PART V Miscellaneous and Supplementary
Provisions relating to offences and legal proceedings
65 Forgery and misuse of documents etc.
(1)
This section applies to the following documents and other things, namely—
(a)
a licence under Part II F1... of this Act;
F2(ea)
a control document issued F3in pursuance of regulation 4 of the Road Transport (International Passenger Services) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1395);
(b)
a certificate of initial fitness under section 6 of this Act;
F4(bb)
a notice removing a prohibition under section 9 of this Act;
(c)
a certificate under section 10 of this Act that a vehicle conforms to a type vehicle;
(d)
an operator’s disc under section 18 of this Act;
(e)
a certificate under section 21 of this Act as to the repute, financial standing or professional competence of any person;
F5(f)
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(2)
A person who, with intent to deceive—
(a)
forges or alters, or uses or lends to, or allows to be used by, any other person, a document or other thing to which this section applies, or
(b)
makes or has in his possession any document or other thing so closely resembling a document or other thing to which this section applies as to be calculated to deceive,
shall be liable—
(i)
on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years;
(ii)
on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum.
(3)
In the application of this section to England and Wales—
F6“forges” means makes a false document or other thing in order that it may be used as genuine.
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F8(4)
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