21Operation of ANPR camera systems

21 Operation of ANPR camera systems

(1)  An ANPR camera system may be used to detect registration offences, or offences involving the driving or use, at a particular time, of a vehicle on a public street or other road.

(2)  If an ANPR camera system is used to detect registration offences in accordance with these regulations, it must be operated so that, when an instrument or computer forming part of the system registers that a vehicle has been used to commit a registration offence –

(a) the system creates a digital incident file containing a photograph of the vehicle or data from which a photograph of the vehicle is capable of being derived; and

(b) the photograph so taken or derived, and included in the digital incident file, shows the following information:

(i) the serial number of the device used to capture the photograph;

(ii) the date on which and time at which the photograph was taken or the data was recorded;

(iii) the operator's code for the person who installed the system or was operating it when the photograph was taken or the data was recorded;

(iv) the location code for the place where the photograph was taken or the data was recorded.