205Parking for longer than indicated

205 Parking for longer than indicated

(1) A driver must not park continuously on a length of road, or in an area, to which a permissive parking sign applies for longer than the period indicated by information on or with the sign or, if rule 206 applies to the driver, the period allowed under that rule.

(1A) If a permissive parking sign does not indicate a period and does not indicate that it applies at particular times, or at particular times on particular days, a driver may, at any time, park continuously on a length of road, or in an area, to which the sign applies, unless—

(a) another parking control sign applies to the length of road or area; and

(b) the driver is prohibited from parking on the length of road, or in the area, under these Rules.

(2) For subrule (1), a driver parks continuously on a length of road, or in an area, to which a permissive parking sign applies, from the time when the driver parks on the length of road, or in the area, until the driver, or another driver, moves the vehicle off the length of road, or out of the area, to which the permissive parking sign applies.

Rule 205(3) inserted by S.R. No. 111/2021 rule 7, substituted by S.R. No. 7/2023 rule 6.

(3) Subrule (1) does not apply if—

(a) the driver is using a vehicle for the purpose of the operation of a detection device prescribed for the purposes of section 66 of the Road Safety Act 1986; or

(b) the driver's vehicle is—

Rule 205 (3)(b)(i) amended by S.R. No. 11/2026 rule 4(1).

Rule 205 (3)(b)(ii) amended by S.R. No. 11/2026 rule 4(1).

Note to rule 205(3) amended by S.R. No. 11/2026 rule 4(2).

Relocatable digital RSC and mobile digital RSC are defined in the dictionary.