52How are stock zones established?

#### 52 How are stock zones established? 52 How are stock zones established? > > (1) Permanent stock zones A roads authority may set aside the whole or any part of a public road as a permanent stock zone. > > > (2) A permanent stock zone is to be designated by a permanent stock zone sign exhibited at the entry to the zone to which it relates. > > > (3) The permanent stock zone sign is to be positioned so that— > > > > > (a) there is not less than 200 metres between the sign and the place where a vehicle being driven towards the stock would first encounter the stock, and > > > > > (b) the driver of a vehicle being driven towards the stock along the road is warned of the presence or likely presence of the stock a reasonable distance before the vehicle would first encounter the stock. > > > (4) Temporary stock zones A person who owns or has charge of stock that are grazing or walking on a public road may set aside the whole or part of that public road as a temporary stock zone. > > > (5) An occupier of land through which an unfenced public road passes must set aside that part of the road passing through the land as a temporary stock zone if the land is normally grazed by stock. > > > (6) A temporary stock zone is to be designated by a temporary stock zone sign exhibited at the entry point of the zone to which it relates. > > > (7) A temporary stock zone sign exhibited by a person referred to in subclause (4) is to be positioned so that there is not more than 5 kilometres, and not less than 200 metres, between the sign and the place where a vehicle being driven towards the stock would first encounter the stock. > > > (8) A temporary stock zone sign exhibited by a person referred to in subclause (5) is to be positioned so that the driver of a vehicle being driven towards the stock along the road is warned of the presence or likely presence of the stock a reasonable distance before the vehicle would first encounter the stock. > > > (9) The provisions of Part 20 of the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758) apply to a permanent stock zone sign or temporary stock zone sign in the same way as they apply to a traffic sign within the meaning of those Rules. > > > > Note. > > > > For example, rule 327 of the [Road Rules 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0758) which provides that the length of road to which a traffic sign on a road applies is worked out in the direction driven by a driver on the road who faces the sign before passing it. > > **cl 52:** Am 2014 (762), Sch 1.