PART V Miscellaneous and Supplementary
Provisions relating to offences and legal proceedings
F166A Issue of false documents.
1
If a person issues
a
a certificate of initial fitness under section 6 of this Act; F2or
b
a notice removing a prohibition under section 9(1) of this Act;
which he knows to be false in a material particular, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding F3level 4 on the standard scale.
2
If a constable, F4an examiner appointed under section 66A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 or an authorised inspector has reasonable cause to believe that a document produced to him or carried on a vehicle by its driver is a document in relation to which an offence has been committed under this section, he may seize the document.
3
The power to seize a document under subsection (2) above includes power to detach a document carried on a vehicle from the vehicle.