Parking where ticket required without payment of fee
86A Parking where ticket required without payment of fee
This section applies to a driver who parks in a length of road, or in an area, to which a permissive parking sign applies if—
information on or with the sign indicates that a ticket must be obtained through the operation of a parking ticket‑vending machine for parking in the length of road or area; and
information on or with the sign or the machine indicates that the ticket may be obtained without the payment of a fee.
For the purposes of subsection (1)—
if a sign displays the words "FREE PARKING" together with a requirement (however expressed) for a ticket to be obtained—
the sign will be taken to be a permissive parking sign for the purposes of the Australian
Road Rules to which Part 20 of the Rules applies; and
the words will be taken to indicate that a ticket must be obtained through the operation of a parking ticket‑vending machine without payment of a fee;
if a permissive parking sign displays the words "FREE TICKET" or such other words as may be prescribed by regulation, the words will be taken to indicate that a ticket must be obtained through the operation of a parking ticket‑vending machine without payment of a fee.
A driver referred to in subsection (1) must obtain a ticket from a parking ticket‑vending machine in or near the length of road or area.
Maximum penalty: $1 250.
For the purposes of this section, a driver referred to in subsection (1) does not obtain a ticket from a parking ticket‑vending machine unless the driver, on first stopping the vehicle, promptly—
proceeds to a parking ticket‑vending machine in or near the length of road or area; and
obtains a ticket through the operation of the machine; and
complies with any instructions (as to dealing with the ticket or otherwise) on or with the sign, ticket or machine.
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