30Offences relating to road closures

30 Offences relating to road closures

30 Offences relating to road closures

(1) If, under this Subdivision, a road is closed to vehicles (whether or not it is also closed to pedestrians) by the use of a sign or barrier, a person must not bring a vehicle onto the road contrary to the sign or by removing, interfering with or going beyond the barrier, except as permitted by an authorised officer.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(2) If, under this Subdivision, a road is closed to vehicles (whether or not it is also closed to pedestrians) by the use of a sign or barrier, a person in charge of a vehicle situated on the road who is informed by an authorised officer that the road is closed and directed by an authorised officer to remove the vehicle from the road must remove the vehicle from the road as soon as practicable after the direction is given.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(3) If, under this Subdivision, a road is closed to pedestrians (whether or not it is also closed to vehicles) by the use of a sign or barrier, a person must not, without reasonable excuse, enter the road contrary to the sign or by removing, interfering with or going beyond the barrier, except as permitted by an authorised officer.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(4) If, under this Subdivision, a road is closed to pedestrians (whether or not it is also closed to vehicles) by the use of a sign or barrier, a person on the road who is informed by an authorised officer that the road is closed and directed by an authorised officer to leave the road must leave the road as soon as practicable after the direction is given.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(5) A person must not damage, remove or interfere with a sign or barrier erected or provided for the purpose of closing a road under this Subdivision, except as permitted by an authorised officer.

Maximum penalty—30 penalty units.

(6) In this section—

authorised officer means—

(a) a person who has received, for the purposes of this section, written authorisation from TfNSW or the responsible authority for the major event, or

(b) a police officer.

s 30: Am 2011 No 41, Sch 5.20 [2]; 2020 No 30, Sch 4.39[2]; 2022 No 12, Sch 1[10].