Paragraph 8 Power to stop vehicle for testing

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(b) word repealed by Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 Sch. 3
Sch. 5 para. 6 and cross-heading omitted by Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026 Sch. 7 para. 5
Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(aa) omitted by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 11 para. 25(a)
Sch. 5 para. 1(2A) omitted by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 11 para. 25(a)
Sch. 5 para. 4 and cross-heading omitted by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 11 para. 25(b)
Sch. 5 para. 9A and cross-heading omitted by Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 Sch. 11 para. 25(c)

A person whose accreditation specifies that this paragraph applies to him shall, within the relevant police area, have the power of a constable in uniform to stop a vehicle under subsection (3) of section 67 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) for the purposes of a test under subsection (1) of that section.