2382GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 May 2017

2382 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 5 May 2017 carriageway means— (a) a portion of thoroughfare that is improved, designed or ordinarily used for vehicular traffic and includes the shoulders, and areas, including embayments, at the side or centre of the carriageway, used for the stopping or parking of vehicles; and (b) where a thoroughfare has two or more of those portions divided by a median strip, the expression means each of those portions, separately; centre, in relation to a carriageway, means a line or a series of lines, marks or other indications— (a) for a two-way carriageway—placed so as to delineate vehicular traffic travelling in different directions; or (b) in the absence of any such lines, marks or other indications—the middle of the main, travelled portion of the carriageway; children’s crossing has the meaning given to it in the Code; CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the local government; Code means the Road Traffic Code 2000; commercial vehicle— (a) means a motor vehicle constructed for the conveyance of goods or merchandise, or for the conveyance of materials used in any trade, business, industry or work whatsoever, other than a motor vehicle for the conveyance of passengers; and (b) includes any motor vehicle that is designed primarily for the carriage of persons, but which has been fitted or adapted for the conveyance of the goods, merchandise or materials referred to, and is in fact used for that purpose; disability parking permit has the meaning given to it in the Local Government (Parking for People with Disabilities) Regulations 2014; district means the district of the local government; 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 in the Code; footpath has the meaning given to it in the Code; GVM (which stands for ‘gross vehicle mass’) has the meaning given to it in the Code; loading zone means a parking bay which is set aside for use by commercial vehicles if there is a sign referable to that bay marked ‘loading zone’; local government means the City of South Perth; mail zone has the meaning given to it in the Code; median strip has the meaning given to it in the Code; metered bay means a section or part of a metered zone that is adjacent to a ticket issuing machine and that is marked or defined by painted lines or by metallic studs or similar devices for the purpose of indicating where a vehicle may be parked on payment of a fee or charge; metered zone means any thoroughfare or reserve, or part of any thoroughfare or reserve, in which ticket issuing machines regulate the parking of vehicles; motor cycle has the meaning given to it in the Code; motor vehicle— (a) means a self-propelled vehicle that is not operated on rails; and (b) includes a trailer, semi-trailer or caravan while attached to a motor vehicle, but does not include a power assisted pedal cycle; nature strip has the meaning given to it in the Code; no parking area has the meaning given to it in the Code; no parking sign means a sign with— (a) the words ‘no parking’ in red letters on a white background; or (b) 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 in the Code and includes a clearway as set out in the Code; no stopping sign means a sign with— (a) the words ‘no stopping’ or ‘no standing’ in red letters on a white background; or (b) 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 in the Act; owner— (a) where used in relation to a vehicle licensed under the Road Traffic Act 1974, means the person in whose name the vehicle has been registered under that Act;