Section 123AK: The Highway Code

123AK. The Highway Code (1) The Minister may— (a) prepare a Highway Code comprising such directions as appear to him to be proper for the guidance of any person using a road; (b) from time to time revise the Highway Code by revoking, varying, amending or adding to the provisions of the Code in such manner as he may determine. (2) The Minister may— (a) cause the Highway Code and every revised edition of the Code to be printed and to be issued to the public without charge or at such price as he may determine; (b) take such other steps as he may determine for securing that the provisions of the Code shall be brought to the notice of the public. (3) (a) A failure on the part of any person to observe any provisions of the Highway Code shall not of itself render that person liable to criminal proceedings of any kind. (b) Any failure under paragraph (a) may, in any proceedings whether civil or criminal, be relied upon by any party to the proceedings as tending to establish or to negative any liability which is in question in those proceedings. [S. 123AK inserted by s. 5 of Act 9 of 2003 w.e.f. 1 September 2003.]