Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles — Exemption) Order 2026

This Order is the Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles — Exemption) Order 2026 and comes into operation on 15 September 2026.

In this Order —“eligible parking place” has the meaning given by rule 4 of the Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles — Lodgement) Rules 2026 (G.N. No. S 609/2026);“registered owner”, in relation to a heavy vehicle, means the person who is registered under the Road Traffic Act 1961 as the owner of the heavy vehicle.

“eligible parking place” has the meaning given by rule 4 of the Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles — Lodgement) Rules 2026 (G.N. No. S 609/2026);

“registered owner”, in relation to a heavy vehicle, means the person who is registered under the Road Traffic Act 1961 as the owner of the heavy vehicle.

Section 5(1) of the Act does not apply to a private parking place (called X) if —

X is an eligible parking place;

there is at least one heavy vehicle parked, or to be parked, in X in respect of which a lodgement has been made under rule 7(1) of the Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles — Lodgement) Rules 2026; and

the lodgement mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) has not lapsed pursuant to rule 8 of the Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles — Lodgement) Rules 2026.

Rule 4 of the Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles) Rules (R 4) does not apply to the registered owner of, or a person who has purchased, a heavy vehicle if a lodgement is made under rule 7(1) of the Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles — Lodgement) Rules 2026 to park the heavy vehicle at an eligible parking place.

The exemption in sub‑paragraph (1) applies during the period specified in the lodgement mentioned in that sub‑paragraph as the period the heavy vehicle is to be parked at the eligible parking place.

However, the exemption in sub‑paragraph (1) ceases if the lodgement mentioned in that sub‑paragraph lapses pursuant to rule 8 of the Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles — Lodgement) Rules 2026.

Rule 4 of the Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles) Rules (R 4) does not apply to the registered owner of, or a person who has purchased, a heavy vehicle if a lodgement is made under rule 7(1) of the Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles — Lodgement) Rules 2026 to park the heavy vehicle at an eligible parking place.

The exemption in sub‑paragraph (1) applies during the period specified in the lodgement mentioned in that sub‑paragraph as the period the heavy vehicle is to be parked at the eligible parking place.

However, the exemption in sub‑paragraph (1) ceases if the lodgement mentioned in that sub‑paragraph lapses pursuant to rule 8 of the Parking Places (Parking of Heavy Vehicles — Lodgement) Rules 2026.