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Road Transport (Public Passenger Services) Act 2001
117Power to inspect maintenance facilities
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117 Power to inspect maintenance facilities
(1) For this part, a police officer or authorised person may, at any
reasonable time, enter any premises used for or in relation to the
maintenance of a public passenger vehicle (other than any part of
premises being used solely for residential purposes).
(2) The police officer or authorised person may—
(a) inspect records in the premises relating to the maintenance of
public passenger vehicles carried out at the premises; and
(b) inspect the premises; and
(c) inspect or test any equipment in the premises used or proposed
to be used for or in relation to the maintenance of a public
passenger vehicle.
Note The dictionary definition of inspect a vehicle includes observe the
performance of the vehicle or any of its equipment, with or without the
use of instruments.
(3) For subsection (2) (a), the police officer or authorised person may—
(a) require the person apparently in charge of the premises, or
anyone else who has the custody or control of the records, to
produce them to the police officer or authorised person for
inspection; and
(b) make copies of, or take extracts from, a record and, for that
purpose, may take possession of the record and, if necessary,
keep it for not longer than 7 days.
(4) For subsection (2) (c), the police officer or authorised person may do
1 or more of the following:
(a) operate any equipment in the premises;
(b) require the person apparently in charge of the premises to give
the police officer or authorised person any information the
police officer or authorised person reasonably needs to inspect
or test any equipment in the premises;
(c) require the person apparently in charge of the premises to do
anything else the police officer or authorised person reasonably
needs to inspect or test any equipment in the premises.
(5) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with a
requirement made by a police officer or authorised person under this
section.
(6) An offence against this section is a strict liability offence.
(7) An authorised person who enters premises under this section is not
authorised to remain in the premises if, when asked by the person in
charge of the premises, the authorised person does not produce his or
her identity card for inspection.