(1) A road authority may make bye-laws for the control and regulation of the parking of vehicles in places specified in the bye-laws (in this section referred to as parking places) on public roads within their functional area and shall in the bye-laws provide for the payment of fees in respect of such parking.

(2) Bye-laws under this section may, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), provide for all or any of the following matters:

(a) the specification of parking places;

(b) the payment of fees, including the manner and proof of payment (whether by means of a parking meter, the purchase and exhibition of a document, or otherwise) in respect of the parking of vehicles;

(c) the specification of the amount of any fees payable pursuant to bye-laws under paragraph (b);

(d) the specification of the maximum periods for which vehicles may be parked in specified parking places;

(e) the prohibition of the parking of vehicles in a parking place for a period for which a fee is chargeable without the appropriate fee having been paid in the manner specified;

(f) the prohibition of the parking of vehicles in a parking place for a longer period than that in respect of which a fee was paid;

(g) the specification of the classes of vehicles which may use a parking place in respect of which a fee is payable;