Article 8 I1

Sections 169 and 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1972 (forgery of documents, etc., false statements and withholding material information) and section 150 of the Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1970 (false statements in connection with, forgery of and fraudulent use of documents, etc.) shall apply to a Convention driving permit as they apply to licences under those Acts.

Section 182 of the said Act of 1972 and section 163C of the said Act of 1970 (admissibility of records as evidence) shall apply to records maintained by the Minister of Transport in connection with his functions under Article 1 of the principal Order, or by a body or Northern Ireland department to which in accordance with Article 1(8) of the principal Order he has delegated the function in connection with which the records are maintained, as those sections apply to records maintained in connection with functions under those Acts, and the powers conferred by section 182(3) of the Act of 1972 and section 163C(4) of the Act of 1970 to prescribe a description of matter which may be admitted as evidence under those sections shall have effect in relation to the application of those sections by this Article.

In this Article “Convention driving permit” means a permit to drive a vehicle or class of vehicle which is issued under Article 1 of the principal Order in pursuance of, and in the form prescribed by, the International Convention relative to Motor Traffic concluded at Paris in the year 1926, the Convention on Road Traffic concluded at Geneva in the year 1949 or the Convention on Road Traffic concluded at Vienna in the year 1968.