{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968/section-97AA",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968/section-97AA.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/73",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968",
  "path": "section/97AA",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "97AA",
  "heading": "Forgery, etc of seals on recording equipment",
  "text": "(1) A person who, with intent to deceive, forges, alters or uses any seal on recording equipment installed in, or designed for installation in, a vehicle to which section 97 or 97ZA of this Act applies, shall be guilty of an offence.\n(2) A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above shall be liable—\n(a) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or\n(b) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.\n(3) In the application of this section to England and Wales a person “forges” a seal if he makes a false seal in order that it may be used as genuine.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 97AA inserted (23.11.1989) by S.I. 1989/2121, arts. 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 97AA(1) inserted (26.3.2019) by The Drivers' Hours and Tachographs (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/453), regs. 1(2), 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/73/section/97AA",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:29.968251+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}