{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-66.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/14",
  "legislation_title": "Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981",
  "path": "section/66",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "False statements to obtain licence etc.",
  "text": "A person who knowingly makes a false statement for the purpose of—\n(a) obtaining the grant of a licence under Part II . . . of this Act to himself or any other person, obtaining the variation of any such licence, preventing the grant or variation of any such licence or procuring the imposition of a condition or limitation in relation to any such licence;\n(b) obtaining the issue of a certificate of initial fitness under section 6 of this Act;\n(c) obtaining the issue of a certificate under section 10 of this Act that a vehicle conforms to a type vehicle;\n(d) obtaining the issue of an operator’s disc under section 18 of this Act; ...\n(e) obtaining the issue of a certificate under section 21 of this Act as to the repute, financial standing or professional competence of any person; or\n(f) obtaining the issue of a control document in pursuance of regulation 4 of the Road Transport (International Passenger Services) Regulations 2018;\nshall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(3), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 66(d) omitted (28.1.2000) by virtue of S.I. 1999/3413, reg. 10(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 65(f) and the word “or” preceding it inserted (28.1.2000) by S.I. 1999/3413, reg. 10(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 66(f) substituted (1.4.2025) by The Road Transport (International Passenger Services) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1370), regs. 1(2), 6(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 66(a) extended by S.I. 1984/748, reg. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 66 extended by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 127(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/section/66",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:23.739394+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."
}