❓ Hon Ken Travers questions the Minister for Transport regarding parking infringements issued at train stations for failing to pay the $2 parking fee. The response details the number of infringements rescinded, paid, and outstanding, citing customer error and lenient implementation as reasons for withdrawals.
AnsweredQoN 974Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
TRAIN STATIONS
— PAID PARKING — INFRINGEMENTS
974. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to question without notice 848.
(1) How many
of the 317 parking infringements issued for failing to pay the $2 parking fee
have been rescinded?
(2) How many of those 317 parking infringements have been
paid?
(3) How many of those 317 parking infringements are still
outstanding, and why?
— PAID PARKING — INFRINGEMENTS
974. Hon KEN TRAVERS to the
parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Transport:
I refer to question without notice 848.
(1) How many
of the 317 parking infringements issued for failing to pay the $2 parking fee
have been rescinded?
(2) How many of those 317 parking infringements have been
paid?
(3) How many of those 317 parking infringements are still
outstanding, and why?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for some notice of this question.
Was 1080 the question?
Hon Ken Travers : Yes, 1080.
Hon JIM CHOWN : I thank Hon Ken Travers. DDT; 1080 is also
a poison we use quite often in the bush, I might add!
Hon Ken Travers : But who is taking the bait this time?
Hon JIM CHOWN : We shall see!
The answer is as follows —
(1) Of the
317, 201 have been withdrawn under appeal. The vast majority of these
infringements have been withdrawn due to the Public Transport Authority taking
a lenient approach during the early implementation of paid parking, and because
the vast majority of these were caused by customer error—that is,
incorrect information being provided by customers, for example, recording
incorrect vehicle registration numbers in the SmartParker system.
(2) Seventy infringements have been paid.
(3) Sixty-two
infringements are still outstanding. Three are currently under appeal review,
and two have been written off due to the vehicles not having Western Australian
registration plates.
Was 1080 the question?
Hon Ken Travers : Yes, 1080.
Hon JIM CHOWN : I thank Hon Ken Travers. DDT; 1080 is also
a poison we use quite often in the bush, I might add!
Hon Ken Travers : But who is taking the bait this time?
Hon JIM CHOWN : We shall see!
The answer is as follows —
(1) Of the
317, 201 have been withdrawn under appeal. The vast majority of these
infringements have been withdrawn due to the Public Transport Authority taking
a lenient approach during the early implementation of paid parking, and because
the vast majority of these were caused by customer error—that is,
incorrect information being provided by customers, for example, recording
incorrect vehicle registration numbers in the SmartParker system.
(2) Seventy infringements have been paid.
(3) Sixty-two
infringements are still outstanding. Three are currently under appeal review,
and two have been written off due to the vehicles not having Western Australian
registration plates.
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