Parking

Enforcement officers

In the past they were known as parking wardens – but now the staff who enforce parking regulations are called Enforcement Officers, and their responsibilities are much wider.

They make sure the available parking spaces are fairly regulated and equitable and they have a legal responsibility to enforce parking laws and council bylaws. They have the power to give out infringement notices to vehicles parked illegally or which break the law in other ways, such as overstaying the time period.

But that is only one part of their job.

They also have an important role in monitoring and enforcing the rules governing our Transit Lanes, which are an important part of our changes to relieve congestion on major roads. Transit Lanes are lanes restricted to either buses only, or buses, cars with three or more people (T3), taxis, bicycles and motorbikes. Cars or other vehicles with less than three people are not allowed.

Drivers in vehicles with less than three people in them will be ticketed, as the Transit lanes are monitored by our enforcement officers daily.

In addition to ticketing, Enforcement Officers have powers to:

• enter a vehicle and remove it, or give permission to someone else to do so, such as a tow truck driver
• tell a driver to move their vehicle if it is illegally parked
• request details about vehicles and drivers, which drivers or passengers are obliged to provide.