Transport wardens
12 Transport wardens
For section 22, the functions relating to the provisions of the road laws mentioned in column 1 of the Table and described in column 2 of the Table are functions that can be performed by a warden.
Table
Road law provision | Description |
|---|---|
Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 s. 32 | Direction to give personal details |
Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 s. 33 | Direction to produce driver’s licence document, learner’s permit |
Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 s. 34 | Request information to identify driver, person in charge of a vehicle |
Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 s. 39 | Direction to stop vehicle, not move or interfere with vehicle or load |
Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 s. 52 | Inspect vehicle for defect |
Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 s. 75 | Give several, further directions |
Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 s. 81 | Serve infringement notices (alleged offender) in respect of the prescribed road law offences set out in the Table to regulation 25 |
Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 s. 71 | Issue defect notice and directions |
Road Traffic (Authorisation to Drive) Regulations 2014 r. 63(b) | Direction to produce official document as evidence of another jurisdiction’s authorisation to drive |
Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014 r. 42(2) | Require a vehicle licence of Class B or C vehicle to be produced for inspection |
Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014 r. 49 | Require a non‑current vehicle licence to be delivered up |
Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014 r. 122 | Seizure of number plates |
Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014 r. 124(1) and (3) | Seizure of imitation plates and service of notice about disposal |
Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014 r. 140 | Seizure of trade plates |
Road Traffic (Vehicles) Regulations 2014 r. 476 | Require a document as evidence of Minister’s declaration or CEO exemption to be produced for inspection |
For section 24(1)(a), a transport warden has, in relation to a function under a provision of a road law mentioned in the Table to subregulation (1), the powers conferred under the provision on a police officer in relation to the function.
For section 24(1)(b), a reference to, or that includes, a police officer in a provision of a road law mentioned in the Table to subregulation (1) is to be read as including a transport warden.
Despite subregulation (2), a transport warden does not have, in relation to a function under the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 52, the powers conferred under section 52(5)(c) or (d) or (6)(b) of that Act on a police officer in relation to the function.
[Regulation 12 amended: SL 2024/201 r. 5.]
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