Prohibition on animals on State-controlled road other than motorway
7 Prohibition on animals on State-controlled road other than motorway
The chief executive may, by notice under subsection (2), prohibit a person—
taking an animal onto, or allowing an animal to be taken onto, a State-controlled road other than a motorway; or
having control of an animal on a State-controlled road other than a motorway.
The public must be given notice of the prohibition by an appropriate sign erected on the State-controlled road.
Example of what a sign may state for subsection (1)—
no animals beyond this point
However, the prohibition does not apply if—
the person is restraining the animal on a lead; or
the animal is in a vehicle that is not prohibited on the State-controlled road; or
the animal is on the road under an approval of the chief executive under section 50(2) of the Act; or
the State-controlled road is not a limited access road and the person is travelling the animal or grazing the animal under either of the following permits under the Stock Route Management Act 2002—
a stock route travel permit;
a stock route agistment permit.
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