Proposed changes to the WA Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act
Submitted: Sunday, Oct 25, 2015 at 11:05
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Cruznoz
I've just been reading through the proposed changes to the WA Caravan Parks and Camping Grounds Act. I was mainly interested in the proposed changes to how Rest areas are managed. I've copy and pasted the section below. I'd be interested in other peoples option.
"Roadside rest areas:
The current regulations allow a person to
camp in a roadside
rest area for 24 hours in a caravan or other vehicle. The enforcement of stopping in roadside rest areas is currently undertaken in an ad hoc manner, as it is unclear which agency is responsible for inspections and enforcement. During consultation it was proposed that roadside rest areas should be dealt with under existing road and
parking legislation rather than the Caravan Parks Act. Approximately 56 per cent of respondents supported this proposal. As the proposed legislation is focused on camping, rather than stopping, and roadside rest areas are provided for fatigue management under Main Roads legislation, these areas will no longer be covered under the Caravan Parks Act.
If a person overstays at a roadside
rest area, this will be treated as a traffic offence, and authorised officers will be able to enforce it similar to illegal
parking. It has been raised that due to the number of overseas and interstate users, if a local government infringes a user for overstaying, it is easy for the user to give false information, and the infringement notice is never paid and cannot be tracked. However, if a roadside
rest area infringement becomes enforceable as a traffic offence, the registered owner of the car could be tracked through the registration number. If the vehicle is a hire car, the hire company can identify the hirer of the car at the time of the offence. This adds an additional measure of accountability and transparency for both roadside
rest area users and local governments. "