LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DARWIN PARKING LOCAL RATES) REGULATIONS 1982 (Repealed)

These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Darwin Parking Local Rates) Regulations 1982.

central business district means the area of the municipality of Darwin shown within the dotted black line delineated on the plan appearing at Schedule 1.

land includes buildings, but does not include land owned by the Commonwealth.

local rate or local rates means special rates under section 156 of the Act.

parcel of land means a parcel of land comprised in a single lot registered under the Land Title Act 2000 or, where the owner has developed 2 or more adjacent lots as a single entity, the land comprised in those adjacent lots.

parking usage schedule means the parking usage schedule prepared under regulation 4 and includes a parking usage schedule in relation to a particular parcel of land prepared under regulation 9(2).

shortfall, in relation to a parcel of land, means the number by which the number of parking spaces referred to in regulation 4(g) in respect of the parcel of land falls short of the number referred to in regulation 4(f) in respect of that parcel.

use, in relation to land, means the purpose for which the land is used, classified in accordance with Column 1 of Schedule 3.

vehicle means a motor vehicle as defined in the Motor Vehicles Act 1949.

(1) These Regulations apply to, and in relation to, all land in the central business district.

(2) The proceeds of a local rate levied under these Regulations shall be applied by the council to the trading fund established by the council for the provision, operation and maintenance of land, facilities, services and improvements for and in connection with the parking of vehicles in the central business district.

For the purpose of calculating the local rate payable by the owner or occupier of land, the CEO shall, not later than 31 May 1982 and thereafter in the month of June in each year (including June 1982), prepare a parking usage schedule in which shall be entered, in respect of each parcel of land within the central business district as at the commencement of these Regulations and thereafter as at 1 June in each year:

(b) where the land is ratable land, the name of the person entered in the assessment record as owner or occupier of the land;

(c) where the land is not ratable land, the name of the person who, in the opinion of the CEO, would be liable to pay rates if the land were ratable;

(d) where the land is in use, the use or uses to which it is put, and the area allocated to that use or each of those uses, as the case may be;

(e) where the land is not in use, the authorized use established by reference to:

(i) a certificate issued under section 140 of the Planning Act 1999 or saved under section 179 of that Act or the most recent development permit under that Act in relation to the land; or

(ii) if no certificate or development permit is issued or saved under the Planning Act 1999 in relation to the land – by reference to the development provisions under that Act in relation to the land;

(f) the number of parking spaces which should, in accordance with Schedule 3, be provided on the land having regard to the use or uses to which it is put;

(g) the number of parking spaces calculated in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 4 which are on the land, and which are available for use for the parking of vehicles; and

(h) where a parking usage schedule has been prepared under regulation 9(2), in relation to a change or event referred to in regulation 9(1)(a), (b) or (c), the date on which the change or event occurred.

(1) The provisions of the Act for correction of entries in the assessment record apply to the parking usage schedule (with necessary modifications).

(2) An inspector shall bring to the notice of the council an error in the parking usage schedule which comes to his notice.

(1) The CEO shall, not later than 1 June 1982, and thereafter not later than 1 July in each year, publish a notice in the Gazette and in at least one newspaper circulating in Darwin, stating:

(b) the place and times at which the parking usage schedule may be inspected; and

(c) the date, being not less than 28 days after the date of publication of the notice, by which an appeal may be lodged against the parking usage schedule.

(1) A person named in the parking usage schedule as the owner or occupier of a parcel of land or a person who is liable for the payment of local rates in respect of a parcel of land may, before the date specified in the notice published under regulation 6(1), by notice in writing served on an inspector, appeal against an entry in the parking usage schedule on the grounds:

(a) that he is not the person liable to pay local rates in respect of the parcel of land;

(b) that, in relation to land in respect of which he is liable to pay local rates, the parking usage schedule contains an error or omission which affects the calculation of the parking spaces which should be provided on the land;

(d) that the parking usage schedule otherwise contains an error which affects the calculation of the local rate payable.

