Part 6Civil enforcement of traffic contraventions
Additional contraventions in special enforcement areas
85Prohibition of double parking etc.
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In a special enforcement area a vehicle must not be parked on the carriageway in such a way that no part of the vehicle is within 50 centimetres of the edge of the carriageway.
This is subject to the following exceptions.
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The first exception is where the vehicle is parked wholly within a designated parking place or any other part of the carriageway where parking is specifically authorised.
A “designated parking place” means a parking place designated by order under section 6, 9, 32(1)(b) or 45 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27).
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The second exception is where the vehicle is being used for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes.
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The third exception is where—
a
the vehicle is being used for the purposes of delivering goods to, or collecting goods from, any premises, or is being loaded from or unloaded to any premises,
b
the delivery, collection, loading or unloading cannot reasonably be carried out in relation to those premises without the vehicle being parked as mentioned in subsection (1), and
c
the vehicle is so parked for no longer than is necessary and for no more than 20 minutes.
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The fourth exception is where—
a
the vehicle is being used in connection with any of the following—
i
undertaking any building operation, demolition or excavation,
ii
the collection of waste by a local authority,
iii
removing an obstruction to traffic,
iv
undertaking works in relation to a road, a traffic sign or road lighting, or
v
undertaking works in relation to a sewer or water main or in relation to the supply of gas, electricity, water or communications services,
b
it cannot be so used without being parked as mentioned in subsection (1), and
c
it is so parked for no longer than is necessary.
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In this section “carriageway” has the meaning given by section 329(1) of the Highways Act 1980 (c. 66).
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References in this section to parking include waiting, but do not include stopping where—
a
the driver is prevented from proceeding by circumstances beyond his control or it is necessary for him to stop to avoid an accident, or
b
the vehicle is stopped, for no longer than is necessary, for the purpose of allowing people to board or alight from it.
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The prohibition in this section is enforceable as if imposed—
a
in Greater London, by an order under section 6 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
b
elsewhere in England and Wales, by an order under section 1 of that Act.