Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/73/part/VI/1991-02-01
Timestamp: 2019-09-20 23:36:15
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Version Superseded: 08/02/1991
Point in time view as at 01/02/1991. This version of this part contains provisions that are not valid for this point in time.
C5S. 96(1)–(6) excluded by S.I. 1986/1458, art. 2(1)
[F23“the Community Recording Equipment Regulation” means Council Regulation (EEC) No. 3821/85 of 20th December 1985 on recording equipment in road transport as read with the Community Drivers’ Hours and Recording Equipment (Exemptions and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations 1986;]
“recording equipment” means equipment for recording information as to the use of a vehicle.]
[F2497A Provisions supplementary to section 97.E+W+S
(1)If an employed [F25driver] of a vehicle to which section 97 of this Act applies fails—
(b)where he has two more employers by whom he is employed as a [F25driver] of such a vehicle, to notify each of them of the name and address of the other or others of them,
he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F26level 4 on the standard scale].
(2)If the employer of [F27drivers] of a vehicle to which section 97 of this Act applies fails without reasonable excuse to secure that they comply with subsection (1)(a) of this section, he shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F26level 4 on the standard scale].
(3)Where a [F25driver] of a vehicle to which section 97 or this Act applies has two of more employers by whom he is employed as a crew member of such a vehicle, subsection (1)(a) and subsection (2) of this section shall apply as if any reference to his employer, or any reference which is to be construed as such a reference, were a reference to such of those employers as was the first to employ him in that capacity.]
F24Ss. 97, 97A, 97B substituted for s. 97 by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 2
F25Word substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(c)
F26Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 54) and by 1995 c. 40, ss. 3, 7(2), Sch. 1 para. 10, Sch. 2 Pt. III it is provided (S.) (1.4.1996) that s. 97A(1)(2) shall have effect as if the maximum fine that may be imposed on summary conviction for the offence mentioned therein were a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale instead of a fine not exceeding £200.
F27Word substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(d)
C6S. 97A applied (with modifications) (S.) (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 40(7); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2
[F2897AA Forgery, etc of seals on recording equipmentE+W+S
F28S. 97AA inserted by S.I. 1989/2121, art. 3
[F2997B
(2)Any entry made on a record sheet by a [F30driver] for the purposes of [F31Article 15(2) or (5) or 16(2)] of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation shall, in any proceedings under this Part of this Act, be evidence, and in Scotland sufficient evidence, of matters appearing from that entry.]
F29Ss. 97, 97A, 97B substituted for s. 97 by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 2
F30Word substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(e)
F31Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(e)
C7S. 97B applied (with modifications) (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 40(7) (with s. 7(2)); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2
(2)Regulations under this section may contain such supplementary and incidental provisions [F32including provisions supplementary and incidental to the requirements of [F33the applicable Community rules] as to [F34books, records or documents]] as the Minister thinks necessary or expedient, including in particular provisions—
(a)specifying the person or persons from whom books and registers required for the purposes of the regulations [F32or of [F33the applicable Community rules]] are to be obtained and, if provision is made for them to be obtained from the Minister, charging a fee for their issue by him (which shall be payable into the Consolidated Fund);
[F35(2A)The requirements of regulations made under this section shall not apply as respects the driving of a vehicle to which section 97 of this Act applies and in relation to which subsection (1)(b) of that section has come into force.]
(3)Subject to the provisions of any regulations made by the Minister, the traffic [F36commissioner] for any area may dispense with the observance by any employee-driver or his employer, or by any owner-driver, of any requirement imposed under this section, either generally or in such circumstances or to such extent as the [F37commissioner thinks] fit, but the traffic [F36commissioner] shall not grant such a dispensation unless satisfied that it is not reasonably practicable for the requirement dispensed with to be observed.
(4)Any person who contravenes any regulations made under this section [F38or any requirement as to [F34books, records or documents] of [F33the applicable Community rules]] shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F39level 4 on the standard scale], but the employer of an employee-driver shall not be liable to be convicted under this subsection by reason of contravening any such regulation whereby he is required to cause any records to be kept if he proved to the court that he has given proper instructions to his employees with respect to the keeping of the records and has from time to time taken reasonable steps to secure that those instructions are being carried out.
[F40(4A)A person shall not be liable to be convicted under subsection (4) of this section by reason of contravening any regulation made under this section if he proves to the court that, if the vehicle in question had been such a vehicle as is mentioned in subsection (2A) of this section, there would have been no contravention of the provisions of this Part of this Act so far as they relate to the use of such vehicles.]
(5)Any entry made by an employee-driver for the purposes of regulations under this section [F38or of [F33the applicable Community rules]] shall, in any proceedings under this Part of this Act, be admissible in evidence against his employer.
