6Exemptions for traffic marshals—appointment and

6 Exemptions for traffic marshals—appointment and identity cards (1) The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 19 (3) (a) and (b) does not apply to the appointment of a traffic marshal as an authorised Note 1 Section 19 (3) (a) requires an authorised person to be an Australian citizen or permanent resident and s 19 (3) (b) relates to a person’s suitability for appointment. Note 2 However, a traffic marshal must have satisfactorily completed adequate training before being appointed as an authorised person, see s 19 (3) (c). (2) The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 20 does not apply to a traffic marshal who is appointed as an authorised person. card. (3) The Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 21 does not apply to an authorised traffic marshal while the traffic marshal is giving a direction under the Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017, section 304 (Direction by police officer or authorised person) for the activity for which the person is appointed an authorised person. Note 1 Section 21 requires an authorised person to show the person’s identity card before exercising a function under the road transport legislation. Note 2 The Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017, s 304 requires a person to obey any reasonable direction for the safe and efficient regulation of traffic given to the person by a police officer or authorised authorised, for a traffic marshal, means appointed as an authorised person for the Road Transport (Road Rules) Regulation 2017, section 304. traffic marshal means a person who carries out traffic control functions for an activity.