Section 13: Road barriers
consolidated text (as at 2016, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
13. Road barriers
(1) Notwithstanding any other enactment, a police officer not below the
rank of Inspector, may, if he considers it necessary for the maintenance and
preservation of law and order or for the prevention or detection of offences—
(a) erect or place a barrier in or across a public road or in a public
place in such manner as he thinks fit; and
(b) take all reasonable steps to prevent a vehicle from passing the
barrier.
(2) The driver or other person in charge of a vehicle shall comply with the
signal of a police officer requiring him to stop his vehicle before reaching a
barrier placed under subsection (1).
(3) No police officer shall be liable for any loss or damage resulting to a
vehicle or for any injury to any passenger or person in charge of the vehicle
where the driver or other person in charge has failed to comply with any
measures taken or signal given under this section.
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Questions this section answers
- Can a senior police officer set up a road barrier to stop my vehicle, and must I stop for it?