Regulation 16 Production, inspection and copying of documents in relation to ASOR or Community regulated services
Paragraph (2) below shall have effect in relation to a vehicle where it appears to an examiner that the vehicle—
is being used for the provision of an ASOR regulated or Community regulated service; and
is being used, or has been brought into Great Britain for the purpose of being used, in such circumstances as, by virtue of any of the provisions specified in paragraph (3) below, to require a document of a description referred to in that provision to be kept or carried on the vehicle.
An examiner may, on production if so required of his authority,—
require the driver of a vehicle referred to in paragraph (1) above to produce the document and to permit him to inspect and copy it and (in the case of a document of a description referred to in any of the provisions specified in paragraph (3) (c) or (e) below) to mark it with an official stamp; and
may detain the vehicle for such time as is required for the purpose of inspecting, copying and marking the document.
The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) above as being specified in this paragraph are—
Article 17 of Council Regulation No. 517/72 (which provides, inter alia, that the authorisation required by that Regulation for the use of a vehicle to provide a service for the carriage of passengers such as is mentioned in Article 1 thereof shall be carried on the vehicle);
Articles 17 and 18 of Council Regulation No. 516/72 (which respectively provide, inter alia, that the authorisation required by that Regulation for the use of a vehicle to provide a service for the carriage of passengers such as is mentioned in Article 1 thereof shall be carried on the vehicle and that passengers using that service shall be provided with a ticket throughout the journey in question);
Article 8(2) of ASOR and Article 3(2) of Commission Regulation No. 1016/68 (which provide that the top copy of the passenger waybill being the document which, by virtue of Article 7 of ASOR or Article 2 of Commission Regulation No. 1016/68, has been detached from the control document such as is mentioned in those Articles, and is the document applicable in respect of the provision of a service for the carriage of passengers such as is mentioned in Article 2 of ASOR or Article 3 of Council Regulation No. 117/66, shall be kept on the vehicle);
Article 11(3) or ASOR and Article 5a(3) of Commission Regulation No. 1018/68 (which provide that the model document with stiff green covers referred to in Article 11 of ASOR must be carried on the vehicle); and
Regulation 17.