Part VI Drivers’ Hours
F197AA Forgery, etc of seals on recording equipment
(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 F2or 97ZA of this Act applies, shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) above shall be liable—
(a)
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or
(b)
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
(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.