http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/section/71Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to public passenger vehicles.1981-08-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-20Expert Participation2023-12-26 PART V Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions relating to offences and legal proceedings Evidence by certificate. <CommentaryRef Ref="c2522411"/>711In any proceedings in England or Wales for an offence under Part II . . . of this Act a certificate in the prescribed form, purporting to be signed by a constable and certifying that the person specified in the certificate stated to the constable—athat a particular motor vehicle was being driven or used by, or belonged to, that person on a particular occasion; orbthat a particular motor vehicle on a particular occasion was used by or belonged to a firm in which that person also stated that he was at the time of the statement a partner; orcthat a particular motor vehicle on a particular occasion was used by or belonged to a company of which that person also stated that he was at the time of the statement a director, officer or employee,shall be admissible as evidence for the purpose of determining by whom the vehicle was being driven or used or to whom it belonged, as the case may be, on that occasion.2Nothing in subsection (1) above shall be deemed to make a certificate admissible as evidence in proceedings for an offence except in a case where and to the like extent to which oral evidence to the like effect would have been admissible in those proceedings.3Nothing in subsection (1) above shall be deemed to make a certificate admissible as evidence in proceedings for an offence—aunless a copy thereof has, not less than seven days before the hearing or trial, been served in the prescribed manner on the person charged with the offence; orbif that person, not later than three days before the hearing or trial or within such further time as the court may in special circumstances allow, serves a notice in the prescribed form and manner on the prosecutor requiring attendance at the trial of the person who signed the certificate.4In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made by the Secretary of State by statutory instrument.S. 71 extended by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 127(5)(6)Words repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(3), Sch. 8
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In any proceedings in England or Wales for an offence under Part II . . .
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of this Act a certificate in the prescribed form, purporting to be signed by a constable and certifying that the person specified in the certificate stated to the constable—
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