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(1)This section applies to the following documents and other things, namely,—
(a)any licence under any Part of this Act;
(b) . . . F1
(c)any document, plate or mark by which, in pursuance of regulations made under [F2Part V of the M1Transport Act 1968], a vehicle is to be identified as being an authorised vehicle within the meaning of [F2the said Part V];
(d)any document evidencing the appointment of an examiner or other officer for the purposes of [F2Part V of the Transport Act 1968];
(e)—(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
(2)A person shall be guilty of an offence who, with intent to deceive,—
(a)forges or alters, or uses or lends to, or allows to be used by, any other person, a document or other thing to which this section applies, or
(b)makes or has in his possession any document or other thing so closely resembling a document or other thing to which this section applies as to be calculated to deceive.
In the application of this subsection to England and Wales, [F4“forges” means makes a false document or other thing in order that it may be used as genuine.]
(3)A person guilty of an offence under the last foregoing subsection shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years;
[F5(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 233(1)(b) repealed by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), Sch. 9 Pt. I
F2Words substituted by virtue of Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), Sch. 10 Pt. II
F3S. 233(1)(e)—(h) repealed by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), Sch. 9 Pt. I
F4Words substituted by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45), s. 12
F5S. 233(3)(b) substituted by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 233 amended by S.I. 1984/176, reg. 36(9)
C2S. 233(1)(a)(c)(d) amended by Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), Sch. 10 Pt. I
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