ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 81E
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT 1974 - SECT 81E
81E . Road closure order, effect of
(1) Subject to —
(a) any
directions given by a member of the Police Force under section 9A of the
Public Order in Streets Act 1984 ; and
(b) the
provisions of subsection (2),
where the holding or
conduct of an event on a closed road substantially conforms with the terms of
the order relating to it, a person participating in that event who observes
such conditions and limitations as are specified in the order may position
himself in, or proceed over, any road referred to in the order and is not, by
reason of any thing done or omitted to be done by him for the purposes only of
his participating in that event, guilty of any offence against the provisions
of this Act or any other enactment regulating the movement of traffic and
pedestrians, or relating to the obstruction of a street.
(2) An order made
under this Part shall be deemed to contain a condition requiring persons
participating in the event on the closed road to which it relates not to
obstruct the free passage of any ambulance, fire brigade vehicle or police
vehicle, and where any person contravenes that condition the holding and
conduct of that event shall be taken not to have conformed with the order.
(3) Subject to the
provisions of this Part and any order granted in relation to a road, a road
closed pursuant to this Part remains a “road” for the purposes of
this Act and any other enactment.
[Section 81E inserted: No. 64 of 1988 s. 4;
amended: No. 70 of 2004 s. 82.]