59Unauthorised use of public roads

59 Unauthorised use of public roads

59 Unauthorised use of public roads

For the purposes of section 73 (2) of the Act, the following are prescribed as circumstances in which a person who owns or has charge of stock that are walking or grazing on a public road is not guilty of an offence under section 73 of the Act—

(a) if the stock are horses that are being ridden or led in daylight,

(b) if the stock are drawing or being led by a vehicle in daylight,

(c) if the person is moving the stock in daylight from one part of a holding that is contiguous to another part of the holding from which it is separated only by a public road,

(d) if the person is moving the stock at any time along the road in an emergency,

(e) if the person is moving dairy cows from one part of a holding that is contiguous to another part of the holding from which it is separated only by a public road during the period between sunset and sunrise on the following day for the shortest practicable distance,

(f) if the person is authorised to walk or graze stock on the public road by or under the Crown Land Management Act 2016 or any other Act or regulation,

(g) if the stock are camels that are being ridden or led in daylight,

and the stock are travelling at the applicable required travelling rate.

cl 59: Am 2017 No 17, Sch 4.53.