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4(1)Outside Greater London there is a parking contravention in relation to a vehicle if it is stationary in circumstances in which any of the offences listed below is committed.E+W

(2)The offences are—

(a)an offence under section 64(3) of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (c. 57) of causing a vehicle to stop on part of a road appointed, or deemed to have been appointed, as a hackney carriage stand;

(b)an offence under section 5, 11, 16(1) or 16C of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) (contravention of certain traffic orders) of contravening a prohibition or restriction on waiting, or loading or unloading, of vehicles;

[F1(ba)an offence committed in England under section 25(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 of contravening paragraph 1 or 3 of Part 5 of Schedule 14 to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 (S.I. 2016/362);]

(c)an offence [F2committed in Wales] under section 25(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 of contravening regulation 18 or 20 of the Zebra, Pelican and Puffin Pedestrian Crossings Regulations and General Directions 1997 (S.I. 1997/2400) (prohibition on stopping vehicles on or near pedestrian crossings);

(d)an offence under section 35A(1), 47(1) or 53(5) or (6) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (offences in connection with parking places);

(e)an offence under section 61(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (parking in loading areas);

[F3(ea)an offence under section 30(1) of the Exeter City Council Act 1987 (c. xi) (prohibition of parking vehicles on verges, central reservations and footways).]

(f)an offence under section 6(6) of the Essex Act 1987 (c. xx) of leaving a vehicle on any land in contravention of a prohibition under that section (prohibitions relating to verges and certain other land adjoining or accessible from highway);

(g)an offence under section 19 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) (parking of HGVs on verges, central reservations or footways);

(h)an offence under section 21 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (offences relating to cycle tracks) of parking a vehicle wholly or partly on a cycle track;

[F4(ha)an offence committed in England under section 36(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (failure to comply with traffic sign) of failing to comply with a sign of the type referred to in—

(i)item 51 or 53 in the table in Part 2 of Schedule 14 to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016, where that sign is placed for the purposes of a signal-controlled crossing facility or a parallel crossing as defined by Schedule 1 to that Instrument; or

(ii)paragraph 1 of Part 6 of Schedule 7 to that Instrument (bus stop or bus stand clearway markings);]

(i)an offence [F5committed in Wales] under section 36(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (failure to comply with traffic sign) of failing to comply with a sign of a type referred to in—

(i)regulation 10(1)(b) of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 (S.I. 2002/3113) (zig-zag lines relating to certain crossings), or

(ii)regulation 29(1) of those regulations (bus stop or bus stand markings).

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