Direction by a police officer or authorised person

In force

(1)

A person must obey any reasonable direction for the safe and efficient regulation of traffic given to the person by a police officer or authorised person, whether or not the person may contravene another provision of these Rules by obeying the direction.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

Note.

Authorised person and police officer are defined in the Dictionary.

(2)

It is a defence to the prosecution of a person for an offence against a provision of these Rules if, at the time of the offence, the person was obeying a direction given to the person under subrule (1).

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