TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 103
Examples of how parking may be regulated
TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995 - SECT 103
Examples of how parking may be regulated
103 Examples of how parking may be regulated
(1) This section does not limit section 101or 102and its object is to state
common examples of how parking may be regulated.
(2) Official traffic signs
may define or indicate—
(a) where paid parking is authorised; or
(b) spaces
on roads or off-street parking areas that are designated parking spaces; or
(c) loading zones; or
(d) for roads or off-street parking areas—where
parking is only allowed for a specified maximum time.
(3) Official traffic
signs installed by a local government may specify for a place or a traffic
area—
(a) the hours and days when parking is only allowed for a specified
maximum time; and
(b) the fixed hours for paid parking; and
(c) for
specified designated parking spaces—the maximum time for which a vehicle may
be paid parked; and
(d) a system (the
"authorised system" ) for the payment of a parking fee for paid parking
including, for example, by the use of a coin, token, card or credit card; and
(e) the denomination or number of coins to be inserted in a parking meter or
parkatarea in payment of a parking fee.
(4) Under a local law, a local
government may—
(a) allow a vehicle to park contrary to an indication on an
official traffic sign regulating parking by time or payment of a fee, if the
vehicle displays—
(i) a parking permit for people with disabilities; or
(ii) a permit issued by the local government; and
(b) define the persons that
may be issued with a permit.
(5) Under a local law, a local government may—
(a) allow a vehicle to park in a loading zone if the vehicle displays a
commercial vehicle identification label issued by the local government; and
(b) define the vehicles that may be issued with a commercial vehicle
identification label of the type specified by the MUTCD.
(6) A local
government may, by local law or resolution, specify the following—
(a)
parking fees for a place or a traffic area;
(b) the fee for—
(i) a permit
mentioned in subsection (4) (a) (i) or (ii) ; or
(ii) a commercial vehicle
identification label mentioned in subsection (5) (a) .