12.—(1) The Vehicle Drivers (Certificates of Professional Competence) Regulations 2007(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 11 (requirement to carry and produce evidence of CPC or of training exemption in vehicle)—
(a)after paragraph (5B) insert—
“(5C) Paragraph (5D) applies if it appears to—
(a)in Great Britain, a stopping officer, or
(b)in Northern Ireland, a vehicle examiner,
that the vehicle a person is driving could be a relevant vehicle.
(5D) The stopping officer or vehicle examiner may direct the driver to stop the vehicle for the purpose of enabling a vehicle examiner to exercise the powers under paragraph (6).”;
(b)after paragraph (8) insert—
“(9) In this regulation “stopping officer” means an officer appointed under section 66B of the 1988 Act.”.
S.I. 2007/605, amended by S.I. 2008/1965; there are other amending instruments but none is relevant.