70 Power to prohibit driving of overloaded goods vehicles
Road Traffic Act 1988 (1988 c 52) | Legislation

70  Power to prohibit driving of overloaded goods vehicles

(1)     Subsections (2) and (3) below apply where a goods vehicle[, or a motor vehicle adapted to carry more than eight passengers,] has been weighed in pursuance of a requirement imposed under section 78 of this Act and it appears to—

(a)     [a vehicle examiner],

(b)     a person authorised with the consent of the Secretary of State to act for the purposes of this subsection by—

(i)     a highway authority other than the Secretary of State, or

(ii)     a local roads authority in Scotland, or

(c)     a constable authorised to act for those

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