(2) On completion of his investigation relating to an appeal under subsection (1), the inspector shall report his findings in writing to the CEO and forward a copy to the appellant and the CEO shall forthwith cause to be made in the parking usage schedule such alteration as may be necessary.

(3) An inspector may require the CEO to refrain from levying or recovering local rates affected by the appeal until such time as he disposes of the appeal, and the CEO shall accordingly refrain from levying or recovering the local rates affected by the appeal.

(4) Subject to any requirement made under subregulation (3), the obligation to pay and the right to recover local rates is not suspended by an appeal under this regulation, but where an amount has been paid to the council by an appellant, which an inspector determines not to have been properly payable by him, the council shall refund that amount to him.

(1) The figures set out in the parking usage schedule shall be used as the basis for the calculations made under this regulation.

(2) Subject to regulation 9, the payment to be made by persons liable to pay local rates in respect of a parcel of land shall be calculated to the nearest whole number in accordance with the formula:

B represents the local rate declared under the Act, expressed as an amount in respect of a parking space;

C1 represents the number listed in respect of that parcel under regulation 4(f); and

C2 represents the number listed in respect of that parcel under regulation 4(g).

(3) Subject to regulation 9, the fact that part of any land is not occupied for all or any part of a year shall not affect the liability of the owner of that land to pay local rates.

(4) Where a calculation of the local rates payable by a person in respect of a parcel of land shows that the total of the numbers listed in respect of that parcel under regulation 4(g) equals or exceeds the number listed under regulation 4(f) in respect of that parcel:

(c) the operation of regulation 10 shall not be affected in relation to the local rates payable by that person in respect of any other parcel of land.

A local rate shall be levied by the CEO serving a rate notice on the persons liable to pay the local rate.

(1) The council may, in its discretion, enter into an agreement with a person liable to pay local rates in respect of a parcel of land to the intent that the person, instead of paying the local rate annually, pays to the council in advance an amount arrived at by multiplying the amount determined by the council as appropriate to the term of the agreement by the shortfall.

(2) The council shall not determine for the purposes of subregulation (1) an amount that discriminates between persons liable to pay local rates.

(1) The person liable to pay local rates in respect of a parcel of land in the central business district must immediately notify the CEO in writing of:

(c) the occupation, whether in part or in full, of, or the issue of a occupancy certification under the Building Act 1993, whichever first occurs, in respect of a building constructed on;

(e) affects or is likely to affect the parking usage schedule as it relates to that parcel of land.

(2) Where the CEO considers that a change or event referred to in subregulation (1) necessitates the preparation of a parking usage schedule for the parcel of land, he shall, within 28 days after the time that he first became aware of that change or event, whether as a result of the notification under that subregulation or otherwise, prepare a parking usage schedule for that parcel of land in which shall be entered the information required by regulation 4(a) to (h) inclusive and, as soon as practicable, serve on the persons liable to pay local rates in respect of the parcel of land by posting to them by prepaid letter addressed to the address shown in the assessment record a copy of the amended parking usage schedule containing the information required by regulation 6(1)(c).

(3) Regulations 5, 6(2), 7 and 8 shall apply to and in relation to a parking usage schedule prepared under subregulation (2) as if it were a parking usage schedule prepared under regulation 4.

(a) a parking usage schedule has been prepared under subregulation (2) in respect of the change in the use of a parcel of land;

(b) an agreement has not been entered into in accordance with regulation 8B; and

the council shall adjust, from the date on which the change or event under regulation 9(1) occurred, the amount of the local rates payable by a person in respect of that land and require the person to pay an additional amount or, as the case requires, refund to that person a proportion of the local rates paid by him or reduce the amount of the local rates payable by him.

