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Article 9 Other exemptions

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(1)

The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply in respect of a person causing a vehicle to stop if that person is—

(a)

required by law to cause the vehicle to stop or not to proceed;

(b)

obliged to stop the vehicle so as to avoid an accident;

(c)

prevented from proceeding in the vehicle by circumstances beyond the person’s control;

(d)

getting or giving help in consequence of an accident or an emergency, or otherwise taking action for public safety;

(e)

using the vehicle for fire brigade, ambulance or police purposes;

(f)

using the vehicle in connection with the removal of any obstruction to traffic;

(g)

using the vehicle in connection with the maintenance, improvement or reconstruction of any length of road specified in schedule 1;

(2)

The controls specified in article 3(1) and (2) do not apply to anything done with the permission or at the direction of a police constable in uniform or a traffic warden.