Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018N00133:front:0:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018N00133
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Character Range: 21883–24582

the parking area indicates, or marks on the carriageway indicate, that vehicles have to park in a different position, where the parking area is –
       (a)  adjacent to the boundary of a carriageway, a person parking a vehicle in the parking area shall park it as near as practicable to and parallel with that boundary; and
       (b)  at or near the centre of the carriageway, a person parking a vehicle in that parking area shall park it at approximately right angles to the centre of the carriageway.

3.4 When angle parking applies
    (1)  This clause does not apply to –
       (a)  a passenger vehicle or a commercial vehicle with a mass including any load, of over three tonnes; or
       (b)  a person parking either a motor cycle without a trailer or a bicycle.
    (2)  Where a sign associated with a parking area is inscribed with the words 'angle parking' (or with an equivalent symbol depicting this purpose), a person parking a vehicle in the area shall park the vehicle at an angle of approximately 45 degrees to the centre of the carriageway unless otherwise indicated by the inscription on the parking sign or by marks on the carriageway.

3.5 General prohibitions on parking
  (1)  (a)  This clause does not apply to a vehicle parked in a parking stall nor to a bicycle in a bicycle rack.
       (b)  Subclauses (2)(c), (e) and (g) do not apply to a vehicle which parks in a bus embayment.
    (2)  Subject to any law relating to intersections with traffic control signals a person shall not park a vehicle so that any portion of the vehicle is –
       (a)  between any other stationary vehicles and the centre of the carriageway;
       (b) on or adjacent to a median strip;
       (c)  obstructing a right of way, private drive or carriageway or so close as to deny a vehicle reasonable access to or egress from the right of way, private drive or carriageway;
       (d)  alongside or opposite any excavation, works, hoarding, scaffolding or obstruction on the carriageway, if the vehicle would obstruct traffic;
       (e)  on or within 20 metres of any portion of a carriageway bounded by a traffic island;
       (f)  on any footpath or pedestrian crossing;
       (g)  between the boundaries of a carriageway and any double longitudinal line consisting of two continuous lines or between a double longitudinal line consisting of a continuous line and a broken or dotted line and the boundary of a carriageway nearer to the continuous line, unless there is a distance of at least 3 metres clear between the vehicle and the double longitudinal line;
       (h)  on an intersection, except adjacent to a carriageway boundary that is not broken by an intersecting carriageway;