Amendment of the Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995
6.—(1) The Goods Vehicles (Licensing of Operators) Act 1995(1) is amended as follows.
(2) After section 2A (detention of vehicle used without operator’s licence) insert—
“Power to stop
2B—(1) Subsection (2) applies if it appears to a stopping officer that a vehicle is being used in circumstances such that an operator’s licence could be required.
(2) The officer may direct the driver to stop the vehicle for the purpose of enabling checks to be carried out to establish whether the use of the vehicle is in contravention of section 2(1).
(3) In this section “stopping officer” means an officer appointed under section 66B of the Road Traffic Act 1988.”.
(1)
1995 c.23. Section 2A was inserted by the Transport Act 2000, section 262(1).