Regulation 8 Entering vehiclesI1C1
England and Wales
An authorised person may enter a vehicle which is on a road where he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that—
any equipment required to be carried in or fitted to the vehicle while it is on a road in respect of which charges are imposed has been interfered with by a person who intends to avoid payment of, or to be identified as having failed to pay, a charge imposed by the charging scheme; or
there is in the vehicle a false document which has been made or used by a person who intends to avoid payment of, or to be identified as having failed to pay, such a charge.
The power conferred by paragraph (1) shall not be exercised by an authorised person who is not a constable, except in the presence of a constable.
Annotations
Modifications
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Reg. 8 modified (22.7.2008) by Transport for London Act 2008 (c. i), ss. 1(1), 6(3)(a)
Commencement
- I1
Reg. 8 in force at 16.7.2001, see reg. 1