Section 66A Issue of false documents.F1

England, Wales and Scotland Not yet in force

(1)

If a person issues

(a)

a certificate of initial fitness under section 6 of this Act; F2or

(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 F3level 4 on the standard scale.

(2)

If a constable, F4an 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.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 66A inserted (prosp.) by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 58, 107:1, 126), ss. 24(4), 76(2)
F2: S. 66A(1)(b) and the word "or" directly preceding it repealed (prosp.) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), ss. 83, 84, Sch. 8
F3: 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
F4: Words in s. 66A(2) substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 22(3); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.