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Changes over time for: Section 49


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The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Section 49 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 04 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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[Contravention of directionsN.I.
49.—(1) If a person, without reasonable excuse, contravenes a direction given by a constable in uniform carrying out functions under the Road Traffic Orders, he is guilty of an offence.
(2) A constable in uniform giving a direction for the purposes of a traffic survey of any description which is carried out on or in the vicinity of a road shall be deemed for the purposes of paragraph (1) to be carrying out functions under the Orders referred to in paragraph (1).
(3) The power to give a direction for the purposes of a traffic survey shall be so exercised as not to cause any unreasonable delay to a person who indicates that he is unwilling to furnish any information for the purposes of the survey.
(4) In paragraphs (2) and (3) “direction” means a direction—
(a)to stop a vehicle;
(b)to make it proceed in, or keep to, a particular line of traffic; or
(c)to make it proceed to a particular point on or near the road on which the vehicle is being driven or propelled,
but does not include a direction requiring any person to furnish any information for the purposes of a traffic survey.]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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