Road Rules 2019

For the Road Rules – if a notice consisting of or including the words no parking is placed in or by a parking space or on the parking meter for a parking space, the notice is taken to be a no parking sign and the parking space is taken to be a length of road to which a no parking sign applies; and if a notice consisting of or including the words no standing is placed in or by a parking space or on the parking meter for a parking space, the notice is taken to be a no stopping sign and the parking space is taken to be a length of road to which a no stopping sign applies.

In this rule – parking space means a parking space within the meaning of Part VII of the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982; placed means placed in accordance with section 99(1) of that Act. Rules 167 and 168 deal with no parking signsand no stopping signs applying to a length of road.Length of road is defined in the dictionary. Section 99 of the Local Government (Highways) Act 1982 provides for the closure of metered parking spaces and this is usually effected by placing a fabric hood over the parking meter. The notice of closure will usually be marked on that hood.