6Production of permits and inspection of vehiclesU.K.
(1)An examiner may exercise the powers under this section in relation to a goods vehicle if it appears to the examiner—
(a)that the vehicle is being used on a journey to which regulations under section 1(1) apply, or
(b)that—
(i)the vehicle is being used on a journey to a place outside the United Kingdom for the purpose of beginning another journey, and
(ii)regulations under section 1(1) would apply to that other journey.
(2)The examiner may—
(a)require the driver to produce any international road transport permit that is carried on the vehicle and allow the examiner to inspect and copy it;
(b)inspect the vehicle for the purpose of checking that the use of the vehicle on the relevant journey does not breach the regulations.
(3)The examiner may detain the vehicle for the purpose of—
(a)exercising powers under subsection (2), or
(b)taking other steps to check that the use of the vehicle on the relevant journey does not breach the regulations.
(4)Before exercising a power under this section an examiner must, if requested to do so, produce evidence of the examiner's authority.
(5)In this section “relevant journey”—
(a)in relation to a case within subsection (1)(a), means the journey on which the vehicle is being used;
(b)in relation to a case within subsection (1)(b), means the other journey.
Commencement Information
I1S. 6 in force at 1.1.2019 by S.I. 2018/1343, reg. 2(a)