S.L. 363.80 Art. 2Interpretation.

In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires -

"commercial vehicle" means any vehicle carrying goods of more than 3.5 tonnes weight and includes any truck, van, pickup, mechanical horse, trailer, concrete mixer, bowser and crane; passenger transport vehicles, including any coach, bus, minibus, mini-van and taxi; car-hire vehicles, whether chauffeur driven or rented; commercially registered vehicles; towed vehicles, including boats on a trailer, other trailers and caravans; "controlled zone" means a zone where the holder of a residents’ permit issued to him in respect of his vehicle by the Local Council of a locality within which the zone lies, lives, and in respect of which there apply such parking conditions as are set out in these regulations; "Local Council" means a local government council established in terms of the Local Government Act, and "Council locality" shall be construed as a locality governed by a Local Council;

"non-permitted vehicle" means a vehicle which is not a permitted vehicle in a particular Council locality;

"occupied space" means the space occupied by a non-permitted vehicle for a restrictive prescribed period as may be indicated in a controlled zone during a prescribed period and which, along with any other space within the controlled zone, may not be used again by the same vehicle during such prescribed period before the expiry of the corresponding stay-away prescribed period; "parking disc" means a cardboard device as indicated in the Fourth Schedule containing a revolving disc which shows, through a window in the outer cover, a twelve-hour clock with indicators for segments of 15 minutes each inscribed on the inner disc, or any other automatic parking disc indicating the correct auto park time; "permitted vehicle" means a vehicle which belongs to or is normally driven by a person holding a residents’ permit, and which may be parked without any restriction within normal lawful limits at any time and for any duration in a controlled zone or zones in respect of which the residents’ permit is issued; "prescribed period" means such period as is prescribed in each controlled zone as relating to -

(a) the number of minutes a non-permitted vehicle may park in an occupied space without incurring any contravention, also referred to as the restrictive prescribed period;

(b) the number of minutes such non-permitted vehicle shall stay away from the occupied space before returning to the same controlled zone, also referred to as the stay-away prescribed period;

(c) the days of the week and the times thereof during which restricted parking for non-permitted vehicles applies; "residents’ permit" means a permit as indicated in the Second Schedule issued to a resident of a controlled zone in respect of a registered vehicle, which is not a commercial vehicle or a motor-cycle, which is owned or driven by such resident, and which renders his vehicle a permitted vehicle; "traffic sign" means a traffic sign as indicated in the Third Schedule and containing the following elements, namely an indication "P" that the sign relates to parking in a timed parking zone, indicating the zone, the parking time allowed and the no-return time, the prescribed period of restricted parking and an indication that all other days and times are unrestricted, the kerbside length of the restricted areas, a note about the non-applicability to particular holders of a residents’ permit of one or more controlled zones, a graphical representation of the parking/ disc, the coat-of arms of the Local Council or Local Councils of the locality or localities.