Amendment to local law 2021

Published 26 March 2021

Notice of Making of Local Laws

1. Moreton Bay Regional Council (the “Council”) has, by resolution dated the 17th day of March 2021, made Moreton Bay Regional Council Amendment Subordinate Local Law No. 1 (Subordinate Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2011) 2021 (amending local law).
2. The amending local law amends Moreton Bay Regional Council Subordinate Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2011.
3. Moreton Bay Regional Council Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2011 authorises the making of the amending local law.
4. The purpose and general effect of the amending local law is to amend Schedule 3 of Moreton Bay Regional Council Subordinate Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2011 to increase the penalty units from two (2) to four (4), for the offence of ‘stopping (without displaying a current parking permit for people with disabilities) in a parking area for people with disabilities’ to reflect the Transport Legislation (Disability Parking and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2020 which increased the penalty units listed in the State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014 for the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Road Rules) Regulation 2009, section 203(1).
5. The Council has, by resolution dated the 17th day of March 2021, adopted a consolidated version of Moreton Bay Regional Council Subordinate Local Law No. 5 (Parking) 2011.
6. A copy of the Local Laws may be:
   1. inspected and purchased at the local government’s public offices; and
   2. viewed by the public on the Department of Local Government, Water and Volunteers website.