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)
C1Art. 49 modified by 2003 (c. 6), Sch. 2A para. 13(3) (as inserted (22.4.2007) by Policing (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/912 (N.I. 6)), arts. 1(3), 7(8), Sch. 5)