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ROAD TRANSPORT (GENERAL) REGULATION 2021 - REG 137
Grace period for certain parking offences
137 Grace period for certain parking offences
(1) A penalty notice must not be issued for an offence under the
Road Rules 2014 , rule 207, allegedly committed during the grace period for
the offence if-- (a) the vehicle is parked in a location where parking is
permitted if a fee is paid, and
(b) a fee has been paid for the hour
immediately before the grace period commenced entitling the vehicle to be
parked in the location, and
(c) evidence of the payment of the fee is
displayed in or on the vehicle, and
(d) the offence did not occur in a shared
zone within the meaning of the Road Rules 2014 .
(2) This section does not
prevent the issue of a penalty notice for an offence under the Road Rules
2014 , rule 154, 154A, 156, 167, 176, 179, 183, 186 or 205A- 1, if, during the
grace period for a designated parking offence-- (a) a
prescribed parking control sign applies to the same length of road or area as
that in which the relevant vehicle is parked, and
(b) the relevant driver is
prohibited by one or more of those rules from parking on the length of road,
or in the area, during the grace period.
(3) In this section--
"designated parking offence" means an offence under the Road Rules 2014 ,
rule 207.
"grace period" for an offence under the Road Rules 2014 , rule 207, means the
10 minutes following the expiry of the time a driver may allow the driver's
vehicle to remain parked without committing the offence.
"prescribed parking control sign" means the following-- (a) a bicycle lane
sign as referred to in the Road Rules 2014 , rule 153,
(b) a bus lane sign as
referred to in the Road Rules 2014 , rule 154,
(b1) a bus only lane sign as
referred to in the Road Rules 2014 , rule 154A,
(c) a transit lane sign as
referred to in the Road Rules 2014 , rule 156,
(d) a no stopping sign as
referred to in the Road Rules 2014 , rule 167,
(e) a clearway sign as
referred to in the Road Rules 2014 , rule 176,
(f) a loading zone sign as
referred to in the Road Rules 2014 , rule 179,
(g) a bus zone sign as
referred to in the Road Rules 2014 , rule 183,
(h) a mail zone sign as
referred to in the Road Rules 2014 , rule 186,
(i) a special event parking
area sign as referred to in the Road Rules 2014 , rule 205A- 1.
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