School traffic safety team manual

Training manual to assist School Traffic Safety Teams maintain their outstanding safety record.

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Appendix 7: School patrol, traffic warden and school crossing point legislation

Excerpt from the Land Transport Rule: Traffic Control Devices

8.3 School patrols

8.3 (1) A road controlling authority may, in writing, authorise the Board of Trustees of a school to appoint persons as members of school patrols at specified school crossing points (kea crossings) or pedestrian crossings to assist, direct and supervise children on their way to or from school.

8.3 (2) When appointing members of school patrols the Board of Trustees:

for a school crossing point (kea crossing), must appoint adults to supervise the school patrol and school crossing point, and
for a marked pedestrian crossing, may appoint adults to supervise the school patrol and pedestrian crossing.

8.3 (3) A road controlling authority may, at any time, by notice in writing, withdraw an authorisation it has given under 8.3 (1).

8.3 (4) The Director may require that a road controlling authority withdraw an authorisation given under 8.3 (1).

8.3 (5) The withdrawal of an authorisation under 8.3 (3) or 8.3 (4) takes effect when the road controlling authority or the Director notifies the Board of Trustees, in writing, of the withdrawal.

8.3 (6) A member of a school patrol must wear, as appropriate, a raincoat or vest that identifies them clearly and enables them to be visible to approaching drivers.

8.3 (7) A member of a school patrol must use a ‘School Patrol’ sign that complies with Schedule 1 mounted on a white or black and white striped pole at least 35 mm in diameter and not less than 1.5 m in length.

Functions and duties of school patrols

8.3 (8) A school patrol must control the approach of the driver of a vehicle to a pedestrian crossing or school crossing point by extending into the roadway, and keeping extended, the ‘School Patrol’ sign, so as to display its wording clearly to the driver and, at the same time, may direct pedestrians to enter the crossing.

8.3 (9) A school patrol must not extend the ‘School Patrol’ sign into the roadway to stop a vehicle except during a pause in the flow of traffic, having regard to the number of vehicles approaching the crossing.

8.4 School crossing points

8.4 (1) A road controlling authority may provide a school crossing point on a road for which a speed limit of 50 km/h or less is set.

8.4 (2) A road controlling authority may provide a school crossing point on a road for which a speed limit of more than 50 km/h is set if it has obtained the approval of the Director and complies with the conditions of the approval.

8.4 (3) Before establishing a school crossing point, a road controlling authority must obtain the agreement of the Board of Trustees of each school that is served by the school crossing point.

8.4 (4) A school crossing point must be placed so that:

it, and the school patrol when operating, is visible to a driver approaching the crossing point from any direction; and
the length of the crossing is not obstructed by any construction, physical feature or permanent growth.

8.4 (5) A road controlling authority must indicate the presence and position of a school crossing point by marking or installing in accordance with the relevant requirements of Schedule 2:

a white, reflectorised limit line on each approach; and
at each end of the crossing point, a permanent white support post or pole; and
when a school patrol is operating:
1. at least one ‘Children’ flag sign installed adjacent to each vehicle limit line on each approach to the crossing point; and
2. a ‘School Patrol’ sign at each end of the crossing point; and
a ‘Children’ sign, with a ‘School’ supplementary sign, permanently mounted on either side of the road facing approaching traffic.

8.4 (6) Markings for a school crossing point must be placed, as far as practicable, either at right angles to the middle line of the roadway or so as to provide the most convenient route for pedestrians.

8.4 (7) All ‘School Patrol’ signs and ‘Children’ flag signs must be removed from a school crossing point when a school patrol is not operating.

8.8 Other pedestrian facilities

School wardens

8.8 (1) A Board of Trustees of a school may appoint a person as a school warden to assist, direct and supervise children at a point at which they may cross the road on their way to and from school.

8.8 (2) A Board of Trustees must advise the road controlling authority before establishing a school warden system.

8.8 (3) A school warden must wear, as appropriate, a raincoat or vest that identifies them clearly and enables them to be visible to approaching drivers.

Section 13 Responsibilities, functions and powers

13.4 Responsibilities of Board of Trustees

A person who is a member of a Board of Trustees must comply with 8.3 and 8.8.

13.5 Responsibilities of school patrols

A person who is a member of a school patrol must comply with 8.3.

Excerpt from the Land Transport Rule: Road Users

Pedestrian crossings

(1) A driver approaching a pedestrian crossing must:

give way to pedestrians, and to riders of wheeled recreational devices or mobility devices, on that pedestrian crossing; and
if necessary, slow down and stop the driver’s vehicle for that purpose.

(2) A driver approaching a pedestrian crossing must not enter the crossing if the driver’s intended passage is blocked by stationary traffic.

(3) For the purposes of this clause, if a pedestrian crossing is interrupted by a raised traffic island, the parts of the crossing that are situated on different sides of that traffic island must be regarded as separate pedestrian crossings.

Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992

25. Notification of serious harm

Recording and notification of accidents and serious harm —

(1) Every employer shall maintain (in the prescribed form) a register of accidents and serious harm; and shall record in the register the prescribed particulars relating to —

Every accident that harmed (or, as the case may be, might have harmed) —
1. Any employee at work; or
2. Any person in a place of work controlled by the employer; and
Every occurrence of serious harm to an employee at work, or as a result of any hazard to which the employee was exposed while at work, in the employment of the employer.

(3) If there occurs any serious harm or accident to which this subsection applies, the employer, self-employed person, or principal concerned must, —

as soon as possible after the occurrence becomes known to the employer, self-employed person, or principal, notify the Secretary of the occurrence; and
within 7 days after the occurrence, or, if the occurrence is not known to the employer, self-employed person, or principal within that period, as soon as possible after it becomes known, give the Secretary written notice, in the prescribed manner, of the circumstances of the occurrence.

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