Regulation 6 Evidence produced by a prescribed deviceI1
England and Wales
Evidence of a fact relevant to Schedule 23 proceedings may be given by the production of—
a record produced by a prescribed device, and
(in the same or another document) a certificate as to the circumstances in which the record was produced signed by a constable or by a person authorised in that behalf by the charging authority who installed the device by means of which the evidence was produced.
In paragraph (1)—
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“Schedule 23 proceedings” means proceedings for an offence under Schedule 23 to the 1999 Act or proceedings before an adjudicator in relation to failure to comply with the provisions of a charging scheme; and
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“prescribed device” means a camera or other device designed to produce a record—
- (a)
of the presence of a particular vehicle which is being used or kept on a road in a charging area in respect of which charges are imposed; and
- (b)
of the date and time at which it is present,
and includes any equipment used in conjunction with the camera or other device for the purpose of producing such a record.
- (a)
A document purporting to be a record of the kind mentioned in paragraph (1) or to be a certificate signed as mentioned in that paragraph shall be deemed to be such a record, or to be so signed, unless the contrary is proved.