GRIEVING relatives will be the latest target of council parking inspectors who now have the power to put tickets on vehicles at cemetery grounds.
Changes to powers given to councils by the State Government will allow inspectors to leave $50 fines and $21 fines on car windscreens of mourners breaking even minor road rules or parking in the wrong place.
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Maria Bertin, who visits Enfield Cemetery twice a month to tend the grave of her late husband and Centennial Park for her late brother, mother and father, said the new rule was "very sad".
"I can't see any justice in a system like this because there is no traffic problem here," she said.
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A spokeswoman for Local Government Minister Gail Gago said the changes were made to make it easier to prosecute people.
"In order to give cemetery authorities the ability to enforce the regulation without necessitating court proceedings, it was deemed appropriate to allow an expiation system to deal with any offences which may arise under the new regulations," she said.
There is some good news in this piece, however -- biodegradable coffin rules have been relaxed.
[Adelaide Now] [Daily Telegraph]
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