266 Power to prohibit driving of vehicle

Enforcement of requirements relating to drivers' hours

266  Power to prohibit driving of vehicle

After section 99 of the Transport Act 1968 insert—

“99A Power to prohibit driving of vehicle

(1)     If—

(a)     the driver of a UK vehicle obstructs an authorised person in the exercise of his powers under subsection (2) or (3) of section 99 of this Act or fails to comply with any requirement made by an authorised person under subsection (1) of that section,

(b)     it appears to an authorised person that, in relation to a UK vehicle or its driver, there has been a contravention of any of the provisions of—

(i)     sections 96 to 98 of this Act and any orders or regulations under those sections, or

(ii)     the applicable Community rules,

or that there will be such a contravention if the vehicle is driven on a road, or

(c)     it appears to an authorised person that an offence under section 99(5) of this Act has been committed in respect of a UK vehicle or its driver,

the authorised

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