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PART 6 SParking prohibitions

Double parking prohibitionS

54Double parking prohibitionS

(1)A person must not park a motor vehicle on a carriageway in such a way that no part of the vehicle is within 50 centimetres of the edge of a carriageway (in this Part, this prohibition is referred to as the “double parking prohibition”).

(2)For the purposes of the double parking prohibition, a stationary motor vehicle is parked whether or not—

(a)the driver of the vehicle is in attendance at the vehicle,

(b)the engine of the vehicle is running.

(3)But a motor vehicle is not parked for those purposes if it is stationary—

(a)due to the necessities of traffic, or

(b)otherwise as a result of circumstances beyond the driver's control.

(4)The double parking prohibition is subject to the exceptions set out in section 55.

(5)In subsection (1)—

Commencement Information

I1S. 54 in force at 11.12.2023 by S.S.I. 2023/250, sch.