(5) Where, in relation to a parcel of land in respect of which an agreement has been entered into in accordance with regulation 8B, a parking usage schedule has been prepared under subregulation (2) which increases the shortfall in respect of that parcel, the person liable to pay the local rates may:

(a) enter into an agreement under regulation 8B in relation to his additional liability; or

(6) Where, in relation to a parcel of land in respect of which an agreement has been entered into in accordance with regulation 8B, a parking usage schedule has been prepared under subregulation (2) which decreases the shortfall in respect of that parcel, the council shall, in relation to the unexpired portion of the term of the agreement, refund to the person who entered into the agreement the amount paid by him in respect of the decrease in the shortfall. The method of calculating the amount of the refund shall be as set out in the agreement.

(1) The council may, with the approval of the Minister, exempt a person or class of persons from the payment of local rates in respect of specified land or a specified class of land.

(2) The council may by resolution reduce the local rates payable by a person in respect of a parcel of land where that person has provided on another parcel of land in the immediate vicinity of the first-mentioned parcel of land a number of parking spaces that equals or exceeds the aggregate number listed in accordance with regulation 4(f) in the parking usage schedule for the first-mentioned parcel of land and that other parcel of land or, where that other parcel of land is not within the central business district, equals or exceeds the number listed for the first-mentioned parcel of land.

(1) Subject to subregulation (3), the owner of a parcel of land in the central business district shall not, without the prior written consent of the council, use or cause or permit to be used a parking space included in the parking usage schedule for the parcel of land (or provided by him in the immediate vicinity of the parcel of land and in respect of which the local rate in relation to the parcel of land has been reduced under regulation 10(2)) for a purpose other than the parking of a vehicle so that the number of parking spaces available for the parking of vehicles is less than the number listed in accordance with regulation 4(f) in that parking usage schedule or the aggregate number for the purposes of regulation 10(2), as the case may be.

(2) It shall be a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subsection (1) for a person to show that the unauthorized use of a parking space:

(a) was for a period of less than 48 hours and that no similar use of that space had taken place during the previous 6 months; or

(b) resulted from the carrying out of emergency repairs to a service to the land or adjacent land.

(3) Nothing in this regulation shall prevent the parking of a bicycle or a moped in a parking space.

dwelling unit means a building or part of a building designed, constructed or adapted for human habitation as a self-contained unit.

net floor area, in relation to a building, includes all that area between the internal surfaces of external walls other than:

(a) stairs, lift shafts, escalators, cleaners cupboards and tea rooms (where provided as standard facilities in a building);

(b) all areas which are available for unrestricted use by members of the public who are neither occupants or owners of the parcel of land or part of it;

(g) such other areas declared by the council by resolution to be excluded areas for the purposes of this definition.

2. Where a calculation made in accordance with the figures set out in the Table in paragraph 3 results in a number which is not a whole number, the number of parking spaces required shall be the next higher whole number.

3. The number of parking spaces referred to in regulation 4(f) shall be calculated by reference to the following Table:

Column 1		Column 2
Use		Minimum No. of parking spaces required
1.	Commercial (including catering businesses, drive-in take-away food outlets, general stores, indoor recreation establishments (including cinemas and theatres), licensed clubs, licensed restaurants, medical clinics, medical consulting rooms, motels and hotels (excluding guest suites and bedrooms), motor repair establishments, nurseries, offices (except where elsewhere referred to in this Table), passenger terminals, service industry establishments, service stations, shops, showrooms, taverns, transport terminals, vehicle sales yards, veterinary clinics and warehouses)	3 per 100 m² Net Floor Area
2.	Institutional (including ambulance stations, courts of justice, fire stations, child care centres, community centres, education establishments, funeral parlours, group housing (transitional), institutional establishments, institutional residences, places of public worship and radio or TV installations)	2 per 100 m² Net Floor Area
3.	Residential (including detached dwellings, dwelling units, guest houses and hostels, units for aged persons and guest suites and bedrooms in motels and hotels)	0.6 per Dwelling Unit

Subject to clause 4, parking spaces required to be provided in respect of a parcel of land shall:

(a) be provided in a parking area set aside for the purpose and clearly identified as such;

Subject to clause 4, a parking area shall be so laid out or designed that vehicles can enter and leave it in a forward gear.

