Parking Enforcement Reporting

The Fines Amendment (Parking Fines) Act 2024 came into effect on 1 July 2025 and introduced significant changes to the way parking fines are issued in New South Wales.

The primary reform requires Council’s authorised officers, when issuing a parking fine, to attach a notification to the vehicle—either the penalty notice itself or a notification of the fine—unless one of the prescribed exceptions for non-attachment applies.

In addition, the legislation requires new reporting obligations for issuing agencies. Council’s reports must now include the following data:

• Total number of parking fines issued
• Number of fines where a notification was not attached to the vehicle
• Reasons why a fine or notification was not left on the vehicle, in accordance with Section 24AD (1) (a–c) and Clause 5C (a, b, d)
• Number of fines invalidated due to notification not being attached, under the following provisions:
• Section 24AE (2): Fines withdrawn because they were not issued within 7 days of the offence

Section 24AG: Fines withdrawn due to multiple penalty notices being issued within one week for the same offence, where no notification was left for the earlier offence

• Section 24AH(1)(a)(ii): Fines withdrawn because no notification was left on the vehicle, and no photographic evidence was taken to demonstrate the offence
• Section 24AH(1)(b): Fines withdrawn due to non-compliance with Section 24AD (2), which requires officers to record and report the reasons for not leaving a notification at the time of issue

Council’s report is provided below:

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Cumberland City Council - Report on grounds for not attaching notification for parking offences

This report satisfies the reporting requirement under section 24AD(4) of the Fines Act 1996.

It contains information and data relating to special provisions relating to parking offences under Division 2AA of the Fines Act 1996. Information required to be included in this report is outlined in clause 9 of the Fines Regulation 2025.

References to Clause 8 Fines Regulation 2025 include references to Clause 5C of the Fines Regulation 2020.

Organisational Details

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Cumberland City Council – Reporting Details

Name of organisation - Cumberland City Council

Reporting start date - 07/01/2025

Reporting period end date - 31/12/2025

Reporting officer name - Catherine Price

Reporting officer position - Manager Waste and Ranger Services

Reporting officer phone number - 8757 9000

Reporting officer email - cathy.price@cumberland.nsw.gov.au

Date of submission - 13/01/2026

I certify that to the best of my knowledge this report is true and accurate - Catherine Price

Table 1. Totals for Cumberland City Council

Description	Jul–Sep 2025	Oct–Dec 2025
Parking fines total	6556	5441
Valid parking fines where a fine notice or notification was attached to the vehicle	6039	5121
Valid parking fines where a fine notice or notification was not attached to the vehicle	434	273
Invalid parking fines	83	47

Table 2. Cumberland City Council – Grounds for not attaching a fine notice or notification

Grounds	Jul–Sep 2025			Oct–Dec 2025
	Count	% of non-attached	% of all fines	Count	% of non-attached	% of all fines
Clause 5C (a) the vehicle involved in the parking offence moved before a notification could be attached to the vehicle. Noting Fines Regulation 2025 was amended as of 1 Sept 2025 and now references Clause 8 (a) the vehicle involved in the parking offence	389	89.63%	5.93%	261	95.6%	4.8%
Clause 5C (d)(ii) vehicle was a trailer. Noting Fines Regulation 2025 was amended as of 1 Sept 2025 and now references Clause 8 (d)(ii) vehicle was a trailer.	13	3%	0.20%	3	1.10%	0.06%
Section 24AD (1) (a) it was not safe to attach the notification - verbal intimidation	9	2.07%	0.14%	1	0.37%	0.02%
Section 24AD (1) (a) it was not safe to attach the notification - other reasons	7	1.61%	0.11%	3	1.10%	0.06%
Clause 5C (d)(i) vehicle was a heavy vehicle. Noting Fines Regulation 2025 was amended as of 1 Sept 2025 and now references Clause 8 (d)(i) vehicle was a heavy vehicle.	5	1.15%	0.08%	3	1.10%	0.06%
Section 24AD (1) (a) it was not safe to attach the notification - location of the vehicle	5	1.15%	0.08%	1	0.37%	0.02%
Section 24AD (1) (a) it was not safe to attach the notification - physical intimidation	2	0.46%	0.03%
Section 24AD (1) (c) the vehicle was not stationary	2	0.46%	0.03%
Clause 5C (b) the appropriate officer (i) required internet access or telephone service to confirm whether, in the officer's opinion, a parking offence had been committed, and (ii) it was not possible	2	0.46%	0.03%	1	0.37%	0.02%
Grand Total	434	100%	6.92%	273	100%	5.02%

Note - A Fine may have multiple reasons for being invalid and may appear more than once in the table below

Table 3. Cumberland City Council – Reasons for invalidated fines

Reason	Jul–Sep 2025 – Total Invalidated	Oct–Dec 2025 – Total Invalidated
Invalidated under section 24AE(2)	21	9
Similar offence under Section 24AG	0	0
Invalidated under section 24AH(1)(a)	0	0
Invalidated under section 24AH(1)(b)	1	0
Other	61	38
Grand Total	83	47

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