3840GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 October 2019

3840 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 29 October 2019 2.5 Parking in a ticket parking zone or ticket parking area A person must not park a vehicle, except a motorcycle in a motorcycle bay, in a parking zone, parking area or parking station which is equipped with a parking ticket machine without— (a) purchasing or obtaining a ticket, from the ticket machine for that area, which remains valid for the period the vehicle is parked; and (b) displaying the ticket inside the vehicle in a prominent position, in such a manner as to be clearly visible from the front of the vehicle at all times while that vehicle remains parked in that ticket parking zone, ticket parking area or parking station. (c) If a parking ticket machine allows for number plate recognition, a person must purchase a ticket for a motorcycle. 2.6 Methods of payment (1) The local government may introduce and apply methods of payment for parking fees which may include but not be limited to payment by— (a) Australian currency including coins and or bank notes; (b) credit or debit card; (c) payment by telephone; or (d) any other approved method of payment. (2) The local government may introduce various paid parking processes which may include but not be limited to the following— (a) ticket parking; (b) pay by vehicle registration number; or (c) pay by parking bay. 2.7 Reserved fee paying zones Unless authorised by the local government a person must not leave or permit a vehicle to remain stopped or parked in a fee paying space or zone if the parking meter or ticket issuing machine is hooded with a cover bearing the words No Parking, Reserved Parking, Temporary Bus Stop, No Stopping, Tow Away Zone or with an equivalent symbol, depicting one of these purposes or any other words or symbols that indicate parking is not permitted within the space or zone including temporary signage. 2.8 Use of counterfeit or altered parking tickets A person must not— (a) park a vehicle in a parking facility which requires a parking ticket, if there is displayed in that vehicle so as to be visible from outside the vehicle, a parking ticket which has been counterfeited, altered, obliterated or interfered with; or (b) produce to an Authorised Person who accepts payment for parking, a parking ticket which has been counterfeited, altered, obliterated or interfered with. PART 3—PARKING GENERALLY 3.1 Restrictions on parking in particular areas (1) A person must not park a vehicle in a parking station or part of a parking station or parking area— (a) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking of vehicles of a different class; (b) if by a sign it is set apart for the parking of vehicles by persons displaying a valid parking permit; or (c) during any period when the parking of vehicles is prohibited by a sign, but does not include a clearway. (2) Unless a sign or road markings indicate otherwise a person must not park any portion of a vehicle in a parking station or parking area— (a) for more than the maximum time specified; (b) in a bay marked ‘M/C’ unless it is a motorcycle without a sidecar or a trailer; (c) so as to obstruct an entrance to or an exit from a parking station, or an access way within a parking station; or (d) park or attempt to park a vehicle in a parking bay in which another vehicle is parked. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of subclause (2)(a), a person may park a vehicle in a permissive parking bay or station (except in a parking area for people with disabilities) for twice the length of time allowed, provided that— (a) the person’s vehicle displays a current disability parking permit sticker; and (b) a disabled person to whom that disability parking permit sticker relates, is either the driver or a passenger in the vehicle. (4) A person must not park a vehicle or permit a vehicle to remain parked in a parking facility controlled by a sign stating ‘Authorised Vehicles Only’, without— (a) a valid permit displayed inside the vehicle that must be displayed in a prominent position, in such a manner as to be clearly visible from the front of the vehicle; or