s 47N Power to seize competency test certificate
47N. —(1) A police officer or duly authorised person may, with no other authority than this section, seize a competency test certificate or an article resembling a competency test certificate if — ( a ) the competency test certificate or article is produced to the police officer or duly authorised person (as the case may be) pursuant to an order under section 47L(1) or otherwise, by an individual who represents it as a competency test certificate granted to that individual; and ( b ) the police officer or duly authorised person (as the case may be) has reason to believe that — (i) the competency test certificate is unlawfully in the possession of that individual who produced it; or (ii) the competency test certificate or article is evidence of the commission of an offence under section 47J(1) or 47M, or section 23H(1) or 47(6) of the Active Mobility Act 2017. [12/2021] (2) Every competency test certificate seized under subsection (1) must be forwarded to the relevant authority who issued the competency test certificate, and the relevant authority may — ( a ) return the competency test certificate to the individual who produced it, if the relevant authority is satisfied that the competency test certificate was lawfully in the possession of the individual who produced it; or ( b ) in any other case, deal with it in such manner as the test authority thinks fit. [12/2021] (3) However, the authority conferred by subsection (1) to seize a competency test certificate or any article resembling a competency test certificate does not extend to a mobile communication device or other electronic device on which a digital competency test certificate is displayed. [12/2021] —(1) A police officer or duly authorised person may, with no other authority than this section, seize a competency test certificate or an article resembling a competency test certificate if — ( a ) the competency test certificate or article is produced to the police officer or duly authorised person (as the case may be) pursuant to an order under section 47L(1) or otherwise, by an individual who represents it as a competency test certificate granted to that individual; and ( b ) the police officer or duly authorised person (as the case may be) has reason to believe that — (i) the competency test certificate is unlawfully in the possession of that individual who produced it; or (ii) the competency test certificate or article is evidence of the commission of an offence under section 47J(1) or 47M, or section 23H(1) or 47(6) of the Active Mobility Act 2017. [12/2021] (2) Every competency test certificate seized under subsection (1) must be forwarded to the relevant authority who issued the competency test certificate, and the relevant authority may — ( a ) return the competency test certificate to the individual who produced it, if the relevant authority is satisfied that the competency test certificate was lawfully in the possession of the individual who produced it; or ( b ) in any other case, deal with it in such manner as the test authority thinks fit. [12/2021] (3) However, the authority conferred by subsection (1) to seize a competency test certificate or any article resembling a competency test certificate does not extend to a mobile communication device or other electronic device on which a digital competency test certificate is displayed. [12/2021]