The Passenger and Goods Vehicles (Recording Equipment) (Tachograph Card) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

Unauthorised cards

7.—(1) A person in possession of a tachograph card described in paragraph (3) shall surrender that card to the Department, by such means and to such address as may be specified by the Department.

(2) A constable or vehicle examiner appointed under Article 74 of the Road Traffic (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1) may remove and retain a tachograph card described in paragraph (3) which has not been surrendered to the Department.

(3) A tachograph card to which paragraphs (1) and (2) refer is a card—

(a) on which the person using the card is not identified as the holder;

(b) which has been falsified; or

(c) which has been issued in consequence of an application which included a false statement or forged or altered document.

(4) A person who does not surrender a card in accordance with paragraph (1) commits an offence.

(5) A person guilty of an offence under paragraph (3) is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.

(1)

S.I. 1995 No. 2994 (N.I.18)