Local Government (Highways) Act 1982

In this Part, except in so far as the context or subject-matter otherwise indicates or requires – controlled parking means parking authorized by a parking meter or parking voucher or by a virtual meter; monetary penalty means a monetary penalty within the meaning of the Monetary Penalties Enforcement Act 2005; park, in relation to a vehicle, means stop the vehicle or allow it to remain in a place where the driver or person in charge of the vehicle intends it to remain stationary, otherwise than – because the stopping of traffic prevents movement; or for so long only as is required to set down or take up passengers or goods without waiting; parking attendant means a person employed by a corporation to supervise parking in parking spaces; parking meter means a device installed pursuant to section 95(1), that, on payment of money and by reference to a particular parking space, records the length of time for which a vehicle is, or is permitted to be, parked in that space; parking space has the meaning assigned to that expression by section 95(2); parking voucher means a document issued by a voucher machine installed by the corporation or the Minister for State Highways pursuant to section 95(1); prescribed hours, in relation to a parking space, means the hours and days during which, pursuant to section 96, controlled parking operates at the place at which that space is situated; registered operator means a registered operator within the meaning of the Traffic Act 1925; vehicle means a vehicle within the meaning of the Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999; virtual meter means a piece of software that can be run on a computer, mobile phone or other electronic device and that allows for payment to be made for parking in a parking space; voucher machine means a device that, on payment of an amount of money, issues a document or documents– bearing, with or without other words, words indicating that the holder is entitled to park a vehicle in a place specified in the voucher and the name of the corporation for which the document or documents is or are issued; and bearing an imprint indicating the date and time of issue.

In relation to any rights or liabilities arising from the parking of a vehicle, references in this Part to the registered operator of the vehicle shall be read as references to the person who was the registered operator of the vehicle at the time it was parked.