This version of this provision is prospective.
Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981, Section 66A is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 09 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
Prospective
(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.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 66A inserted (prosp.) by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 58, 107:1, 126), ss. 24(4), 76(2)
F2S. 66A(1)(b) and the word "or" directly preceding it repealed (prosp.) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), ss. 83, 84, Sch. 8
F3Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G
F4Words in s. 66A(2) substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 22(3); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.
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