216Inspection of motor vehicles

216 Inspection of motor vehicles S. 216(1) amended by Nos 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 item 28.17), 44/1989 s. 40(Sch. 1 items 12, 15), 60/1994 s. 24(1)(a), 32/2002 s. 23(b)(i), 44/2003 s. 7(1), 47/2006 s. 31(1)(Sch. 1 Pt 1 item 12), 34/2011 s. 61, 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 171.6(a)), 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 45.28). (1) For the purpose of ascertaining whether the requirements imposed by or under this Act or any other Act relating to transport are being observed any employee in the Department or any person authorized in that behalf by the Secretary or the licensing authority in writing (whether generally or in any particular case) or any police officer may request the driver of any motor vehicle— S. 216(1)(a) amended by No. 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 item 28.17). (a) to produce for inspection any licence, permit or document which is required to be carried in, or by the driver of, the motor vehicle; S. 216(1)(b) amended by No. 32/2002 s. 23(b)(ii). (b) to state his or her name and address; S. 216(1)(c) amended by No. 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 item 28.17). (c) to permit an inspection and examination to be made of the motor vehicle and any trailer attached thereto and of any load carried thereon and of any equipment required to be fitted thereto or carried thereon by or under any Act; S. 216(1)(d) amended by No. 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 item 28.17). (d) to keep the motor vehicle stationary for a sufficient period of time to enable any such inspection or examination to be made; S. 216(1)(e) amended by No. 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 item 28.17). (e) to move the motor vehicle and any trailer attached thereto to the nearest convenient place where the motor vehicle, trailer, load and equipment can be inspected and examined with safety; S. 216(1)(f) amended by Nos 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 286), 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 item 28.17), 44/1989 s. 40(Sch. 1 item 15), 60/1994 s. 24(1)(b), 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 45.28(a)). (f) to present the motor vehicle and trailer at some other reasonable time and place for inspection and examination by an employee in the Department or a person authorised under this subsection and for the weighing thereof. S. 216(2) amended by Nos 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 item 28.17), 32/2002 s. 23(c)(i)–(iii), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 171.6(b)), 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 45.29). (2) If the driver of any motor vehicle fails to stop the motor vehicle when any employee or person referred to in subsection (1) calls to or signals him or her so to do or fails to produce any such document or refuses to state his or her name and address or states a false name or address or refuses or fails to comply with any request made by any such employee or person pursuant to subsection (1), the driver shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. S. 216(3) amended by Nos 127/1986 s. 102(Sch. 4 item 28.17), 44/1989 s. 40(Sch. 1 item 15), 32/2002 s. 23(d), 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 171.6(c)), repealed by No. 63/2017 s. 21(Sch. 1 item 10.23). S. 216(4)(5) repealed by No. 63/2017 s. 21(Sch. 1 item 10.23). S. 216(6) inserted by No. 44/2003 s. 7(2), amended by No. 101/2003 s. 17(3). (6) In conducting an inspection under this section, the person carrying out the inspection may— (a) carry out any tests that he or she considers to be appropriate; and (b) copy all or any part of a document, or the contents of a document, that he or she is authorised to inspect; and S. 216(6)(c) amended by No. 95/2005 s. 38(a). (c) extract or copy any data held in any equipment or device required to be fitted to, or carried on, any vehicle being inspected; and S. 216(6)(d) inserted by No. 95/2005 s. 38(b). (d) extract or copy any information that is held in any engine management system or related system of the vehicle. S. 216(7) inserted by No. 44/2003 s. 7(2). (7) A reference to a ***driver*** in this section includes a reference to a person— (a) who is in charge of a motor vehicle within the meaning of section 3AA of the **Road Safety Act 1986**; (b) who is a driver within the meaning of section 3AB of the **Road Safety Act 1986**. S. 217 (Heading) inserted by No. 49/2019 s. 186(Sch. 4 item 45.30).