F32Words inserted by European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Sch. 4 para. 9(2)(c)
F33Words substituted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(c)
F34Words substituted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(g)
F35S. 98(2A) inserted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(1)
F36Word substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 1(3)
F37Words substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 1(3)
F38Word inserted by European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Sch. 4 para. 9(2)(a)
F39Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 54)
F40S. 98(4A) inserted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(3)(b)
C8S. 98 applied (with modifications) (S.) (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 40(7) (with s. 7(2)); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2
(b)any F41, book or register which that person is required by regulations under section F41 98 of this Act to preserve;
[F42(bb)any record sheet which that person is required by [F43Article 14(2)] of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation to retain or by [F43Article 15(7)] of that Regulation to be able to produce;]
[F44(d)any F45 book, register or document required by [F46the applicable Community rules] or which the officer may reasonably require to inspect for the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements of [F46the applicable Community rules] have been complied with];
and that record [F47sheet], book, register or document shall, if the officer so requires by notice in writing served on that person, be produced at the office of the traffic [F48commissioner] specified in the notice within such time (not being less than ten days) from the service of the notice as may be so specified.
[F49(a)at any time, enter any vehicle to which this Part of this Act applies and inspect that vehicle and any recording equipment installed in it and inspect and copy any record sheet on the vehicle on which a record has been produced by means of the equipment or an entry has been made;]
(b)at any time which is reasonable having regard to the circumstances of the case, enter any premises on which he has reason to believe that such a vehicle is kept or that any such [F50record sheets], books, registers or other documents as are mentioned in subsection (1) of this section are to be found, and inspect any such vehicle, and inspect and copy any such record [F51sheet], book, register or document, which he finds there.
(3)For the purpose of exercising his powers under subsection (2)(a) and, in respect of a document carried on, or by the driver of, a vehicle, under subsection (1)(a) [F52or (d)] of this section, an officer may detain the vehicle in question during such time as is required for the exercise of that power.
shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F53level 3 on the standard scale].
[F54(4A)A person shall not be liable to be convicted under subsection (4) of this section by reason of failing to comply with any requirement under subsection (1)(a) or (b) of this section if he proves to the court that, if the vehicle in question had been such a vehicle as is mentioned in section 98(2A) of this Act, there would have been no contravention of the provisions of this Part of this Act so far as they relate to the use of such vehicles.]
(5)Any person who makes, or causes to be made, [F55any record or entry on a record sheet kept or carried for the purposes of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation or] section 97 of this Act or any entry in a [F56book, register or document kept or carried] for the purposes of regulations under section 98 thereof [F57or [F46the applicable Community rules]] which he knows to be false or, with intent to deceive, alters or causes to be altered any such record or entry shall be liable—
(8)In this section “officer” means a certifying officer appointed under Part III of the Act of 1960, a public service vehicle examiner, an examiner appointed under [F58section 68 of the Road Traffic Act 1988] and any person authorised for the purposes of this section by the traffic [F59commissioner] for any area.
F41Words repealed by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. (3)(3)(a)
F42S. 99(1)(bb) inserted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(3)(b)
F43Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(f)
F44S. 99(1)(d) inserted by European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Sch. 4 para. 9(2)(b)
F45Word repealed by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(h)
F46Words substituted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(c)
F47Word inserted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. (3)(3)(c)
F48Word substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s.3, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 1(4)
F49S. 99(2)(a) substituted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(4)(a)
F50Words substituted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(4)(b)
F51Word inserted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(4)(b)
F52Words inserted by European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Sch. 4 para. 9(2)(b)
F53Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 38, 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), ss. 289F, 289G (as inserted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 54)
F54S. 99(4A) inserted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(5)
F55Words substituted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(6)
F56Words substituted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(h)
F57Words inserted by European Communities Act 1972 (c. 68), Sch. 4 para. 9(2)(c)
F58Words substituted by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 6(5)
F59Word substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. Pt. II para. 1(4)
C9S. 99 amended by Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 (c. 27), s. 1, Sch. 1
[F6099A Power to prohibit driving of vehicle.E+W+S
F60Ss. 99A-99C inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 266; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to transitional provision and saving in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F6199B Duration and removal of prohibition.E+W+S
F61Ss. 99A-99C inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 266; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to transitional provision and saving in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
F6299C Failure to comply with prohibition.E+W+S
F62Ss. 99A-99C inserted (1.2.2001) by 2000 c. 38, s. 266; S.I. 2001/57, art. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. I (subject to transitional provision and saving in Sch. 2 Pt. II)
C10Reference to the making of an Order in Council by the Governor of Northern Ireland to be construed as a reference to the making of an order by the Secretary of State: Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), Sch. 5 para. 4(2)
C11Functions of Privy Council of Northern Ireland transferred to Secretary of State: S.I. 1973/2163, arts. 1(4), 2(5)
C12Functions of Ministry of Home Affairs for Northern Ireland transferred to Department of Finance and Personel for Northern Ireland: S.R. & O. 1973/504 and S.I.1982/338 (N.I.6), art. 3
C13S. 100 applied (with modifications) (S.) (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 40(7) (with s. 7(2)); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2
(3)No order shall be made under section 96(12) or 100(1) of this Act unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament; and any regulations made under this Part of this Act (except regulations made [F63under section 95(1) or] by virtue of an Order under section 100(2)) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
[F64(3A)No regulations shall be made under section 95(1) of this Act unless a draft of the regulations has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.]
