New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

ROAD RULES 2014 - REG 179

179 Stopping in a loading zone

(1) A driver must not stop in a loading zone unless the driver is driving--

(a) a public bus that is dropping off, or picking up, passengers, or

(b) a truck that is dropping off, or picking up, goods, or

(c) any of the following vehicles--

(i) a vehicle that a person is getting into or out of or getting on or off,

(iii) a motor vehicle constructed principally for the conveyance of goods.

Note--: For example, a driver may stop in a loading zone to deliver music equipment at a venue.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

Note 1 :
"Public bus" and
"truck" are defined in the Dictionary.

Note 2 : Subrule (1)(c) is not uniform with the corresponding paragraph in rule 179 of the Australian Road Rules . However, the corresponding paragraph in the Australian Road Rules allows another law of this jurisdiction to permit a driver of specified vehicles to stop in a loading zone. Different rules may apply in other Australian jurisdictions.

(2) A driver who is permitted to stop in a loading zone must not stay continuously in the zone for longer than--

(a) 30 minutes, or

(b) if information on or with the loading zone signs applying to the loading zone indicates another time--the indicated time, or

(c) for a driver of a vehicle referred to in subrule (1)(c)--

(i) in the case of a vehicle that a person is getting into or out of or getting on or off--the period during which the person is getting into or out of, or on or off, the vehicle, or

(iii) in the case of a motor vehicle constructed principally for the conveyance of goods--the period during which goods are being dropped off or picked up from the vehicle or 30 minutes (whichever is the lesser).

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

Note 1 :
"Motor vehicle" and
"with" are defined in the Dictionary.

Note 2 : Subrule (2)(c) is not uniform with the corresponding paragraph in rule 179 of the Australian Road Rules . However, the corresponding paragraph in the Australian Road Rules allows another law of this jurisdiction to specify the period during which the driver of a vehicle permitted to stop in loading zones may stop in such zones. Different rules may apply in other Australian jurisdictions.

(3) A
"loading zone" is a length of a road to which a loading zone sign applies.

(3-1) This rule does not apply to a driver who stops a goods vehicle in a controlled loading zone.

Note 1 :
"Goods vehicle" and
"controlled loading zone" are defined in the Dictionary.

Note 2 : Rule 179- 1 makes special provision for goods vehicles stopping in controlled loading zones.

Note 3 : This subrule is an additional NSW subrule. There is no corresponding subrule in rule 179 of the Australian Road Rules .

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Note 1 for diagram : There is another permitted version of the loading zone sign --see the diagram in Schedule 3.

Note 2 for diagram : A loading zone sign may have an arrow pointing in a different direction and anything on the sign may be differently arranged--see rule 316(4).