(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.]