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Road Traffic Act 1960
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Version Superseded: 01/01/1996
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- 01/02/1991- Amendment
- 05/11/1993
Point in time - 01/01/1996- Amendment
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Forgery, false Statements, &c.E+W+S
233 Forgery of documents, &c. E+W+S
(1)This section applies to the following documents and other things, namely,—
(a)any licence under any Part of this Act;
(b) . . . F1
(c)any document, plate or mark by which, in pursuance of regulations made under [F2Part V of the M1Transport Act 1968], a vehicle is to be identified as being an authorised vehicle within the meaning of [F2the said Part V];
(d)any document evidencing the appointment of an examiner or other officer for the purposes of [F2Part V of the Transport Act 1968];
(e)—(h). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3
(2)A person shall be guilty of an offence who, with intent to deceive,—
(a)forges or alters, or uses or lends to, or allows to be used by, any other person, a document or other thing to which this section applies, or
(b)makes or has in his possession any document or other thing so closely resembling a document or other thing to which this section applies as to be calculated to deceive.
In the application of this subsection to England and Wales, [F4“forges” means makes a false document or other thing in order that it may be used as genuine.]
(3)A person guilty of an offence under the last foregoing subsection shall be liable—
(a)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years;
[F5(b)on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 233(1)(b) repealed by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), Sch. 9 Pt. I
F2Words substituted by virtue of Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), Sch. 10 Pt. II
F3S. 233(1)(e)—(h) repealed by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), Sch. 9 Pt. I
F4Words substituted by Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981 (c. 45), s. 12
F5S. 233(3)(b) substituted by Road Traffic (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988 (c. 54, SIF 107:1), s. 4, Sch. 3 para. 2(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 233 amended by S.I. 1984/176, reg. 36(9)
C2S. 233(1)(a)(c)(d) amended by Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), Sch. 10 Pt. I
Marginal Citations
234. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F6S. 234 repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34), Sch. 9 Pt. I
235†False statements and withholding material information.E+W+S
(1)A person shall be guilty of an offence who knowingly makes a false statement for the purpose—
(a)of obtaining the grant of a licence under any Part of this Act to himself or any other person, or the variation of any such licence; or
(b)of preventing the grant or variation of any such licence; or
(c)of procuring the imposition of a condition or limitation in relation to any such licence.
(d) . . . F7
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8
(3)A person guilty of an offence under subsection (1) . . . F9 of this section shall be liable on summary conviction [F10to a fine not exceeding [F11level 4 on the standard scale]].
Textual Amendments
F7S. 235(1)(d) repealed by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), Sch. 9 Pt. I
F8Ss. 235(2), 236–238 repealed by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), Sch. 9 Pt. I
F9Words repealed by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), Sch. 9 Pt. I
F10Words substituted by Road Traffic Act 1974 (c. 50), s. 21(1), Sch. 5 Pt. I
F11Words substituted by virtue of (E.W.) Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46 and (S.) Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975 (c. 21, SIF 39:1), s. 289G
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3Unreliable marginal note
C4S. 235(1) amended by Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), Sch 10 Pt. I; S.I. 1984/176, reg. 36(9)
236—238. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F12Ss. 235(2), 236–238 repealed by Road Traffic Act 1972 (c. 20), Sch. 9 Pt. I
239. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F13S. 239 repealed by Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14), s. 88(1), Sch. 8
240. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14E+W+S
Textual Amendments
F14S. 240 repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34), Sch. 9 Pt. I
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