119Power to require vehicles or equipment to be inspected

119 Power to require vehicles or equipment to be inspected and tested (1) A police officer or authorised person may, by written notice given to the operator of a public passenger vehicle, or any other vehicle that the police officer or authorised person believes, on reasonable grounds, is operating, or has operated, as a public passenger vehicle, require the person to have the vehicle and its equipment and fittings (or stated equipment) inspected or tested.

(2) The notice may require any of the following: (a) the inspection and testing to be carried out within or at a stated reasonable time; (b) the inspection and testing to be carried out by or in the presence of a police officer, an authorised person or anyone else; (c) the inspection and testing to be carried out at a stated reasonable place; (d) a report of the inspection and testing to be given to a police officer, an authorised person or the road transport authority within a stated reasonable time; (e) anything else reasonably necessary or convenient for the inspection and testing. (3) A person commits an offence if the person fails to comply with a notice given to the person under subsection (1). (5) In subsection (1): equipment, for a vehicle that is a bookable vehicle, includes any device used by the driver of the vehicle to communicate with a transport booking service. Examples—device used to communicate with a transport booking service • the driver’s mobile phone • the driver’s iPad Note Bookable vehicle means a taxi, a rideshare vehicle or a hire car (see s 29). operator, of a vehicle, includes the responsible person for the vehicle within the meaning of the Road Transport (General) Act 1999, section 10 and section 11.