213KTicket parking—display of ticket

213K Ticket parking—display of ticket (1) A driver may park the driver’s vehicle in a ticket parking area only if— (a) for an RTA multi-stay ticket parking area— (i) a current parking ticket for the area is correctly displayed in or on the vehicle; or (ii) a current part-day parking ticket for another RTA multi-stay ticket parking area is correctly displayed in or on the vehicle; or (iii) a current equivalent all-day parking ticket for another RTA multi-stay ticket parking area is correctly displayed in or on the vehicle; or

(b) for any other ticket parking area—a current parking ticket for the area is correctly displayed in or on the vehicle. Examples—par (b)—ticket parking areas 1 a ticket parking area set up by the road transport authority in which parking up to a maximum of 4 hours is permitted by the ticket parking signs applying to the area 2 a ticket parking area set up by a parking authority (2) Subsection (1) (a) does not apply to a driver if, immediately after parking in the ticket parking area, the driver— (a) obtains a parking ticket for the ticket parking area and the ticket is correctly displayed in or on the driver’s vehicle; or (b) correctly displays in or on the driver’s vehicle a parking ticket mentioned in subsection (1) (a) (ii) or (iii). (3) Subsection (1) (b) does not apply to a driver if, immediately after parking in the ticket parking area, the driver obtains a parking ticket for the ticket parking area and the ticket is correctly displayed in or on the driver’s vehicle. (4) It is a defence to the prosecution of a driver for an offence against subsection (1) if the driver proves that— (a) a parking ticket was displayed in accordance with the subsection; and (b) the driver took reasonable steps to ensure that the ticket remained correctly displayed while the driver’s vehicle was parked in the ticket parking area. all-day parking ticket, for a ticket parking area, means a parking ticket for which the relevant parking fee for parking all-day in the area has been paid.

correctly displayed—a parking ticket is correctly displayed in or on a vehicle if the ticket is displayed— (a) in or on the front left-hand side of the vehicle or, if the ticket requires the driver to display the ticket in or on a part of the vehicle, in or on that part of the vehicle; and (b) in a way that its expiry date (and, for a parking ticket other than an all-day parking ticket, its expiry time) and the ticket parking area for which it is issued, are clearly visible from outside the equivalent, for a multi-stay ticket parking area, means another ticket parking area for which the relevant parking fee for an all-day parking ticket for the area is the same or higher. part-day parking ticket means a parking ticket that is not an all-day parking ticket. RTA multi-stay ticket parking area means a ticket parking area set aside under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation2017, section 35 (2) (a) (Ticket parking schemes—road transport authority) where all-day parking is permitted by the ticket parking signs applying to the area.