Western Australian Repealed Regulations Western Australian Repealed RegulationsThis legislation has been repealed.
(1) A person shall not
stand a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is —
(a)
between any other standing vehicle and the centre of the carriageway;
(b) on
or adjacent to a median strip;
(c) in
front of a right-of-way, passage or private drive or so close thereto as to
deny vehicles reasonable access to, or egress from, the right-of-way, passage
or private drive;
(d) in
front of a footway constructed across a reservation;
(e)
alongside, or opposite, any excavation in, or obstruction on, the carriageway,
if the vehicle would thereby obstruct traffic;
(f) on,
or within nine metres of, any portion of a carriageway bounded on one or both
sides of a traffic island;
(g) on
any footway or pedestrian crossing;
(h) upon
a bridge or other elevated structure or within a tunnel or underpass;
(i)
between the boundaries of a carriageway and any double
longitudinal line consisting of two continuous lines or between a double
longitudinal line consisting of a continuous line and a broken or dotted line
and the boundary of the carriageway nearer to the continuous line, unless
there is a distance of at least three metres clear between the vehicle and the
double longitudinal line; or
(j) upon
an intersection, except adjacent to a carriageway boundary that is not broken
by an intersecting carriageway.
(2) The provisions of
paragraph (c), (f) and (h) of subregulation (1) of this regulation
do not apply to a motor vehicle that stands in a bus stand marked on the
carriageway, for the purpose of setting down or taking up passengers.
(2a)
Subregulations (1) (g) and (h) do not apply to, or in relation to, a
special purpose vehicle being used by a member of the Police Force for the
purpose of patrolling an area.
(3) A person shall not
stand a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is —
(a)
within one metre of a fire hydrant or fire plug, or of any sign or mark
indicating the existence of a fire hydrant or fire plug; or
(b)
within 3 metres of a public letter pillar box, unless the vehicle is being
used for the purpose of collecting postal articles from the pillar box.
(4) A person shall not
stand a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 6 metres of the
nearer property line of any road intersecting the road on the side on which
the vehicle is standing.
(5) A person shall not
stand a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within 9 metres of the
departure side of —
(a) a
sign inscribed with the words “Bus Stop” or “Hail Bus
Here”, unless the vehicle is an omnibus stopped to take up or set down
passengers; or
(b) a
children’s crossing established on a two-way carriageway.
(6) A person shall not
stand a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is within eighteen metres
of —
(a) the
approach side of a sign inscribed with the words “Bus Stop” or
“Hail Bus Here”, unless the vehicle is an omnibus stopped to take
up or set down passengers;
(b) the
approach side of a pedestrian crossing or children’s crossing; or
(c) the
nearest rail of a railway level crossing.
(7) The provisions of
paragraph (c) of subregulation (6) of this regulation do not apply
to a person engaged on the installation or maintenance of warning devices at a
railway level crossing, where the standing of the vehicle is necessary for
that purpose.
(8) For the purposes
of subregulations (5) (a) and (6) (a) a trailer attached to an
omnibus referred to in regulation 1612 (6b) shall be deemed to be an
omnibus.
[Regulation 1104 amended in Gazette
21 November 1986 p.4271; 7 February 1992 p.742.]