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ON—STREET PARKING AND LOADING The time periods for parking and for the prohibition of waiting should not overlap. The format ”no waiting from 8 am to 6 pm except limited waiting from 10 am to 4 pm” (diagram 639.1A in the 1994 Regulations) is no longer used. ”except” is omitted and the prohibition of waiting expressed as two separate periods; "8—10am” and ”4—6pm”. The upper panel when varied to diagram 650.3 will have to indicate a time period other than ”At any time” on the top line. However, there might be situations where it is appropriate to use the expression ”At any time” in the upper panel, whether or not it has been varied to indicate a taxi rank. For example, the parking bays might not operate on a particular day of the week because a market is held on that day and the waiting prohibition applies for 24 hours.

The sign is used with a parking bay appropriate to the lower panel, a single yellow line to indicate the prohibition of waiting in the upper panel and, if appropriate, single kerb marks to indicate a prohibition of loading. Where the single yellow line continues beyond the bay, and the upright signs indicate different waiting restrictions, a transverse mark as described in para 6.35 is not required. The end of the bay is sufficient to indicate a change in the restrictions. Where the upper panel is varied to either diagram 650.2 or 650.3, the yellow taxi rank bay marking to diagram 1028.2 is not used. The bay marking will be white and appropriate to the lower panel. In this case the bay marking should have no legend as this would conflict with its use by taxis. Where this is a loading bay to diagram 1028.3, a special direction is required from the Department (see para 2.1) as the Directions currently require the legend LOADING ONLY to be used. A single yellow line to diagram 1017 is still used to indicate the prohibition of waiting even though there is an exception for taxis. Table 7-4 specifies the appropriate markings to use.

The Regulations prescribe signs for permit parking bays that may be used by other vehicles at either the same or different times. The sign to diagram 660.6 is used where there is time—limited parking, and diagram 660.7 where there is pay and display parking in addition to permit parking. The legend ”Permit holders” may be varied to ”Resident permit holders”, ”Business permit holders”, ”Doctor permit holders” or ”Card holders”. 64