Parking Places Act
(CHAPTER 214, Section 8)
Parking Places (Coupon Parking) Rules
R 3
G.N. No. S 217/1982

REVISED EDITION 1990
(25th March 1992)
[1st August 1982]
Citation
1.  These Rules may be cited as the Parking Places (Coupon Parking) Rules.
Definitions
2.  In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires —
“coupon parking place” or “parking place” means a parking place designated by the Superintendent in accordance with rule 5(1) as a place where vehicles may be parked using parking coupons;
“parking coupon” or “coupon” means a coupon or other document issued by the Superintendent to any person for the purpose of parking a vehicle in accordance with rule 9;
“prescribed charge” means the charge prescribed by the Minister under section 9(1) of the Act as the fee payable by any person for parking a vehicle in a coupon parking place.
Application of Parking Places Rules
3.  The Parking Places Rules [R 2] shall apply to vehicles parked in a coupon parking place in so far as any of the provisions of those Rules is not inconsistent with or modified by the provisions of these Rules.
Use of parking coupons
4.—(1)  Any person who parks a vehicle in any coupon parking place on the days and at the times indicated on any sign erected at that place shall display on the vehicle in the manner prescribed by rule 6 —
(a)one or more valid coupons in the Form 1, 2, 3 or 4 in the Second Schedule having in the aggregate a value sufficient to meet the prescribed parking charges for the period during which the vehicle is parked or is to be parked in such parking place; or
(b)valid coupon, being a coupon in the Form 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 or 14 in the Second Schedule.
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(2)  For the purposes of this rule a parking coupon shall not be valid if —
(a)the coupon is so torn, defaced or mutilated that the figures or other particulars therein are not legible;
(b)the period of validity of the coupon has expired;
(c)the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 or 10 in the Second Schedule, does not indicate the date and time of commencement of parking the vehicle in accordance with rule 7;
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(ca)the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 5, 6, 7, 8, 13 or 14 in the Second Schedule, is used for the parking of a motor vehicle the weight of which unladen exceeds 1,500 kg;
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(d)the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 5, 6, 7 or 8 in the Second Schedule, does not indicate the date of parking the vehicle in accordance with rule 7;
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(e)the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 11 or 12 in the Second Schedule, does not indicate the time (day or night) and the date of parking the vehicle in accordance with rule 7;
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(f)the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 11 or 12 in the Second Schedule, does not indicate in ink, the vehicle number of the motor-cycle or scooter in accordance with the instructions given in the Form in which the coupon is set out in that Schedule;
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(g)the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 7 or 8 in the Second Schedule, is used in a parking place at a time when the coupon does not entitle the holder to park at the parking place;
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(h)the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 11 or 12 in the Second Schedule, is used for the parking of a motor vehicle other than a motorcycle or a scooter;
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(i)the coupon, being a coupon in any of the Forms in the Second Schedule, is used in a manner contrary to the instructions given in the coupon as set out in that Form or on a sign erected by the Superintendent at the parking place;
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(j)the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 11, 12, 13 or 14 in the Second Schedule, is used for the parking of a motor vehicle the vehicle number of which does not correspond to that indicated on the coupon;
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(k)the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 13 or 14 in the Second Schedule, is not of the month or year in which the vehicle is parked; or
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(l)the coupon, being a coupon in the Form 13 or 14 in the Second Schedule, does not indicate the vehicle number of the vehicle in accordance with rule 7, or does not bear the signature of a person authorised by the Superintendent to issue the coupon.
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