370Closed parking spaces

370 Closed parking spaces

(1)  For the Road Rules –

(a) if a notice consisting of or including the words no parking is placed in or by a parking space or on the parking meter for a parking space, the notice is taken to be a no parking sign and the parking space is taken to be a length of road to which a no parking sign applies; and

(b) if a notice consisting of or including the words no standing is placed in or by a parking space or on the parking meter for a parking space, the notice is taken to be a no stopping sign and the parking space is taken to be a length of road to which a no stopping sign applies.

(2)  In this rule –

parking space means a parking space within the meaning of Part VII of the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982;

placed means placed in accordance with section 99(1) of that Act.

Note 1

Rules 167 and 168 deal with no parking signs and no stopping signs applying to a length of road.

Note 2

Length of road is defined in the dictionary.

Note 3

Section 99 of the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 provides for the closure of metered parking spaces and this is usually effected by placing a fabric hood over the parking meter. The notice of closure will usually be marked on that hood.