Open Areas Parking Rule 2014
National Land (Road Transport) Ordinance 2014
I, Jamie Edward Briggs, Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development make this Rule under subsection 11 of the National Land (Road Transport) Ordinance 2014.
Dated 25 September 2014
 
JAMIE BRIGGS
Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development
Contents
                         
1          Name of rule                                                                                  3
2          Commencement                                                                            3
3          No parking on open or landscaped areas - offence                        3
 
 
 
1                     Name of rule
The name of this rule is the Open Areas Parking Rule 2014.
2                     Commencement
This rule commences on the day after registration.
3                     No parking on open or landscaped areas - offence
(1)   A person must not park or stop a vehicle on any open area (including grassed or landscaped areas) on National Land unless signage permits parking in that area.
(2)   For the purposes of section 3(1):
a.         a vehicle is parked if it is left unattended so that the driver is not sitting in the drivers seat; and
b.        a vehicle is stopped if it is stopped for more than two minutes.
(3)   Contravention of section 3(1) is an offence for the purposes of the Road Transport General Act 1999 (ACT) and the Road Transport (Offences) Regulation 2005 (ACT), as applicable to National Land pursuant to the National Land (Road Transport) Ordinance 2014(Cth)(Ordinance). 
(4)   The Road Transport (Offences) Regulation 2005 (ACT) as applicable to National Land pursuant to the Ordinance, is to be read as if:
a.         the following subsection is included at section 8(1):
“(d)  the offence at section 3(1) of the Open Areas Parking Rule 2014, made pursuant to the National Land (Road Transport) Ordinance 2014”
b.        the following formed part of Schedule 1:
Part 1.16 Open Areas Parking Rule 2014, made pursuant to the National Land (Road Transport) Ordinance 2014
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Item
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Offence provision and, if relevant, case
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Short description
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Offence penalty (pu)
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Infringement penalty ($)
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Demerit points

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3(1)
Park or stop on open area/landscaped area
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97