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ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 2013 - SECT 169A
Direction to stop vehicle or combination: to enable exercise of other powers
(1) This section applies to-- (a) a vehicle or combination located-- (i) on
any road, or
(ii) in or on any public place, or
(iii) in or on any premises
occupied or owned by Transport for NSW or by any other public authority, and
(b) the driver of such a vehicle or combination who is apparently in, on or in
the vicinity of the vehicle or combination.
(2) An authorised officer may,
for the purpose of or in connection with exercising other powers under the
road transport legislation, direct-- (a) the driver of a vehicle or
combination to stop the vehicle or combination, or
(b) the driver of a
vehicle or combination or any other person not to do any one or more of the
following-- (i) move the vehicle or combination,
(ii) interfere with it or
any equipment in or on it,
(iii) interfere with its load.
(3) A direction to
stop a vehicle or combination may require that it be stopped without delay, or
that it be stopped at the nearest place for it to be safely stopped as
indicated by the officer.
(4) A direction to stop the vehicle or combination,
or not to move it, or not to interfere with it or any equipment in or on it or
with its load, does not prevent an authorised officer from giving the driver
or another person any later inconsistent directions under other provisions of
the road transport legislation.
(5) A direction under this section may be
given to a driver or other person orally or by means of a sign or signal
(electronic or otherwise), or in any other manner.
(6) A direction ceases to
be operative to the extent that an authorised officer-- (a) gives the driver
or other person a later inconsistent direction, or
(b) indicates to the
driver or other person that the direction is no longer operative.
(7) A
person is guilty of an offence if-- (a) the person is subject to an operative
direction under subsection (2), and
(b) the person engages in conduct that
results in a contravention of the direction.
: Maximum penalty--60 penalty
units.
(8) In this section--
"stop" a vehicle or combination means to stop the vehicle or combination and
keep it stationary.
Note--: See also section 513 of the Heavy Vehicle
National Law (NSW) in relation to directions to stop heavy vehicles for the
purposes of that Law.
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