213CMetered parking—parking fee

213C Metered parking—parking fee (1) A driver must not park in a metered parking space without paying the relevant parking fee for the space. (2) A driver does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if— (a) the relevant parking fee for the metered parking space is paid immediately after the driver parks the driver’s vehicle in the metered parking space; or (b) the parking meter for the metered parking space indicates that the period for which parking in the space has been paid for has not expired; or (c) the parking meter for the metered parking space— (i) is not working; or (ii) is covered with a parking meter hood bearing the words ‘out of order time limit applies’.