§ 71 — Powers in relation to conveyances

71.—(1) A Licensing Officer, an authorised officer or a compliance officer may do all or any of the following in relation to a conveyance which the Licensing Officer, authorised officer or compliance officer (as the case may be) reasonably believes to be used for or in connection with the carrying on of any regulated activity:(a)

to stop and detain the conveyance for as long as is reasonably necessary for the exercise of any other power under this section;

(b)

to inspect the conveyance and any equipment in or on the conveyance;

(c)

to make a still or moving image or recording of the conveyance and anything in or on the conveyance;

(d)

to inspect any document in the conveyance and take extracts from, or make copies of, any such document;

(e)

to operate a computer or other thing in or on the conveyance;

(f)

to require the driver, pilot or other person in charge of the conveyance, or a person in possession of the conveyance, to answer any question (to the best of that person’s or individual’s knowledge, information and belief) and to provide any document or information that the Licensing Officer, authorised officer or compliance officer reasonably requires for the purposes of section 69(1).

(2) The power to require a person or an individual to provide any document or information under subsection (1)(f) includes the power —(a)

to require that person or individual to provide an explanation of the document or information;

(b)

if the document or information is not provided, to require that person or individual to state, to the best of the person’s or individual’s knowledge and belief, where it is; and

(c)

if the information is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information to be made available to the Licensing Officer, authorised officer or compliance officer concerned in legible form.

—(1) A Licensing Officer, an authorised officer or a compliance officer may do all or any of the following in relation to a conveyance which the Licensing Officer, authorised officer or compliance officer (as the case may be) reasonably believes to be used for or in connection with the carrying on of any regulated activity:(a)

to stop and detain the conveyance for as long as is reasonably necessary for the exercise of any other power under this section;

(b)

to inspect the conveyance and any equipment in or on the conveyance;

(c)

to make a still or moving image or recording of the conveyance and anything in or on the conveyance;

(d)

to inspect any document in the conveyance and take extracts from, or make copies of, any such document;

(e)

to operate a computer or other thing in or on the conveyance;

(f)

to require the driver, pilot or other person in charge of the conveyance, or a person in possession of the conveyance, to answer any question (to the best of that person’s or individual’s knowledge, information and belief) and to provide any document or information that the Licensing Officer, authorised officer or compliance officer reasonably requires for the purposes of section 69(1).

(2) The power to require a person or an individual to provide any document or information under subsection (1)(f) includes the power —(a)

to require that person or individual to provide an explanation of the document or information;

(b)

if the document or information is not provided, to require that person or individual to state, to the best of the person’s or individual’s knowledge and belief, where it is; and

(c)

if the information is recorded otherwise than in legible form, to require the information to be made available to the Licensing Officer, authorised officer or compliance officer concerned in legible form.