Confused about the Warringah sticker; is 2010 still valid?

[FishStick]

I've just come back from holiday and looking to get a new sticker, then I saw this on the Warringah Council website:
http://www.warringah.nsw.gov.au/home/index.aspx

For ratepayers this means:
The existing beach parking permits with an expiry date of 31 August 2010 are now valid to 31 August 2011. Council Rangers will not be issuing fines for vehicles correctly displaying the 2010 permits.

I'm confused, does this mean the last (blue) sticker is still valid? I'm not a rate payer but I've compared a rate payer's sticker to mine and can't see the difference so what's the go? Do I need to get a new one? How can the parking wardens tell if you are a rate payer or not?

[alakaboo]

yep, it's still valid.
the council was going to make residents pay for their permits, then wussed out and this is the outcome.
i'd expect paid permits to be introduced once these ones expire...