School Crossing Patrols Act 1955 |
2020 REVISED EDITION |
This revised edition incorporates all amendments up to and including 1 December 2021 and comes into operation on 31 December 2021 |
An Act for the authorisation of measures for the control of traffic, at places where children cross roads on their way to or from school, by persons other than police officers. |
[16 September 1955] |
Short title |
1. This Act is the School Crossing Patrols Act 1955. |
Interpretation |
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
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Arrangements for patrolling school crossings |
Power of school crossing patrols to stop traffic |
4.—(1) When between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. a vehicle is approaching a place in a road where children on their way to or from school are crossing or seeking to cross the road, a school crossing patrol shall, subject to subsection (4), have power, by exhibiting a prescribed sign, to require the person driving or propelling the vehicle to stop it.
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Rules |
5. The Minister may make rules to prescribe anything which under this Act may be prescribed and generally for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act. |
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