Transport Act 1968

Prospective

81 Consignment notes.E+W+S

(1)Subject to subsection (2) of this section, no goods shall be carried on a large goods vehicle unless a document (in this section referred to as a “consignment note”) in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars has been completed and signed in the prescribed manner and is carried by the driver of the vehicle.

(2)Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply—

(a)to the carriage of goods on any journey or in a vehicle of any class exempted from that subsection by regulations; or

(b)to any carriage of goods which is lawful without the authority of an operator’s licence;

and, subject to the provisions of regulations, a licensing authority may dispense with the observance, as respects the carriage of goods under an operator’s licence granted by him, of any requirement of that subsection, and may grant such a dispensation either generally, or as respects a particular vehicle, or as respects the use of vehicles for a particular purpose, but he shall not grant such a dispensation unless satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for the requirement dispensed with to be observed.

(3)The consignment note relating to the goods carried by a vehicle on any journey shall, at the conclusion of that journey, be preserved for the prescribed period by the person who used the vehicle. . . F1 for carrying the goods on that journey.

(4)Any person who uses or drives a vehicle in contravention of subsection (1) of this section or who fails to comply with subsection (3) thereof shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F2level 4 on the standard scale].

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