165 Power of constables to obtain names and addresses of drivers and others, and to require production of evidence of insurance or security and test certificates
Road Traffic Act 1988 (1988 c 52) | Legislation

165  Power of constables to obtain names and addresses of drivers and others, and to require production of evidence of insurance or security and test certificates

(1)     Any of the following persons—

(a)     a person driving a motor vehicle (other than an invalid carriage) on a road, or

(b)     a person whom a constable [or vehicle examiner] has reasonable cause to believe to have been the driver of a motor vehicle (other than an invalid carriage) at a time when an accident occurred owing to its presence on a road [or other public place], or

(c)     a person whom a constable [or vehicle examiner] has reasonable cause to believe to have committed an offence in relation to the use on a road of a motor vehicle (other than an invalid carriage),

must, on being so required by a constable [or vehicle examiner], give his name and address and the name and address of the owner of the vehicle and produce the following documents for examination.

(2)     Those documents are—

(a)     the relevant certificate of insurance . . . (within the meaning of Part VI of this Act), or such other evidence that the vehicle is not or was not being driven in contravention

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