137Grace period for certain parking offences

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, rule 207, allegedly committed during the grace period for the offence if—

(a) the vehicle is parked in a location where parking is permitted if a fee is paid, and

(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

(c) evidence of the payment of the fee is displayed in or on the vehicle, and

(d) the offence did not occur in a shared zone within the meaning of the Road Rules 2014.

(2) This section does not prevent the issue of a penalty notice for an offence under the Road Rules 2014, rule 154, 154A, 156, 167, 176, 179, 183, 186 or 205A–1, if, during the grace period for a designated parking offence—

(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

(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.

(3) In this section—

designated parking offence means an offence under the Road Rules 2014, rule 207.

grace period for an offence under the Road Rules 2014, 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.

prescribed parking control sign means the following—

(a) a bicycle lane sign as referred to in the Road Rules 2014, rule 153,

(b) a bus lane sign as referred to in the Road Rules 2014, rule 154,

(b1) a bus only lane sign as referred to in the Road Rules 2014, rule 154A,