PART 2Amendments to primary legislation

Amendment of the Transport Act 1968

4.—(1) The Transport Act 1968(1) is amended as follows.

(2) After section 99ZF (power to seize documents) insert—

99ZG    Power to stop

(1) Subsection (2) applies if a vehicle appears to a stopping officer to be one to which this Part could apply.

(2) The officer may direct the driver to stop the vehicle for the purpose of enabling a Part 6 officer to exercise powers under this Part.

(3) In this section—

“Part 6 officer” means an officer as defined in section 99(8);

“stopping officer” means an officer appointed under section 66B of the Road Traffic Act 1988..

(1)

1968 c.73. Sections 99ZA to 99ZF were inserted by S.I. 2005/1904, regulation 6.