F63Words inserted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(i)
F64S. 101(3A) inserted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(i)
C14Reference to the making of an Order in Council by the Governor of Northern Ireland to be construed as a reference to the making of an order by the Secretary of State: Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), Sch. 5 para. 4(2)
C15Reference to the Parliament of Northern Ireland and to each House of Parliament of Northern Ireland to be construed as a reference to the Northern Ireland Assembly: Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36, SIF 29:3), Sch. 5 para. 3
C16S. 101 applied (with modifications) (S.) (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 40(7) (with s. 7(2)); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2
[F65(3)Where an offence under this Part of this Act is alleged to have been committed in connection with a vehicle in the public service of the Crown, proceedings may be brought in respect of the offence against a person nominated for the purpose on behalf of the Crown; and, subject to subsection (3A) below, where any such offence is committed any person so nominated shall also be guilty of the offence as well as any person actually responsible for the offence (but without prejudice to proceedings against any person so responsible).
F65S. 102(3)(3A) as substituted by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 126), s. 64 fell upon the repeal of that Act by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 4 paras. 1–3) and the new s. 102(3)(3A) was substituted for s. 102 by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 6(6) for section 102(3)
C17S. 102 applied (with modifications) (S.) (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 40(7) (with s. 7(2)); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2
[F66102A Exclusion of application to tramcars and trolley vehicles.E+W+S
F66S. 102A was inserted by Road Traffic Act 1972 and fell upon the repeal of that 1972 Act by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 4, paras. 1–3); the text of s. 102A appearing here inserted by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 6(7)
[F67“the Community Recording Equipment Regulation” has the same meaning given by section 97(7) of this Act;]
[F68 “the applicable Community rules” means any directly applicable Community provision for the time being in force about the driving of road vehicles]
[F69 “the domestic drivers’ hours code” has the meaning given by section 96(13) of this Act]
F70“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister;
[F71“recording equipment” has the meaning given by section 97(7) of this Act;
“record sheet” includes a temporary sheet attached to a record sheet in accordance with [F72Article 16(2)] of the Community Recording Equipment Regulation;]
[F69 “relevant Community provision” means any Community provision for the time being in force about the driving of road vehicles, whether directly applicable or not]
[F73“working week” means, subject to subsection (5) of this section, a week beginning at midnight between Sunday and Monday:]
(5)The traffic [F74commissioner] for any area may, on the application of an owner-driver or of the employer of an employee-driver, from time to time direct that a week beginning at midnight between two days other than [F75Sunday and Monday] shall be, or be deemed to have been, a working week in relation to that owner-driver or employee-driver; but where by virtue of any such direction a new working week begins before the expiration of a previous working week then, without prejudice to the application of the provisions of this Part of this Act in relation to the new working week, those provisions shall continue to apply in relation to the previous working week until its expiration.
(6)In [F76section] 98(2)(e) of this Act “a small goods vehicle” means a goods vehicle which has a plated weight of the prescribed description not exceeding [F773500 kilograms] or (not having a plated weight) has an unladen weight not exceeding [F771525 kilograms]; but the Minister may by regulations direct that the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall have effect, in relation to either or both of those sections—
[F78(7)An offence under this Part of this Act may be treated for the purpose of conferring jurisdiction on a court (but without prejudice to any jurisdiction it may have apart from this subsection) as having been committed in any of the following places, that is to say—
F67Definition inserted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(7)(a)
F68Words substituted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(a)
F69Definitions inserted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 2(1)(b)
F70Definition repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(3), Sch. 8
F71Definitions inserted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(7)(b)
F72Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1457, reg. 3(3)(g)
F73Definition substituted by S.I. 1986/1458, art. 3(1)
F74Word substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt II para. 1(5)
F75Words substituted by S.I. 1986/1458, art. 3(2)
F76Word substituted by S.I. 1979/1746, reg. 3(8)
F77Words substituted by S.I. 1981/1373, Sch. Pt. IIIB
F78S. 103(7) substituted by Road Traffic (Drivers' Ages and Hours of Work) Act 1976 (c. 3), s. 3
C18S. 103 applied (with modifications) (S.) (4.1.1995) by 1994 c. 39, s. 40(7) (with s. 7(2)); S.I. 1994/2850, art. 3(a), Sch. 2
C19The text of s. 103(8), 161(4), 162(5), Sch. 16, paras. 8(1)(3), 9, 10 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.