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ROAD TRAFFIC CODE 2000 - REG 275

275 .         Unattended stock on roads

        (1)         A person in charge of stock must not —

            (a)         allow it to stray onto a road; or

            (b)         having taken stock onto a road, allow it to remain there unattended, or inadequately attended.

        Modified penalty: 1 PU

        (2)         It is a defence to a complaint under subregulation (1), of allowing stock to stray onto a road, that all reasonable precautions were taken to prevent the stock from straying onto the road.

        (3)         Any stock that is straying on, unattended on or obstructing any portion of, a road, may be seized by a police officer or an officer of the local government of the district and placed in a public pound.

        [Regulation 275 amended: Gazette 23 Dec 2014 p. 4929; SL 2020/253 r. 28.]



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