Off-Street Parking Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1996

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Bye-Laws.)

These Bye-Laws revoke and re-enact with minor amendments the Off-Street Parking Bye-Laws (Northern Ireland) 1994 and all subsequent amending bye-laws.

The principal provisions are as follows:—

• They prescribe the waiting in a parking place of such classes of vehicles, in such position and on such days and during such hours as are specified.

• They prescribe that the driver of a vehicle shall not permit it to wait in a parking place for longer than the maximum period permitted for waiting.

• They prescribe that the driver of a vehicle using a parking place shall pay the appropriate charge in accordance with the scale of charges specified.

• They prohibit the use of parking bays reserved for disabled persons' vehicles by any other vehicle.

• They prescribe the method of operation of pay and display systems of collecting charges in car parks.

• They prohibit trading in a car park.

• They prohibit supermarket trolleys from multi-storey car parks.

• They prohibit the use of a designated car park for the purpose of consuming intoxicating liquor.

• Any person who contravenes a Bye-Law shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale (£500) for each offence.