Regulation 4 Amendment of the Transport Act 1968

The Transport Act 1968^f1 is amended as follows.

After section 99ZF (power to seize documents) insert—

“Power to stop

99ZG

(1)

Subsection (2) applies if a vehicle appears to a stopping officer to be one to which this Part could apply.

(2)

The officer may direct the driver to stop the vehicle for the purpose of enabling a Part 6 officer to exercise powers under this Part.

(3)

In this section—

• “Part 6 officer” means an officer as defined in section 99(8);

• “stopping officer” means an officer appointed under section 66B of the Road Traffic Act 1988.”.