# Greater London Authority Act 1999, Paragraph 25

Extent: E+W+S

(1) A person who, with intent to avoid payment of a charge imposed by a charging scheme or with intent to avoid being identified as having failed to pay such a charge,—
(a) interferes with any equipment, or with the functioning of any equipment, used for or in connection with charging under a charging scheme, or
(b) causes or permits the registration plate of a motor vehicle to be obscured, or
(c) makes or uses any false document,
is guilty of an offence.
(1A) A person who makes or uses any false document with intent to avoid payment of, or being identified as having failed to pay, a charge imposed by a charging scheme or a penalty charge is guilty of an offence.
(2) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) or (1A) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
(3) A person is guilty of an offence if he removes a penalty charge notice which has been fixed to a motor vehicle in accordance with regulations under paragraph 12 above unless—
(a) he is the registered keeper of the vehicle or a person using the vehicle with his authority; or
(b) he does so under the authority of the registered keeper or such a person or of the charging authority.
(4) A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/schedule/23/paragraph/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/schedule-23/paragraph-25
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