Section 97H Access to downloaded dataF1

An officer may, on production if so required of his authority, require a person to make readily accessible to him, either on or from premises occupied or controlled by the person in question, that person’s retained data.

Any person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (1) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

For the purposes of subsection (1), data is a person’s “retained data” if he is required by article 10 of the Community Drivers’ Hours Regulation F2or article 11(2)(b) of the Annex to the AETR to retain it for at least 12 months following its recording.