# Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, Section 66A: Issue of false documents.

Extent: E+W+S
Status: prospective

(1) If a person issues
(a) a certificate of initial fitness under section 6 of this Act; or
(b) a notice removing a prohibition under section 9(1) of this Act;
which he knows to be false in a material particular, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
(2) If a constable, an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or an authorised inspector has reasonable cause to believe that a document produced to him or carried on a vehicle by its driver is a document in relation to which an offence has been committed under this section, he may seize the document.
(3) The power to seize a document under subsection (2) above includes power to detach a document carried on a vehicle from the vehicle.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/section/66A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-66A
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