Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999 - Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Amendment (Parking Meters and Ticket Machines) Regulation 2001 (2001-1024) [GG No 196 of 21.12.2001, p 10626] (NSW)
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| Road Transport (Safety and Traffic | New South Wales |
Management) (Road Rules)
Amendment (Parking Meters and
Ticket Machines) Regulation 2001
under the
Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999
Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999.
CARL SCULLY, M.P.,
Minister for Roads
Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic
Management) (Road Rules) Regulation 1999 (the principal regulation):
| (a) | to allow a person to park a vehicle in a metered parking space without the need to pay for unexpired time displayed on the relevant parking meter, and |
| (b) | to allow a person to pay a fee indicated on a parking meter or ticket machine, by using a smart card. |
Schedule 1 [1] amends clause 61 of the principal regulation. At present, clause 61 (2) creates an offence for parking a vehicle in a metered parking space without paying the relevant parking fee for at least the minimum period of time for which parking in the space must be paid. The amendment allows a person to park a vehicle in a metered parking space without the need to pay for any unexpired time displayed on the relevant parking meter.
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Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Amendment (Parking Meters and Ticket Machines) Regulation 2001
Explanatory note
Schedule 1 [4] and [5] amend clauses 99 and 104 of the principal regulation. The amendments allow a person to pay the fee indicated on a parking meter or ticket machine for parking in a metered parking space or ticket parking area by using a smart card. Schedule 1 [6] inserts a definition of smart card in the Dictionary. Schedule 1 [2] and [3] make consequential amendments.
This Regulation is made under the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Act 1999, including section 71 (the general regulation-making power) and Schedule 1 (Regulation-making powers).
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| Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) | Clause 1 |
| Amendment (Parking Meters and Ticket Machines) Regulation 2001 |
Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management)
(Road Rules) Amendment (Parking Meters and
Ticket Machines) Regulation 2001
Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Amendment (Parking Meters and Ticket Machines) Regulation 2001.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on 21 December 2001.
Amendment of Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules) Regulation 1999
The Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules)
Regulation 1999 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
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Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules)
Amendment (Parking Meters and Ticket Machines) Regulation 2001
| Schedule 1 | Amendments |
| Schedule 1 | Amendments |
(Clause 3)
Clause 61 Use of meters in metered parking areas
Omit clause 61 (3). Insert instead:
(3) A person does not commit an offence against subclause (2) if:
(a) the person parks a vehicle in a metered parking space before paying the relevant parking fee, so long as the person pays the fee immediately after parking, or (b) when the person parks a vehicle in a metered parking space, the parking meter for the metered parking space is displaying unexpired time.
Clause 64 Misuse of parking meters
Insert “, such as a smart card” after “payment” in clause 64 (a).
Clause 70 Misuse of ticket machine
Insert “, such as a smart card” after “payment” in clause 70 (a).
Clause 99 Parking meters
Omit clause 99 (1) (b). Insert instead:
(b) that the fee may be paid using cash or a smart card, and (c) the denomination of coins to be used in the meter, if the fee is to be paid using cash, and (d) the type of card that may be used, and how the card is to be used, if the fee is to be paid using a smart card.
Clause 104 Ticket machines
Omit clause 104 (b). Insert instead:
(b) that the fee may be paid using cash or a smart card, and (c)
the denomination of coins to be used in the machine, if the fee is to be paid using cash, and
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Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) (Road Rules)
Amendment (Parking Meters and Ticket Machines) Regulation 2001
| Amendments | Schedule 1 |
(d) the type of card that may be used, and how the card is to be used, if the fee is to be paid using a smart card.
[6] Dictionary
Insert in alphabetical order in Part 1 of the Dictionary:
smart card means a stored-value card keeping a record of
financial transactions made using the card.
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