76Temporary stock zone signs

76 Temporary stock zone signs

76 Temporary stock zone signs

(1) A person walking or grazing stock on or near a public road that is not a permanent stock zone must display a temporary stock zone sign.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(2) A person who owns or has charge of stock that are being walked or grazed on or near a public road must identify the road, or a part of the road, as a temporary stock zone by displaying a stock warning sign—

(a) at the entry point to the zone, and

(b) a reasonable distance, not more than 5km and not less than 200m, from the point at which the driver of a vehicle is likely to encounter stock on the road.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) The person must remove the temporary stock zone sign when the stock are no longer on or near a part of a public road that is not a permanent stock zone.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(4) A person must not, unless authorised by this part, remove, damage, deface, interfere with or affix anything to a stock zone sign.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(5) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence under subsection (1) if the defendant proves—

(a) display of the sign was not necessary because the presence of the stock did not result in a reasonably foreseeable hazard to a person, animal or vehicle on the public road, or

(b) failure to display the sign was due to circumstances beyond the control of, and could not reasonably have been foreseen by, the person in charge of the stock.