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Road Transport (General) Regulation 2021
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#### 137 Grace period for certain parking offences
137 Grace period for certain parking offences
> > (1) A penalty notice must not be issued for an offence under the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 207, allegedly committed during the grace period for the offence if—
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> > > (a) the vehicle is parked in a location where parking is permitted if a fee is paid, and
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> > > (b) a fee has been paid for the hour immediately before the grace period commenced entitling the vehicle to be parked in the location, and
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> > > (c) evidence of the payment of the fee is displayed in or on the vehicle, and
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> > > (d) the offence did not occur in a shared zone within the meaning of the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758).
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> > (2) This section does not prevent the issue of a penalty notice for an offence under the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 154, 154A, 156, 167, 176, 179, 183, 186 or 205A–1, if, during the grace period for a designated parking offence—
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> > > (a) a prescribed parking control sign applies to the same length of road or area as that in which the relevant vehicle is parked, and
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> > > (b) the relevant driver is prohibited by one or more of those rules from parking on the length of road, or in the area, during the grace period.
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > designated parking offence means an offence under the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 207.
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> > grace period for an offence under the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 207, means the 10 minutes following the expiry of the time a driver may allow the driver’s vehicle to remain parked without committing the offence.
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> > prescribed parking control sign means the following—
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> > > (a) a bicycle lane sign as referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 153,
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> > > (b) a bus lane sign as referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 154,
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> > > (b1) a bus only lane sign as referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 154A,
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> > > (c) a transit lane sign as referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 156,
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> > > (d) a no stopping sign as referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 167,
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> > > (e) a clearway sign as referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 176,
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> > > (f) a loading zone sign as referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 179,
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> > > (g) a bus zone sign as referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 183,
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> > > (h) a mail zone sign as referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 186,
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> > > (i) a special event parking area sign as referred to in the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758), rule 205A–1.
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> **s 137:** Am 2021 (745), Sch 1.1\[1\]; 2022 (692), Sch 3\[4\] \[5\].