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Road Rules 2014
304Direction by a police officer or authorised person
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#### 304 Direction by a police officer or authorised person
304 Direction by a police officer or authorised person
> > (1) A person must obey any reasonable direction for the safe and efficient regulation of traffic given to the person by a police officer or authorised person, whether or not the person may contravene another provision of these Rules by obeying the direction.
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> > Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.
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> > Note.
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> > Authorised person and police officer are defined in the Dictionary.
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> > (2) It is a defence to the prosecution of a person for an offence against a provision of these Rules if, at the time of the offence, the person was obeying a direction given to the person under subrule (1).