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304Direction by police officer or authorised person
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304 Direction by 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 this regulation by obeying the direction. (2) It is a defence to the prosecution of a person for an offence against a provision of this regulation if, at the time of the offence, the person was obeying a direction given to the person under subsection (1).
Obeying directions Division 18.3