SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 13 Amendments of Schedules 23 and 24 to Greater London Authority Act
Road user charging
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Paragraph 26 (examination of motor vehicles etc.) is amended as follows.
2
In sub-paragraph (1)(b)(iii), for “unlawfully” substitute “
with intent to avoid payment of, or being identified as having failed to pay, a charge
”
.
3
For sub-paragraph (2) substitute—
2
Regulations may make provision conferring power on any person authorised in writing by the charging authority to enter a motor vehicle where he has reasonable grounds for suspecting, in relation to a motor vehicle which is on a road, that—
a
any equipment required to be carried in or fitted to the motor vehicle while it is on a road in respect of which charges are imposed has been interfered with with intent to avoid payment of, or being identified as having failed to pay, a charge imposed by the charging scheme; or
b
there is in the motor vehicle a false document which has been made or used with intent to avoid payment of, or being identified as having failed to pay, such a charge.
4
After that sub-paragraph insert—
3
A person who intentionally obstructs a person exercising any power conferred on him by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) above is guilty of an offence.
4
A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) above shall be liable on summary conviction to—
a
a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or
b
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months,
or to both.
5
Regulations may make provision conferring power on any person authorised in writing by the charging authority to seize anything (if necessary by detaching it from a motor vehicle) and detain it as evidence of the commission of an offence under paragraph 25 above.