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Subscribe to PNLDSection 165A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 gives officers the power to seize immediately a vehicle which is detected as being driven by a driver who is uninsured or does not have a valid licence. Does this power to seize extend to the keys for the vehicle? Or does the power relate only to the vehicle itself?
The legal duty to provide information as to the driver of a vehicle, arises under section 172 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, section 112 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and section 46 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994. This article, written by PNLD’s traffic law consultant, Christopher Smith, outlines the key points and relevant caselaw relating to section 172.
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