Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts(a) by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsections:
“(3AA) Where a parking sign is erected on or near the boundary of the carriageway of a public street and the sign bears an inscription indicating the period of time for which parking is permitted is not more than 30 minutes, a disabled person shall not park a motor vehicle or trailer in the part of the public street to which the sign relates—
(a) for a period exceeding 2 hours; and
(b) unless there is displayed in or on the motor vehicle a disability label.
“(3AB) Where a parking sign is erected on or near the boundary of the carriageway of a public street and the sign bears an inscription indicating—
(a) that parking in the part of the public street to which the sign relates is reserved for motor vehicles displaying a disability label; and
(b) the period of time for which parking is permitted in the part of the public street to which the sign relates;
a disabled person shall not park a motor vehicle or trailer in the part of the public street to which the sign relates for a period of time exceeding the period so indicated.
“(3AC) A disabled person does not contravene subsection (3) if—
(a) the sign bears an inscription indicating the period of time for which parking is permitted is more than 30 minutes; and
(b) there is displayed in or on the motor vehicle a disability label.
“(3AD) A person does not contravene subsection (3) if—
(a) the motor vehicle is being used by or on behalf of a community organisation for the purposes of the organisation;
(b) a label has been issued to the organisation under paragraph 150A (2) (c) specifying the part of a public street or public place to which the label relates;
(c) the label is displayed in or on the motor vehicle; and
(d) the motor vehicle is parked in the part of the public street or public place so specified.”;
(b) by omitting from paragraph (5) (a) “or”;
(c) by inserting after paragraph (5) (a) the following paragraph:
“(ab) park a motor vehicle in the part of a public street to which the sign relates unless—
(i) the person is a disabled person, a disabled person is a passenger in the motor vehicle and the motor vehicle is parked for the purpose of setting down the disabled person, or the vehicle is parked for the purposes of picking up a disabled person; or
(ii) the motor vehicle is being used by or on behalf of a community organisation for the purposes of the organisation;
and there is displayed in or on the motor vehicle a disability label or label issued to a community organisation, as the case requires; or”; and
(d) by adding at the end the following subsection:
“(7) A reference in subsections (3AA), (3AB) and (3AC) to a disabled person shall be read as including a reference to the driver of a motor vehicle—
(a) in which a disabled person is a passenger; or
(b) being parked for the purpose of picking up a disabled person.”.