Parking Places Act
(Chapter 214, Section 19)
Parking Places (Exemption) Order
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REVISED EDITION 1994
(22nd April 1994)
[22nd April 1994]
Citation
1.  This Order may be cited as the Parking Places (Exemption) Order.
Exemption
2.—(1)  Section 4(1) of the Act and the Parking Places (Licensing and Control of Private Parking Places) Rules shall not apply to —
(a)any private parking place —
(i)which is located outside the Central Area; and
(ii)at which no fee is charged for the parking therein of any motor vehicle not being a heavy vehicle,
in respect only of the use of such private parking place for the parking of motor vehicles other than heavy vehicles;
(b)any school premises (not being land or premises owned or occupied by the Government) in respect only of the use of such premises for the parking of any school bus in conjunction with the overnight parking scheme for school buses administered by the Ministry of Education;
(c)any depot for buses used for public transportation in respect only of the use of such depot for the parking of buses belonging to or under the control of the owner of such depot; and
(d)any parking place owned by a statutory board in respect only of the use of such parking place for the parking of any heavy vehicle belonging to or under the control of the statutory board.
[R 1.]
(2)  Rule 4 (2) and (3) and the Third Schedule of the Parking Places (Licensing and Control of Private Parking Places) Rules shall not apply in respect of any vacant space in the premises of any factory, warehouse, farm or other industrial premises or on any off-shore island which is used for the parking of any heavy vehicle.
(3)  For the purpose of —
(a)sub-paragraph (1)(a), the Central Area means the area described in the Schedule; and
(b)sub-paragraph (1)(b), school bus includes any private hire bus used for the conveyance of school children pursuant to rule 51A of the Road Traffic (Public Service Vehicles) Rules.
[R 14.]