346APreventing prescribed traffic control device being clearly

346A Preventing prescribed traffic control device being clearly visible (1) A person must not (except with the approval of the road transport authority) place anything in a position that prevents, or is likely to prevent, a prescribed traffic control device from being clearly visible to the road users to whom it is intended to apply. Note Prescribed traffic control device—see the Act, dictionary and the Road Transport (Safety and Traffic Management) Regulation 2017, s 11. (2) The road transport authority, a police officer or an authorised person may— (a) orally or in writing, direct a person who has contravened subsection (1) by placing something to remove the thing within a stated reasonable time; or (b) remove the thing. (3) If a person is given a direction under subsection (2) (a), the person must comply with the direction.