Subject to clause 4, where a vehicle driveway provides access to or egress from a parking area, it shall measure 6 metres wide for two-way traffic flows and 3.5 metres wide for one-way traffic flows and a corner or junction shall have a minimum radius of 5 metres.

(1) Where, in the opinion of the council, a parking area is adequate for the parking of vehicles and can safely and conveniently be used notwithstanding that it does not comply fully or at all with the requirements laid down by this Schedule, it may, by resolution, exempt the owner of the parcel of land on which it is situated from the need for the parking area to so comply and in the resolution specify the manner in which the parking area may be layed out or designed and used for the purposes of these Regulations.

(2) The parking spaces provided in a parking area layed out or designed in accordance with a resolution referred to in subclause (1) shall be taken into account in the calculation of local rates.

Subject to clause 4, in determining the number of parking spaces that are available for use for the parking of vehicles in a parking area the CEO shall determine them as nearly as practicable in accordance with the relevant diagram in the diagrams set out below, notwithstanding the configuration actually nominated by markings or otherwise on, in or in relation to the parking area.

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Local Government (Darwin Car Parking Local Rates) Regulations (SL No. 26, 1982)
Notified	30 April 1982
Commenced	30 April 1982
Amendments of Local Government (Darwin Parking Local Rates) Regulations (SL No. 36, 1984)
Notified	27 June 1984
Commenced	27 June 1984
Planning (Consequential Amendments) Act 1999 (Act No. 56, 1999)
Assent date	14 December 1999
Commenced	12 April 2000 (s 2, s 2 Planning Act 1999 (Act No. 55, 1999) and Gaz S15, 12 April 2000)
Land Title (Consequential Amendments) Act 2000 (Act No. 45, 2000)
Assent date	12 September 2000
Commenced	1 December 2000 (s 2, s 2 Land Title Act 2000 (Act No. 2, 2000) and Gaz G38, 27 September 2000, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 2001 (Act No. 62, 2001)
Assent date	11 December 2001
Commenced	11 December 2001
Local Government Amendment Act 2004 (Act No. 15, 2004)
Assent date	15 March 2004
Commenced	1 June 2004 (Gaz S14, 28 May 2004)
Local Government (Consequential Amendments) Act 2008 (Act No. 28, 2008)
Assent date	14 November 2008
Commenced	1 July 2008 (s 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 2009 (Act No. 25, 2009)
Assent date	1 September 2009
Commenced	16 September 2009 (Gaz G37, 16 September 2009, p 3)
Penalties Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 2013 (Act No. 23, 2013)
Assent date	12 July 2013
Commenced	28 August 2013 (Gaz G35, 28 August 2013, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act 2017 (Act No. 4, 2017)
Assent date	10 March 2017
Commenced	12 April 2017 (Gaz G15, 12 April 2017, p 3)
Planning Amendment Act 2020 (Act No. 19, 2020)
Assent date	1 July 2020
Commenced	31 July 2020 (Gaz G30, 29 July 2020, p 1)

General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22 of 2018) to: rr 1, 2, 4 and 9.

r 2 amd No. 36, 1984, r 4; Act No. 45, 2000, s 12; Act No. 62, 2001, s 17; Act No. 15, 2004, s 71; Act No. 28, 2008, s 4; Act No. 25, 2009, s 11

r 4 amd No. 36, 1984, r 5; Act No. 56, 1999, s 3(2); Act No. 15, 2004, s 71; Act No. 28, 2008, s 4; Act No. 19, 2020, s 99

r 9 amd No. 36, 1984, r 9; Act No. 15, 2004, s 71; Act No. 28, 2008, s 4; Act No. 23, 2013, s 16; Act No. 4, 2017, s 34

Northern Territory Repealed Regulations

LOCAL GOVERNMENT (DARWIN PARKING LOCAL RATES) REGULATIONS 1982