Control of Vehicles (Off-road Areas) Act 1978
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36. Road law provisions
In the application of the provisions of a road law as defined in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 4 to vehicles to which this Act applies or to persons using vehicles in circumstances to which this Act applies —
(a) the obligations set out in section 54(6) and section 56(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1974 shall be deemed to extend to and in relation to the use of a vehicle otherwise than on a road; and
(b) any reference to a police officer in the Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008 section 32, 33, 34 or 48 or the Road Traffic Act 1974 section 54, 55 or 57 shall be construed as a reference to an authorised person within the meaning of this Act.
[Section 36 amended: No. 106 of 1981 s. 33; No. 8 of 2012 s. 67; No. 16 of 2019 s. 104.]
[36A. Deleted: No. 76 of 1996 s. 25.]