2384GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 May 2017

2384 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 May 2017 traffic island has the meaning given to it in the Code; trailer has the meaning given to it in the Code; unattended, in relation to a vehicle, means that the driver has left the vehicle and is more than 3 metres from the closest point of the vehicle; vehicle has the meaning given to it in the Road Traffic Act; and verge has the same meaning as nature strip. 1.6 Application of particular terms (1) In applying the definitions of no parking area and parking area, an arrow inscribed on a sign erected at an angle to the boundary of the carriageway is taken to be pointing in the direction in which it would point if the sign was turned at an angle of less than 90 degrees until parallel with the boundary. (2) Unless the context otherwise requires, where a term is used, but not defined, in this local law, and that term is defined in the Road Traffic Act or in the Code, then the term is to have the meaning given to it in that Act or the Code. 1.7 Pre-existing signs (1) A sign that— (a) was erected by the local government or the Commissioner of Main Roads before the commencement of this local law; and (b) relates to the parking of vehicles within the parking region, is taken to have been erected by the local government under this local law. (2) An inscription, word, number, expression or symbol on a sign referred to in subclause (1) operates and has effect according to its tenor. (3) Where an inscription, word, number, expression or symbol on a sign referred to in subclause (1) relates to the stopping of vehicles, it is taken for the purposes of this local law to operate and have effect as if it related to the parking of vehicles. 1.8 Classes of vehicles For the purposes of this local law, vehicles are divided into classes as follows— (a) buses; (b) commercial vehicles; (c) motor cycles and bicycles; (d) taxis; and (e) all other vehicles. 1.9 Part of thoroughfare to which sign applies Where under this local law the parking of vehicles in a thoroughfare is controlled by a sign, the sign is to be read as applying to that part of the thoroughfare which— (a) is beyond the sign; (b) is between that sign and the next sign; and (c) is on that side of the thoroughfare nearest to the sign. 1.10 Powers of the local government The local government may prohibit or regulate by signs, the stopping or parking of any vehicle or any class of vehicles in any part of the parking region but must do so consistently with the provisions of 1.11 Alternative methods of payment for parking (1) The local government may authorise a person to park, or to pay for parking, in advance or in arrears by issuing (electronically or otherwise) a permit, invoice, ticket or pass (referred to in this clause as an Alternative Method of Payment). (2) A person who has been authorised by the local government to make an Alternative Method of Payment for parking is exempt from paying fees at the relevant parking facility providing that he or she complies with the terms of the Alternative Method of Payment. (3) An Alternative Method of Payment may not be used by any person other than the person who received authorisation by the local government.