FAQs

The proposed Parking Local Law 2026 is the City of Bayswater’s updated local law for regulating, controlling and managing parking within the City. It would replace the current Parking and Parking Facilities Local Law 2016. Its purpose is to support the safe, fair and equitable use of parking facilities under the City’s care and control.

The City has reviewed its existing parking local law as part of its statutory review program. The proposed update reflects operational experience, contemporary terminology, current legislative references and standards, and benchmarking against other Western Australian local governments.

The proposed local law retains the City’s role in managing parking, while updating and clarifying the rules that apply. The detailed proposed changes are available in the draft local law and the tracked-changes version published on this page.

The main proposed changes include:

• Updating the local law’s title, terminology, definitions and legislative references.

• Improving the clarity and consistency of general parking provisions.

• Introducing a specific offence for stopping in the yellow cross-hatched shared access area beside a disability parking bay.

• Updating modified penalties and the penalties that may apply if an offence is dealt with by a Magistrate.

A shared access area is the yellow cross-hatched space beside a disability parking bay. It provides extra room for people with disability to safely get into and out of a vehicle, including where mobility aids or other equipment are used.

The proposed local law would make it an offence to stop in this area, helping to ensure it remains clear and accessible. Disability parking bays themselves continue to be regulated under the Local Government (Parking for People with Disabilities) Regulations 2014.

Yes. 

The City is proposing a $30 increase to modified penalties under the local law. The proposed changes recognise that penalties have not been reviewed for a significant period, account for enforcement and administration costs, and aim to maintain an appropriate deterrent to non-compliance.

No. 

The City anticipates that the proposed penalty increases will have minimal impact on enforcement revenue. The intent is to promote compliance through education, voluntary compliance and an enforcement framework that appropriately deters parking behaviour that is unsafe or unfair.

The City’s stated primary approach is community education and voluntary compliance. However, penalties remain an important enforcement option where appropriate to address non-compliance and support safe, fair and equitable parking.

The proposed local law would set a minimum penalty of $250 and a maximum penalty of $5,000 for an offence dealt with by a Magistrate, as well as a daily penalty of up to $500 for a continuing offence. These are different from modified penalties, which may be paid to resolve an infringement without court proceedings.

You can provide feedback through:

• Online comment form on this page.
• Typing your submission and uploading it through the submission form on this page
• Mailing your submission to the Chief Executive Officer, City of Bayswater, PO Box 467, Morley WA 6943, or
• Emailing your submission to the Chief Executive Officer at mail@bayswater.wa.gov.au

The City will consider submissions received during the advertising period before reporting the consultation outcome to Council. Council may then make the local law as advertised, or with amendments that are not significant. Significant amendments would require further public consultation.

The proposed local law will not take effect simply because it is advertised. Following consultation, Council must consider submissions and decide whether to make the local law. If made, it must be published in the Government Gazette before it can take effect.