Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRAFFIC REGULATION 1962 - REG 65

65 Standard conditions

(1) A disability parking permit issued to an individual is subject to the following conditions—

(a) a vehicle in which the individual is travelling must not be parked in a parking area for people with disabilities unless the vehicle displays the permit;

(b) at some time while a vehicle in which the individual is travelling is parked in a parking area for people with disabilities, the individual must alight from, or enter, the vehicle;

(c) if a vehicle in which the individual is travelling is parked at a place under the Queensland Road Rules , section 206 —at some time while the vehicle is parked at the place, the individual must alight from, or enter, the vehicle;

(d) the individual must not allow the permit to be used by another person for a purpose for which the permit was issued, unless the use is in connection with a vehicle in which the individual is travelling at the time;

(e) the individual may only use the permit for a vehicle with a GVM of not more than 4.5t.

(2) A disability parking permit issued to an organisation for a specified vehicle is subject to the following conditions—

(a) if the vehicle is being used by the organisation to transport persons with a disability—it must not be parked in a parking area for people with disabilities unless it displays the permit;

(b) if the vehicle is being used by the organisation to transport persons with a disability and is parked in a parking area for people with disabilities—at some time while the vehicle is parked in the parking area, 1 or more of the persons must alight from, or enter, the vehicle;

(c) if the vehicle is being used by the organisation to transport persons with a disability and is parked at a place under the Queensland Road Rules , section 206 —at some time while the vehicle is parked at the place, 1 or more of the persons must alight from, or enter, the vehicle;

(d) the organisation must not allow the permit to be used by another person for a purpose for which the permit was issued, unless the other person is at the time using the vehicle to transport persons with a disability.

(3) In this section—

"parking area for people with disabilities" has the meaning given by the Queensland Road Rules , section 203 (2) .

"persons with a disability" means persons who meet the eligibility criteria stated in section 60 (2) .