Aussie driver is slugged with a parking fine – but here’s why they’re being told not to pay it

A driver has been urged not to pay a fine for exceeding the time limit in a shopping center car park as it was on private property.

The woman was fined $65 after parking past the three-hour limit in the Galleria Shopping Center car park in Perth’s north-east last week and taking to social media for advice.

“Did anyone receive a parking violation at the Galleria? “I have shopped and parked there for 24 years and have never had a ticket,” she wrote.

Others quickly assured the driver that she did not have to pay because the mall did not have the authority to impose fines.

‘Don’t pay. They are not the police. Private security. Tear up and throw away. Damn joke,” someone commented on a screenshot of the report.

“You are not legally obliged to pay these types of fines, they cannot be enforced,” someone else agreed.

‘Look on the back, it says this is not a fine. I have never paid a Wilson’s parking ticket and there have been no problems,” a third wrote.

This is what a Galleria spokesperson said Yahoo News Parking in the center is free for customers for three hours, increasing to five hours in some parts.

According to the spokesperson, this was clearly stated on signs across the parking garage.

The Galleria Shopping Center website states that there are more than 4,200 parking spaces available for customers.

Attorney James Clements said this Yahoo News the woman does not have to pay the fine.

He explained that only a statutory body has the power to issue fines and that the signs were a “bullying tactic” to scare shoppers into paying.

‘Ignore it. Or write back and say, ‘I dispute this and have no intention of paying,'” he said.

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Galleria Shopping Center management for comment.

The woman was fined after shopping at the Galleria Shopping Center in Perth (pictured)