Every constable or traffic officer, if for the time being in uniform or in possession of any warrant or other evidence of his authority as a constable or traffic officer, is hereby authorised to enforce the provisions of this Act and any regulations or bylaws for the time being in force under this Act, and in particular may at any time—

Any such constable or traffic officer, if he believes on reasonable grounds that any vehicle does not comply with the provisions of any regulations for the time being in force under this Act, may, by notice in writing given to the driver or owner of the vehicle, direct that the vehicle be not used on any road, and that notice shall continue in force until the vehicle has been made to comply with the provisions of any such regulations as aforesaid:

“Provided that any such notice may be subject to a condition to the effect that the vehicle may continue to be used to reach any specified place for repair or may continue to be used for a given time or under limitations as to speed or route or otherwise.

Every person to whom any direction is given pursuant to this section shall comply with that direction, and no person shall do any act which is for the time being forbidden pursuant to this section:

“Provided that no person shall be deemed to have committed a breach of this subsection in so far as it relates to a prohibition under subsection (2) of this section, unless the Court is satisfied that the constable or traffic officer had reasonable grounds for believing that in all the circumstances of the case the prohibition was necessary in the interests of the safety of the driver or person in charge of the vehicle or of any other person or of the public.

Where any constable in uniform, or any traffic officer wearing a distinctive cap, hat, or helmet with a badge of authority affixed thereto, is for the time being engaged in the regulation of traffic on a road—

Any power or authority conferred on a traffic officer by this Act or by any regulations or bylaws for the time being in force under this Act shall be exercisable as follows:

“Provided that a traffic officer who is not an officer of the Department may exercise any such power or authority on any road which is not under the control of the local authority or other authority by which he has been appointed as a traffic officer in any case where he believes on reasonable grounds that it is necessary for him to exercise that power or authority in order to deal with any accident or emergency or to prevent the continuance of any danger to the public or to any person.”

No person shall use any hovercraft on or over any road otherwise than pursuant to the authority of and in conformity with the written permission of the Commissioner granted under this section.

The Commissioner may from time to time give written permission, whether unconditionally or upon or subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, for the use of any hovercraft on or over any road.

Any such permission may be granted for the use of any hovercraft on or over roads generally or any specified road or roads and for such period as the Commissioner thinks fit, and may at any time be varied or revoked in writing by the Commissioner.”

Where any local authority or public body proposes to enter into a contract with any licensee of a passenger service to provide the licensee with financial assistance in respect of any service carried on or to be carried on either partly or wholly in the district of the local authority or public body, as the case may be, and the parties to the proposed contract are unable to agree as to the extent of the assistance to be provided, the Commissioner shall, on the application of the parties to the proposed contract, determine the extent of financial assistance to be provided by the local authority or public body under the proposed contract, and, subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, the determination of the Commissioner shall have effect for the purposes of the proposed contract as if it had been agreed to by all the parties thereto.

The provisions of this Part of this Act, as far as they are applicable and with the necessary modifications, shall apply with respect to every determination of the Commissioner under this section as if it were an order of the Commissioner under this Part prescribing charges for the carriage of passengers.

In this section the term ‘public body’ includes the Auckland Regional Authority.”

Every person commits an offence who—

Where any person is charged in a Magistrate’s Court with any offence under this Act or any regulation or any bylaw made or continuing in force under this Act, the informant may serve on the defendant a notice in writing specifying any alleged previous conviction proposed to be brought to the notice of the Court in the event of his conviction of the offence charged.

Any such notice shall specify—

In the event of the conviction of the defendant and upon proof that the notice was served on him not less than seven clear days previously, the Court may, if the defendant is not present in person before the Court and has not notified the Court in writing that he disputes the conviction or any material details in connection with the conviction, take into account any conviction specified in the notice and the particulars concerning it as specified in the notice, as if the defendant had been present in person and admitted the conviction and those particulars.

Service on the defendant of any notice under this section shall be effected in the manner specified in section 24 of the Summary Proceedings Act 1957, and the provisions of that section shall apply to such service.”