ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 91

ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1961 - SECT 91

91—Duty to comply with direction of authorised person

        (1)         An authorised person may give to any other person reasonable directions relating to the movement or positioning of vehicles or persons on, or in the vicinity of, a ferry.

        (2)         An authorised person may request the driver of a vehicle that has entered, or is about to enter, a ferry to inform the authorised person of the total mass of the vehicle, any attached vehicle and the loads (if any) on the vehicle or attached vehicle, or to supply the authorised person with information from which that total mass might be estimated.

        (3)         A person who fails forthwith to comply with a direction or request under this section, or gives false information, is guilty of an offence.

        (4)         In this section—

"authorised person" means the person in charge of the ferry or any other person engaged in the loading or operation of the ferry.