Regulation 14 Power to seize document in respect of which offences may have been committed

If a constable or a vehicle examiner has reasonable cause to believe that a document carried in a motor vehicle or by the driver of the vehicle is a document in relation to which an offence has been committed under regulation 13, he may seize it.

When a document is seized under paragraph (1) and paragraph (3) applies, either the driver or owner of the vehicle shall be summoned before a magistrates' court or, in Scotland, the sheriff to account for his possession of the document.

This paragraph applies where the document is detained and neither the driver nor owner of the vehicle has previously been charged with an offence in relation to the document under regulation 13.

The court or sheriff must make such order respecting the disposal of the document and award such costs as the justice of the case may require.

For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), “owner”, in relation to a vehicle which is the subject of a hiring or hire-purchase agreement, means the person in possession of the vehicle under that agreement.