22Certificate relating to determination

22 Certificate relating to determination

If a determination is made by a police officer or an authorised officer in accordance with regulation 21 , the officer must, as soon as practicable, issue, to the driver of the vehicle, a certificate showing particulars of the mass, wheel load, single axle load, axle group load, aggregate axle load or the load on a coupling or towbar, as the case may be, of the vehicle or combination if –

(a) the officer reasonably believes that an offence against these regulations has been committed; or

(b) the driver of the vehicle requests a certificate.