How to display your mobility parking permits

Australian Disability Parking Permit

When you apply for a Mobility Parking Scheme permit in NSW, you’ll also be issued an Australian Disability Parking Permit that applies in all states and territories.

There is no additional charge for the Australian permit.

Displaying your permit

To ensure you comply with the conditions of use for your permit, you must display both your:

• NSW Mobility Parking Scheme permit – looks like a driver licence, and
• Australian Disability Parking permit – large purple card.

Attaching permits to a car

In NSW you need to display both the Australian Disability Parking Permit (large purple card) and your NSW Mobility Parking Scheme permit (licence-style card).

Insert your NSW permit into the clear sleeve of the Australian Disability Parking Permit. This holder ensures your permit is accepted nationally, as outlined below.

The back of the card should be facing out, so your personal details and photo cannot be seen.

Your permit should be displayed clearly on the left hand or passenger side of your car. If this isn’t practical, place it in an area where it can be seen from outside the vehicle.

You can use a suction cup or any other method you prefer to attach the permit to the windscreen or any other surface. The permit must not block the driver’s vision while the car is in motion.

Make sure the side marked ‘Display this side’ is always showing when in use.

You should only display the permit when using parking concessions. Removing the permit when not in use will reduce sun exposure damage, prolonging the life of the card.

Attaching a permit to a motorcycle or other open-style vehicle

Your permit can be fixed permanently to the vehicle for security purposes. It  should be displayed so that it can be seen clearly.

Make sure the side marked ‘Display this side’ is always showing.

Your permit will show the number plate and should only be fixed to the vehicle bearing this number plate.

Additional permit

You can be issued with an additional permit if you have registered in your name an open-style vehicle – such as a convertible, motorcycle or motor tricycle – in addition to a standard vehicle, such as a sedan.

This allows you to permanently fix one permit to the open-style vehicle for security purposes and carry the other permit in the usual way.