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(1)Any of the following persons—
(a)a person driving a motor vehicle (other than an invalid carriage) on a road, or
(b)a person whom a constable [F1or vehicle examiner] has reasonable cause to believe to have been the driver of a motor vehicle (other than an invalid carriage) at a time when an accident occurred owing to its presence on a road, or
(c)a person whom a constable [F1or vehicle examiner] has reasonable cause to believe to have committed an offence in relation to the use on a road of a motor vehicle (other than an invalid carriage),
must, on being so required by a constable [F1or vehicle examiner], give his name and address and the name and address of the owner of the vehicle and produce the following documents for examination.
(2)Those documents are—
(a)the relevant certificate of insurance or certificate of security (within the meaning of Part VI of this Act), or such other evidence that the vehicle is not or was not being driven in contravention of section 143 of this Act as may be prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State,
(b)in relation to a vehicle to which section 47 of this Act applies, a test certificate issued in respect of the vehicle as mentioned in subsection (1) of that section, and
(c)in relation to a goods vehicle the use of which on a road without a plating certificate or goods vehicle test certificate is an offence under section 53(1) or (2) of this Act, any such certificate issued in respect of that vehicle or any trailer drawn by it.
(3)Subject to subsection (4) below, a person who fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (1) above is guilty of an offence.
(4)A person shall not be convicted of an offence under [F2subsection (3)] above by reason only of failure to produce any certificate or other evidence F3. . . if in proceedings against him for the offence he shows that—
(a)within seven days after the date on which the production of the certificate or other evidence was required it was produced at a police station that was specified by him at the time when its production was required, or
(b)it was produced there as soon as was reasonably practicable, or
(c)it was not reasonably practicable for it to be produced there before the day on which the proceedings were commenced,
and for the purposes of this subsection the laying of the information or, in Scotland, the service of the complaint on the accused shall be treated as the commencement of the proceedings.
(5)A person—
(a)who supervises the holder of a provisional licence granted under Part III of this Act while the holder is driving on a road a motor vehicle (other than an invalid carriage), or
(b)whom a constable [F1or vehicle examiner] has reasonable cause to believe was supervising the holder of such a licence while driving, at a time when an accident occurred owing to the presence of the vehicle on a road or at a time when an offence is suspected of having been committed by the holder of the provisional licence in relation to the use of the vehicle on a road,
must, on being so required by a constable [F1or vehicle examiner], give his name and address and the name and address of the owner of the vehicle.
(6)A person who fails to comply with a requirement under subsection (5) above is guilty of an offence.
(7)In this section “owner”, in relation to a vehicle which is the subject of a hiring agreement, includes each party to the agreement [F4and “vehicle examiner” means an examiner appointed under section 66A of this Act.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 165(1) and (5) inserted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 69(2)(3); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch.
F2Words substituted by Road Traffic (Driver Licensing and Information Systems) Act 1989 (c. 22, SIF 107:1), s. 7, Sch. 3 para. 19
F3Words in s. 165(4) repealed (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 83, Sch. 8; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch.
F4Words in s. 165(7) added (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 69(4); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 165 modified by Energy Act 1976 (c. 76, SIF 44:3), s. 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 4(2) (as amended by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 17(c))
C2S. 165: Power to extend conferred by Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27, SIF 107:1), s. 96(2)(c)(iv)(3) (as amended by Road Traffic (COnsequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 25(6)(d)(7)(a)).
C3S. 165 applied (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 8(6)
C4S. 39: Transfer of functions (1.7.1999) by 1998 c. 46, ss. 53, 56(1)(i) (with s. 126(3)-(11)); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 2(1)
C5S. 165(1) extended (S.) (21.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/854, art. 3(3)
S. 165(1) applied (23.6.1999) by S.I. 1999/1736, art. 8(7)
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