Queensland Consolidated Regulations

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT--ROAD RULES) REGULATION 2009 - REG 304

304 Direction by particular persons

(1) It is a defence to the prosecution of a person for an offence against a provision of this regulation if, at the time of the offence, the person was obeying a direction given to the person—

(a) by a police officer under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 59 ; or

(b) by a traffic controller carrying out the functions of a traffic controller under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 , section 51 ; or

(c) by a person—

(i) carrying out the functions of a traffic controller under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 , section 51 , in relation to a special event conducted under a special event permit; and

(ii) to whom the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 , section 126A (2) applies in relation to the carrying out of the function.

(2) In this section—

"special event" see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 , section 124 .

"special event permit" see the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 , section 124 .

"traffic controller" means a person who holds an appointment under the Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015 , part 2 as an accredited person with the function of a traffic controller.