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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—
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> > > (a) located within a parking area or road specified in the permit, and
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> > > (b) designated by the parking authority for use by holders of the permit.
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> > (2) The permit may be issued in electronic or printed form.
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> > (3) Transport for NSW may issue TfNSW guidelines from time to time for the issuing of parking permits.
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> > (4) Transport for NSW must publish the TfNSW guidelines—
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> > > (a) on a publicly accessible website maintained by Transport for NSW, or
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> > > (b) if the website referred to in paragraph (a) is not available—on a publicly accessible government website.
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> > (5) A parking authority must not issue a permit except in accordance with the TfNSW guidelines.
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> > (6) In this section—
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> > parking area means the following—
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> > > (a) pay parking area,
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> > > (b) permissive parking area,
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> > > (c) special event parking area.
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> > parking bay has the same meaning as in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758).
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> > parking space means the following—
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> > > (a) pay parking space,
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> > > (b) permissive parking space.
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> > permissive parking area means the part of a road to which a permissive parking sign applies.
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> > permissive parking space means a parking bay in a permissive parking area.