Traffic Regulations, Schedule 3 - Australian Road Rules 1999

A driver must not stop in a loading zone unless the driver is driving:

a public bus that is dropping off, or picking up, passengers; or

a truck that is dropping off, or picking up, goods; or

a vehicle that is permitted to stop in the loading zone under another law of this jurisdiction.

Offence provision.

Note

Public bus and truck are defined in the dictionary.

A driver who is permitted to stop in a loading zone must not stay continuously in the zone for longer than:

30 minutes; or

if information on or with the loading zone signs applying to the loading zone indicates another time – the indicated time; or

for a driver who is permitted to stop in the loading zone under another law of this jurisdiction that provides for a shorter period –

that period.

Offence provision.

Note

With is defined in the dictionary.

(3) A loading zone is a length of a road to which a loading zone sign applies.

Loading zone sign

Notes for diagram

1 There are a number of other permitted versions of this sign – see the diagrams in

Schedule 3

2 A loading zone sign may have an arrow pointing in a different direction and anything on the sign may be differently arranged – see rule 316(4).

Note

The application of this rule is modified by regulation 81A of the Traffic Regulations 1999.