Commentary on Sections Part 1: Traffic Officers.Background Section 3: Jurisdiction of traffic officers
23.Section 3 defines the roads over which traffic officers will be able to exercise their special powers (see section 5 and the notes on that section). These are likely to be all roads for which the national authority is the traffic authority within the relevant national boundary. However, the section provides that their jurisdiction may be limited to specific roads. This might be used where traffic officers are designated by service providers who have a contract to provide a traffic service for a specific area.