# The Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Article 49: Contravention of directions


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/2994/article/49 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-49
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