238When additional sanctions may be imposed

#### 238 When additional sanctions may be imposed 238 When additional sanctions may be imposed (cf Gen Act, s 218) > A police officer may impose any one or more of the sanctions set out in section 239 if the police officer reasonably believes that a motor vehicle— > > > (a) is being or has (on that day or during the past 10 days) been operated on a road by an offending operator of the vehicle so as to commit a sanctionable offence, or > > > (b) is being or has (on that day or during the past 10 days) been operated on a road by a driver (whether or not an offending operator of the motor vehicle) during a number-plate confiscation period, or > > > (b1) is being or has, on that day or during the past 60 days, been operated on a road by an offending operator of the vehicle to commit a sanctionable offence of a kind specified in section 237(1), definition of sanctionable offence, paragraph (a2), or > > > (c) is being or has (on that day or during the past 10 days) been operated on a road by an offending operator of the vehicle who has committed an offence against section 243 (Failure to comply with production notice), or > > > (d) is being operated on a road by a person who has been charged with an offence against section 244 (Number-plate and other offences), or > > > (e) is the subject of forfeiture under section 245, or > > > (f) is being operated on a road by an offending operator who is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence so as to commit an offence (not being a camera recorded offence) of driving a vehicle at a speed more than 30 kilometres per hour over the designated speed limit applying to the driver for the length of road at the time the offence is committed, or > > > (g) is being operated on a road by an offending operator— > > > > > (i) who is disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence, or > > > > > (ii) who has never been licensed, > > > > and who has been convicted of an offence against section 53(3) or 54(1) on 2 or more previous occasions within the past 5-year period. > > **s 238:** Am 2017 No 46, Sch 1 \[18\]; 2021 No 3, Sch 1\[20\].