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10Power to stop
(1)A stopping officer may direct the driver of a mechanically propelled vehicle in Great Britain to stop the vehicle if it appears to the officer that the vehicle might be a heavy goods vehicle.
(2)The power conferred by subsection (1) is exercisable for the purpose of enabling checks to be carried out to establish whether any HGV road user levy is unpaid in respect of the vehicle.
(3)In this section “stopping officer” means an officer appointed under section 66B of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
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