Traffic Law Powers Flashcards
What is Section 115 of the Land Transport Act 1998?
Banning vehicles from the road
- Green sticket (POL650)
- Fails to compy with regulations or rules eg tinted windscreen
- Pink sticker (POL555)
- Not in safe condition to be on road eg illegal modifications
What is section 113 of the land transport act 1998?
General roadway-related powers
DIMDOD (acronym)
- Direct any person to give details
- Inspect test vehicle eg breaks
- Move any vehicle causing a hazard
- Direct driver to move vehicle to a safe place
- Order unlicenced driver not to drive
- Direct a pedestrian or driver to stop/go in/keep to a lane
What is section 96 of the land transport act 1998?
Seizing and impounding vehicles for 28 days
What is section 116 of the land transport act 1998?
Powers of arrest
- if person fails to comply with section 113 & 115
What is section 121 of the land transport act 1998?
Taking keys and forbidding to drive
FARMED
- Forbid that person to drive for a specific time
- All keys to be surrended
- Render the vehicle immobile
- Move vehicle if causing hazard
- EBA offender must be forbidden to drive for 12 hours
- Direct that person to drive to a specified place to rest if they have exceeded their driving hours
What is section 114 of the Land transport act 1998?
Stoping vehicles and demanding details
- Enforcement officer wears uniform or wears a cap, helmet or hat displaying a badge of authority
- Stop a vehicle displaying flashing blue, or blue and red lights or sounding a siren
- Demand there details, if they are the owner, if not the owners details
- Stop as long as reasonably necessary or 15 mins if soley establishing there details.
- Powers to arrest; fails to stop, refuses to supply details, false details supplied
What is section 95 of the land transport act 1998?
Suspending licences for 28 days
What is section 90 of the land transport act 1998?
Suspending licences and disqualifying from driving
3 months
Whaf is section 119 of the land transport act 1998?
Entering premises and seizing vehicles
Pursuit
Driving under the influence
Committed an offence
What is section 118 of the land transport act 1998?
Obtaining information
Can request information from the owner or hirer and they have 14 days to get it to you.
Any offence against any act
Obtaining information after a police pursuit the owner must give you the information immediately
What is section 123 of the land transport authority?
Seizing vehicles
For forensics
For up to 7 days
Whar is section 122 of the land transport act 1998?
Seizing vehicles
For public safety
For 12 hours
