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Stock Route Management Act 2002
sec.261Failure to obey signal
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### sec.261 Failure to obey signal
A person must not, without reasonable excuse, disobey a signal given under section 260 .
Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
It is a reasonable excuse for the person to disobey the signal if—
to immediately obey the signal would have endangered the person or someone else; or
the person obeys the signal as soon as it is practicable to obey it.
(sec.261-ssec.1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, disobey a signal given under section 260 . Maximum penalty—50 penalty units.
(sec.261-ssec.2) It is a reasonable excuse for the person to disobey the signal if— to immediately obey the signal would have endangered the person or someone else; or the person obeys the signal as soon as it is practicable to obey it.
- (a) to immediately obey the signal would have endangered the person or someone else; or
- (b) the person obeys the signal as soon as it is practicable to obey it.