25(1)A person who, with intent to avoid payment of a charge imposed by a charging scheme or with intent to avoid being identified as having failed to pay such a charge,—
(a)interferes with any equipment used for or in connection with charging under a charging scheme,
(b)causes or permits the registration plate of a motor vehicle to be obscured, or
(c)makes or uses any false document,
is guilty of an offence.
(2)A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 23 para. 25 wholly in force at 3.7.2000; Sch. 23 para. 25 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 425(2); Sch. 23 para. 25 in force for certain purposes at 8.5.2000 and at 3.7.2000 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(b)(c), Sch. Pts. 2, 3