44 Removal of restriction on powers conferred on traffic wardensE+W
(1)Section 96 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27) (additional powers of traffic wardens) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2)(c) (powers under the Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52) which may be conferred on traffic wardens), after sub-paragraph (i) there shall be inserted—
“(ia)section 67(3) (which relates to the power of a constable in uniform to stop vehicles for testing);”.
(3)In subsection (3)(traffic wardens not to be given the powers of a constable under sections 163, 164(1), (2) and (6) and 165 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 except for the purposes of exercising them in the circumstances specified in that subsection)—
(a)in the words before paragraph (a), the words “163” (which refer to the power to stop a vehicle) shall be omitted; and
(b)paragraph (c) and the word “or” immediately preceding it shall cease to have effect.