PART II E+W+S General Provisions Relating to Public Service Vehicles

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. II (ss. 6–29) amended by Road Traffic Act 1988 (c. 52, SIF 107:1), s. 187(3)

Public service vehicle operators’ licences E+W+S

[F1 12B Power to stop E+W+S

(1) Subsection (2) applies if it appears to a stopping officer that a vehicle is being used in circumstances such that a PSV operator’s licence could be required.

(2) The officer may direct the driver to stop the vehicle for the purpose of enabling checks to be carried out to establish whether the use of the vehicle is in contravention of section 12(1) or 18(1).

(3) In this section a “stopping officer” means an officer appointed under section 66B of the Road Traffic Act 1988.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 12B inserted (30.3.2011) by The Road Vehicles (Powers to Stop) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/996), regs. 1, 5(2)