Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021
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120 Parking permits
120 Parking permits
(1) A parking authority may issue a permit authorising the parking of a vehicle without charge or time restrictions in a parking space—
(a) located within a parking area or road specified in the permit, and
(b) designated by the parking authority for use by holders of the permit.
(2) The permit may be issued in electronic or printed form.
(3) Transport for NSW may issue TfNSW guidelines from time to time for the issuing of parking permits.
(4) Transport for NSW must publish the TfNSW guidelines—
(a) on a publicly accessible website maintained by Transport for NSW, or
(b) if the website referred to in paragraph (a) is not available—on a publicly accessible government website.
(5) A parking authority must not issue a permit except in accordance with the TfNSW guidelines.
(6) In this section—
parking area means the following—
(a) pay parking area,
(b) permissive parking area,
(c) special event parking area.
parking bay has the same meaning as in the Road Rules 2014.
parking space means the following—
(a) pay parking space,
(b) permissive parking space.
permissive parking area means the part of a road to which a permissive parking sign applies.
permissive parking space means a parking bay in a permissive parking area.