98Powers of police in emergency or obstruction or danger to traffic

98 Powers of police in emergency or obstruction or danger to traffic

98 Powers of police in emergency or obstruction or danger to traffic

(1) A police officer may, during a temporary obstruction or danger to traffic, or in an emergency—

(a) direct a person not to cause or permit a vehicle to park in a pay parking space or pay parking area, or

(b) direct the responsible person for, or driver of, a vehicle parking in a pay parking space or pay parking area to remove the vehicle from the space or area, or

(c) if no person appears to be in charge of a vehicle parked in a pay parking space or pay parking area—remove the vehicle from the space or area.

(2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with a direction under this section.

Maximum penalty—20 penalty units.

(3) In this section—

pay parking area includes a part of a pay parking area.