School Crossing Patrols Act 1955

“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Police;

“prescribed sign” means a sign of a size, colour and type prescribed by rules made by the Minister which may provide for the attachment of reflectors thereto or for the illumination thereof, and, if the Minister authorises the use of signs of a description not so prescribed, includes a sign of that description;

“road” means any public road and any other road to which the public has access, and includes —

“school” includes a children’s social centre run by the Government;

“school crossing patrol” means a person appointed to patrol in accordance with arrangements under section 3;

“vehicle” means any vehicle whether mechanically propelled or otherwise.

Subject to such specific or general directions as may be given by the Minister from time to time, arrangements may be made by the Commissioner for the patrolling of places where children cross roads on their way to or from school, during periods between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. when children are so on their way, by persons appointed by or on behalf of the Commissioner, other than police officers.

The functions of the Commissioner for the purpose of making arrangements under subsection (1) shall include the duty to satisfy himself of the adequate qualifications of persons appointed to patrol, and to provide requisite training of persons to be appointed.

When between the hours of 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. a vehicle is approaching a place in a road where children on their way to or from school are crossing or seeking to cross the road, a school crossing patrol shall, subject to subsection (4), have power, by exhibiting a prescribed sign, to require the person driving or propelling the vehicle to stop it.

When a person has been required under subsection (1) to stop a vehicle —

Any person who fails to comply with subsection (2)(a), or who causes a vehicle to be put in motion in contravention of subsection (2)(b), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction in the case of a first offence to a fine not exceeding $200 and, in the case of a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding $500 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months.

The power conferred on a school crossing patrol by subsection (1) shall be exercisable only if the patrol is wearing a uniform conforming to a type prescribed by the Minister.

The power conferred by section 42(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1961 on a court before which a person is convicted of any criminal offence in connection with the driving of a motor vehicle to order him to be disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence to drive a motor vehicle shall not be exercisable by virtue of the conviction of a person of an offence under subsection (3) if it is his first or second conviction of an offence thereunder.

For the purposes of this section —