Road Traffic (Administration) Act 2008

A police officer may, for MDLR compliance purposes, direct an involved person to produce any of the following —

a record required to be kept under the Road Traffic (Vehicles) Act 2012 Part 4 (including any regulation made, or requirement imposed, under or for the purposes of that Part);

a record comprising transport documentation or journey documentation in the involved person’s possession or under that person’s control;

a record, device or other thing that contains or may contain a record, in the person’s possession or under the person’s control relating to or indicating —

the use, performance or condition of a vehicle; or

the ownership, insurance or licensing status of a vehicle; or

the load or equipment carried or intended to be carried by a vehicle (including the insurance status of any such load or equipment).

A direction under subsection (1) must —

specify —

the record, device or other thing that must be produced; or

the classes of record, device or other thing that must be produced;

state the manner in which each record, device or other thing must be produced; and

state that the direction must be complied with —

then and there; or

within a specified period.

A police officer may do any or all of the following —

inspect a record, device or other thing that is produced;

make copies of, or take extracts from, a record, device or other thing that is produced;

seize and remove a record, device or other thing that is produced that the officer reasonably believes may on further inspection provide evidence of an MDLR offence.

A person to whom a direction is given under subsection (1) must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the direction.

In subsection (4) —

Despite subsection (5), a record, device or other thing produced by a person in compliance with a direction under subsection (1) is not admissible in evidence in any proceedings against the person.