{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/passenger-and-goods-vehicles-recording-equipment-regulations-1989/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/passenger-and-goods-vehicles-recording-equipment-regulations-1989/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2121",
  "legislation_title": "The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/passenger-and-goods-vehicles-recording-equipment-regulations-1989",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "After section 97A of the Transport Act 1968 (provisions supplementary to section 97) there shall be inserted the following section:–\n“Forgery, etc of seals on recording equipment\n97AA (1) A person who, with intent to deceive, forges, alters or uses any seal on recording equipment installed in, or designed for installation in, a vehicle to which section 97 of this Act applies, shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above shall be liable–\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.\n(3) In the application of this section to England and Wales a person “forges” a seal if he makes a false seal in order that it may be used as genuine.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 97A of the Transport Act 1968 was inserted by S.I. 1979/1746."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/2121/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:34:45.237708+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}