97Enforcement of controlled parking

97 Enforcement of controlled parking

(1)  During prescribed hours, a vehicle shall not remain parked –

(a) in a parking space for which there is a parking meter –

(i) [Section 97 Subsection (1) amended by No. 28 of 2019, s. 7, Applied:02 Oct 2019] unless there is time registered on the meter or virtual meter relating to that parking space; or

(ii) [Section 97 Subsection (1) amended by No. 28 of 2019, s. 7, Applied:02 Oct 2019] for a period longer than the maximum period notified on the meter or sign relating to that parking space;

(b) in a parking space for which a voucher machine is available –

(i) [Section 97 Subsection (1) amended by No. 28 of 2019, s. 7, Applied:02 Oct 2019] unless the parking of the vehicle is authorized by a parking voucher or parking vouchers obtained from the machine and displayed on the vehicle, or there is time registered on a virtual meter relating to that parking space; or

(ii) [Section 97 Subsection (1) amended by No. 28 of 2019, s. 7, Applied:02 Oct 2019] for a period longer than the maximum period notified on the voucher machine or sign relating to that parking space;

(c) in a parking space in which another vehicle, that was parked before the first-mentioned vehicle stopped there, remains parked in it, unless those vehicles are motor cycles that are parked wholly within that parking space; or

(d) partly inside and partly outside a parking space.

Penalty:  [Section 97 Subsection (1) amended by No. 6 of 2008, Sched. 1, Applied:28 Apr 2008] In the case of –

(a) a first or second offence, a fine not less than 0.5 of a penalty unit and not exceeding one penalty unit; or

(b) a third or subsequent offence, a fine not less than one penalty unit and not exceeding 2 penalty units.