New South Wales Consolidated Acts

MOTOR SPORTS (WORLD RALLY CHAMPIONSHIP) ACT 2009 - SECT 9

9 Directions by police officers

(1) A police officer may give a direction to a person on a road on which a rally event is being conducted, or on public or private land adjacent to, or in the vicinity of, that road, if the police officer believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary for the safety of that or any other person from the conduct of the rally event (including any risks to the participants in the rally event).

(2) A direction given by a police officer must be reasonable in the circumstances for the purpose of reducing or eliminating the risk to the safety of any person.

(3) A direction under this section may be given to persons comprising a group and in any such case the police officer is not required to repeat the direction, or the information and warning referred to in section 201 of the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002 to each person in the group.

(4) However, just because the police officer is not required to repeat any such direction, information or warning does not in itself give rise to any presumption that each person in the group has received the direction, information or warning.

(5) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, refuse or fail to comply with a direction given in accordance with this section.

Maximum penalty: $220.

(6) A person is not guilty of an offence under this section unless it is established that the person persisted, after the direction concerned was given, to engage in the relevant conduct.