Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972

4 Production of certain documents. E+W+S

(1) Subsection (3) of this section shall have effect in relation to a vehicle where it appears to an examiner that the vehicle—

(a) is a foreign goods vehicle within the meaning of regulations for the time being in force under [F1 section 57(6) of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995] (which enables certain provisions of that Act to be modified in their application to vehicles brought temporarily into Great Britain), and

(b) is being used, or has been brought into Great Britain for the purpose of being used, in such circumstances as, by virtue of [F2 section 2(1)] of that Act as modified by the regulations, to require a document of a description specified in the regulations to be carried on it.

(2) The next following subsection shall also have effect in relation to a vehicle where it appears to an examiner that the vehicle—

(a) is a foreign public service vehicle, and

(b) is being used, or has been brought into Great Britain for the purpose of being used, in such circumstances as, by virtue of [F3 section 12(1) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 as modified by regulations for the time being in force under section 60(1)(m) of that Act](which enables certain provisions of that Act to be modified in their application to public service vehicles [F4 registered outside Great Britain]), to require a document of a description specified in the regulations to be carried on it.

(3) In the circumstances mentioned in subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section, the examiner, on production if so required of his authority,—

(a) may require the driver of the vehicle to produce a document of the description in question and to permit the examiner to inspect and copy it, and

(b) may detain the vehicle for such time as is requisite for the purpose of inspecting and copying the document;

and, if the driver refuses or fails to comply with any such requirement (including any case where he does so by reason that no such document is carried on the vehicle), the examiner may prohibit the driving of the vehicle on a road, either absolutely or for a specified purpose, and either for a specified period or without limitation of time.

(4) In subsections (4) and (5) of section 1 and in sections 2 and 3 of this Act any reference to a prohibition imposed under section 1, or under subsection (2) of section 1, of this Act shall be construed as including a reference to a prohibition imposed under this section; and, in relation to a prohibition imposed under this section, so much of section 1(5) or of section 2(3) of this Act as relates to the circumstances in consequence of which the prohibition was imposed shall be read subject to the appropriate modifications.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 4(1)(a) substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 23, s. 60(1), Sch. 7 para. 5 (ss. 54, 55); S.I. 1995/2181, art. 2

F2 Words in s. 4(1)(b) substituted (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 23, s. 60(1), Sch. 7 para. 5 (ss. 54, 55); S.I. 1995/2181, art. 2

F3 Words substituted by virtue of Transport Act 1980 (c. 34, SIF 107:1), s. 43(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II, Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14, SIF 107:1), s. 88, Sch. 7 para. 16

F4 Words substituted by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34, SIF 107:1), s. 43(1), Sch. 5 Pt. II