§ 39 — Powers in relation to motor vehicles

39.—(1) An authorised officer may do all or any of the following in relation to a motor vehicle which the authorised officer reasonably believes to be used for or in connection with the provision of any point‑to‑point passenger transport service:(a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

to make a still or moving image or recording of the vehicle and any thing in or on the vehicle;

(d)

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

(e)

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

(f)

to require the driver or any passenger of the vehicle, or a person in possession of the vehicle, to answer any question (to the best of that individual’s or person’s knowledge, information and belief) and to provide any document or information that the officer reasonably requires for the purposes of section 37.

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

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

(b)

if the document or information is not provided, to require that individual or person to state, to the best of the individual’s or person’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 authorised officer or the LTA in legible form.

—(1) An authorised officer may do all or any of the following in relation to a motor vehicle which the authorised officer reasonably believes to be used for or in connection with the provision of any point‑to‑point passenger transport service:(a)

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

(b)

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

(c)

to make a still or moving image or recording of the vehicle and any thing in or on the vehicle;

(d)

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

(e)

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

(f)

to require the driver or any passenger of the vehicle, or a person in possession of the vehicle, to answer any question (to the best of that individual’s or person’s knowledge, information and belief) and to provide any document or information that the officer reasonably requires for the purposes of section 37.

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

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

(b)

if the document or information is not provided, to require that individual or person to state, to the best of the individual’s or person’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 authorised officer or the LTA in legible form.