ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 171

ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 171

171 .         Stopping in parking area for people with disabilities

        (1)         A driver must not stop in a parking area for people with disabilities unless —

            (a)         the driver’s vehicle displays a disability parking permit; and

            (b)         either the driver or a passenger in that vehicle is a person with disabilities.

        Modified penalty: 1 PU

        (2)         In this regulation, a parking area for people with disabilities is a length or area of a road —

            (a)         to which a “permissive parking” sign displaying a people with disabilities symbol applies; or

            (b)         to which a “people with disabilities parking” sign applies; or

            (c)         indicated by a road marking (a “people with disabilities road marking”) that consists of, or includes, a people with disabilities symbol; or

            (d)         set aside within a parking region as a permit parking area as defined in the Local Government (Parking for People with Disabilities) Regulations 2014 regulation 4.

People with disabilities symbols

        (background in blue)         (symbol in blue)

People with disabilities parking sign

(background to symbol in blue)

        Note    Anything on these signs may be differently arranged.

        [Regulation 171 amended: Gazette 13 Feb 2015 p. 651‑2; SL 2020/253 r. 28.]