# The Road User Charging (Charges and Penalty Charges) (London) Regulations 2001, Regulation 8: Entering vehicles

Extent: E+W

(1) An authorised person may enter a vehicle which is on a road where he has reasonable grounds for suspecting that—
(a) 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
(b) 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.
(2) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2285/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/road-user-charging-charges-and-penalty-charges-london-regulations-2001/regulation-8
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