SCHEDULE 23 Road user charging
Offences
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(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)
(b)
causes or permits the registration plate of a motor vehicle to be obscured, F3or
F3(c)
makes or uses any false document,
is guilty of an offence.
F4(1A)
A person who makes or uses any false document with intent to avoid payment of, or being identified as having failed to pay, a charge imposed by a charging scheme or a penalty charge is guilty of an offence.
(2)
A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (1) F5or (1A) 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.
F6(3)
A person is guilty of an offence if he removes a penalty charge notice which has been fixed to a motor vehicle in accordance with regulations under paragraph 12 above unless—
(a)
he is the registered keeper of the vehicle or a person using the vehicle with his authority; or
(b)
he does so under the authority of the registered keeper or such a person or of the charging authority.
F6(4)
A person guilty of an offence under sub-paragraph (3) above shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.