicles; special purpose vehicle has the meaning given to it by the Code; stop in relation to a vehicle means to stop a vehicle and permit it to remain stationary, except for the purposes of avoiding conflict with other traffic or of complying with the provisions of any law;