Exemptions
Exemptions for all leviable districts
You may be entitled to an exemption from the parking space levy for parking spaces set aside exclusively for one or more of the following uses:
by residents on the same or adjoining premises
for disabled drivers, bicycles, motorcycles, loading of passengers or goods, or parking by a person providing services on a casual basis to the premises
for parking without charge on premises owned or occupied by a public charity, public benevolent organisation or certain religious organisations
for parking without charge of a mobile crane, a forklift truck, a tractor or front end loader
for parking without charge of a vehicle which is used only for carrying out deliveries or only for the provision of services, if the parking space is the one used for garaging the vehicle overnight on premises owned or occupied by the owner of that vehicle
for parking without charge of an ambulance, a fire brigade or police motor vehicle if the parking space is the one used for garaging the vehicle overnight.
Additional exemptions for category 2 districts
You may be entitled to an exemption from the parking space levy for parking spaces set aside exclusively for one or more of the following uses:
guests and customers of a retail shop, restaurant, hotel, registered club, motel or patients of a medical centre
customers of a car wash, sales, service, repair centre
guests and clients of a funeral parlour
vehicles displayed or stored on premises for the purpose of being offered for sale or hire on the premises
the parking of motor vehicles on the shopping centres referred to in Schedule 2 of the Parking Space Levy Regulation 2009 by persons employed at retail shop on those premises.
If you think you are eligible for an exemption, you must first register for the parking space levy. You must submit an annual return each year to confirm any exemptions claimed and to update your property and ownership details.
Casual parking
An unused casual parking space is one set aside for use by the public for the parking of motor vehicles but remains unused for that purpose.
An exemption may be claimed for an unused casual parking space or an unleased tenant's parking space.
Records must be maintained on a daily basis detailing both the number of spaces available and the number used for casual parking.
An unleased tenant’s parking space is one that is:
unavailable for use as a parking space, except under a lease or licence under which a tenant of the premises in which it is located has exclusive use of it and
no such lease or licence is in force.