§ 34 — Powers in relation to vehicles

34.—(1) An authorised officer may do all or any of the following in relation to a vehicle which the authorised officer reasonably believes to be used for or in connection with the provision of any shared mobility services:(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 anything 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 rider of the vehicle, or a person in possession of the vehicle, 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 authorised officer reasonably requires for the purposes of section 32.

(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 authorised officer or the LTA in legible form.

(3) However, the power to require an individual to provide any document or information under subsection (1)(f) must not be exercised in relation to an individual who is an under‑aged rider, but may be exercised in relation to any individual who is an appropriate supervisor (within the meaning of the Active Mobility Act 2017) escorting the riding of the vehicle by the firstmentioned individual.

—(1) An authorised officer may do all or any of the following in relation to a vehicle which the authorised officer reasonably believes to be used for or in connection with the provision of any shared mobility services:(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 anything 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 rider of the vehicle, or a person in possession of the vehicle, 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 authorised officer reasonably requires for the purposes of section 32.

(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 authorised officer or the LTA in legible form.

(3) However, the power to require an individual to provide any document or information under subsection (1)(f) must not be exercised in relation to an individual who is an under‑aged rider, but may be exercised in relation to any individual who is an appropriate supervisor (within the meaning of the Active Mobility Act 2017) escorting the riding of the vehicle by the firstmentioned individual.