Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/part/II/crossheading/testing-vehicles-on-roads
Timestamp: 2018-04-21 19:46:01
Document Index: 204339900

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 3', 'art. 1', 'art. 3', 'art. 3']

F1 [( a )ascertaining whether the following requirements, namely—
F2 [( 2 )For the purpose of testing a vehicle under this section the examiner—
(3)[F3Subject to subsection (3A)]A vehicle shall not be required to stop for a test except by a constable in uniform.
[F4(3A)A stopping officer may direct the driver of a vehicle to stop the vehicle for the purposes of a test if the vehicle appears to the officer to be one to which subsection (3B) could apply.]
[F4(3B) This subsection applies to motor vehicles and trailers defined in categories 1, 2 and 3 of Annex I to Directive 2009/40/ EC . ]
(4)The following persons may act as authorised examiners for the purposes of this section [F5and section 67A of this Act]—
(b)a person appointed as an examiner under section [F766A] of this Act,
(c)a person appointed to examine and inspect public carriages for the purposes of the M1Metropolitan Public Carriage Act 1869,
(e)a constable authorised so to act by or [F8on behalf of a] chief officer of police,F9...
[F10(ea)a person appointed by a chief officer of police in England or Wales (other than the Commissioner of Police for the City of London) to act, under the directions of that chief officer, for the purposes of this section, and]
(f)a person appointed by the police authority F11... [F12in Scotland, or by the Common Council of the City of London,] to act, under the directions of the chief officer of police, for the purposes of this section.
(5)A person mentioned in subsection (4)(a) to (d) [F13, (ea)] and (f) must produce his authority to act for the purposes of this section if required to do so.
(7)Where it appears to [F14—
that, by reason of an accident having occurred owing to the presence of the vehicle on a road, it is requisite that a test should be carried out forthwith, [F15the constable or stopping officer] may require it to be so carried out and, if [F15the constable or stopping officer] is not to carry it out himself, may require that the vehicle shall not be taken away until the test has been carried out.
(8)Where in the opinion of [F16—
the vehicle is apparently so defective that it ought not to be allowed to proceed without a test being carried out, [F17the constable or stopping officer] may require the test to be carried out forthwith.
[F18(9A) In subsection (3B) “Directive 2009/40/ EC ” means the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers. ]
F1S. 67(1)(a) substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 10(2); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch.
F2S. 67(2) substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 10(3); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch.
F3Words in s. 67(3) inserted (30.3.2011) by The Road Vehicles (Powers to Stop) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/996), regs. 1, 2(3)(a)
F4S. 67(3A)(3B) inserted (30.3.2011) by The Road Vehicles (Powers to Stop) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/996), regs. 1, 2(3)(b)
F5Words inserted (prosp.) by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), ss. 4, 8(3)(c), Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 24 (which insertion was repealed (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 10(2); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch. Appendix)
F6S. 67(4)(a) 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.
F7Words in s. 67(4)(b) substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 10(4); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch.
F8Words in s. 67(4)(e) substituted (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 10(5); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch.
F9Word in s. 67(4)(e) omitted (16.1.2012) by virtue of Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 194(2)(a); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1
F10S. 67(4)(ea) inserted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 194(2)(b); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1
F11Words in s. 67(4)(f) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 22(2)
F12Word in s. 67(4)(f) inserted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 194(2)(c); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1
F13Words in s. 67(5) inserted (16.1.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 194(3); S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1
F14Words in s. 67(7) substituted (30.3.2011) by The Road Vehicles (Powers to Stop) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/996), regs. 1, 2(3)(c)(i)
F15Words in s. 67(7) substituted (30.3.2011) by The Road Vehicles (Powers to Stop) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/996), regs. 1, 2(3)(c)(ii)
F16Words in s. 67(8) substituted (30.3.2011) by The Road Vehicles (Powers to Stop) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/996), regs. 1, 2(3)(d)(i)
F17Words in s. 67(8) substituted (30.3.2011) by The Road Vehicles (Powers to Stop) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/996), regs. 1, 2(3)(d)(ii)
F18S. 67(9A) inserted (30.3.2011) by The Road Vehicles (Powers to Stop) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/996), regs. 1, 2(3)(e)
F19S. 67A repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 14
F20S. 67B repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. 14