Local Government Act Amendment Act 1965 (WA)

No. 32.] Local Government. [1965.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

No. 32 of 1965.

AN ACT to amend the Local Government Act,

1960-1964.

[Assented to 21st October, 1965.]

RE it enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent -I-. Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title

and citation 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Local

Government Act Amendment Act, 1965.

(2) In this Act the Local Government Act, 1960-

1964, is referred to as the principal Act.

1965.] Local Government. [No. 32.

(3) The principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Local Government Act, 1960- 1965.

2.    Subsection (1) of section five hundred and Leaded.

twenty-two of the principal Act is amended by adding after paragraph (b) the following paragraph:—

(ba) a parking fund;

3.    Subsection (1) of section five hundred and tUnded.

twenty-three of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the word, "The" in line one, the passage, "Subject to section five hundred and twenty-five A, the".

4.    The principal Act is amended by adding Wet

after section five hundred and twenty-five the

following section:-

525A. (1) In this section, unless the context b"

requires otherwise, "the by-laws" means by- laws made pursuant to section two hundred and thirty-one.

(2) Subject to subsection (3) of this section, rgrg

the parking fund of a council consists of all rposition

revenue received by the council from, and all

charges paid to or recovered by the council in

relation to, parking stations, parking facilities,

metered zones and metered spaces established

or provided by the council under the by-laws.

(3) The parking fund of a council does not include any revenue or charges received by the council before the date of the coming into operation of the Local Government Act Amend- ment Act, 1965; but, with that exception, the fund includes all revenue and charges from or in relation to parking stations, parking facilities, metered zones and metered spaces that are

No. 32.] Local Government. [1965.

established or provided before that date, as well as from or in relation to those established or provided after that date.

(4) The council shall utilise the moneys in

the parking fund

(a)	for the administration of such depart- ments and the remuneration of such inspectors and other officers as the council considers necessary for the purpose of exercising its powers and functions under the by-laws;
(b)	for the purchase, acquisition, main- tenance, alteration, and improvement of land, buildings and other structures, parking meters and other mechanical devices, signs and other accessories, equipment and appliances for the establishment and provision of parking stations, parking facilities, metered zones and metered spaces and for the regulation and control of the parking and standing of vehicles in accordance with the provisions of the by-laws;
(c)	for the purchase or acquisition of land, buildings and other structures, for the provision, by means of street widening, of parking facilities, metered zones and metered spaces and for the regulation and control, by that means, of the parking and standing of vehicles in accordance with the provisions of the by-laws;
(d)	for the establishment, provision, extension, the maintenance in good order and condition and operation of parking stations, parking facilities, metered zones and metered spaces in accordance with the provisions of the by-laws;

19651 Local Government. [No. 32.

(e)	for the installation, and the regulation of the use of parking meters in accordance with the provisions of the by-laws;
(f)	for the collection and recovery of charges prescribed by or under the by-laws;
(g)	for the repayment of any loan or loans raised by, and any advance or advances of money made to, the council for the setting in motion and the promotion of any work necessary to give effect to the objects of the by-laws, and for the payment of interest on any such loan or money; and
(h)	for generally carrying out the objects and purposes of the by-laws.