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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1996 Week 12 Hansard (21 November) . . Page.. 4231 ..

a) Certain prohibited vehicles (stock trucks, semi trailer pantechnicons, and vehicles with a height of 3.6 metres or greater) will not be able to park on a residential lease;

b) Heavy commercial vehicles will not be permitted to park for more than one hour on land adjacent to residential leases, including public streets;

c) Where there are multi unit dwellings, vehicles that have a Gross Vehicle Mass (GVM) of 3.75 tonnes or greater, are more than 6 metres in length or 2 6 metres in height will be prohibited.

Vehicles that are broken down or carrying out legitimate business (such as deliveries or furniture removal) will not be covered by the above prohibitions, although they must be moved as soon as practicable.

Under the legislation, parking a heavy commercial vehicle on a residential lease will be permitted if it complies with the Code of Practice. There will be two different groups of operators, existing and new.

Existing operators are those that have been parking heavy commercial vehicles on their lease (a minimum of 24 times during the previous 2 years) from the time this legislation is passed. A new operator is one that begins to operate after the introduction of this legislation.

Existing operators will have some flexibility if they wish to operate outside the Code of Practice, but will require their neighbours' consent and must undertake improvements to the area where the vehicle is to be parked. New operators must strictly comply with the Code of Practice.

It is intended at this stage for the Code of Practice to include the following matters:

1. Generally, only one large heavy vehicle will be permitted to park on a residential lease. Two vehicles will be permitted, but only if they are less than 3.75 tonnes GVM, 6 metres in length, or 2.6 metres in height. Vehicles with plant type vehicles in the back (eg bobcats), or a vehicle and trailer

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