Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road Act, 1998
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Prohibitions relating to transport equipment and documentation. |
10.—(1) A person shall not— | |
(a) in applying for a certificate granted under regulations made under section 17 or in giving any information required of him or her under this Act, make a statement which he or she knows to be false in a material respect, or make any such false statement reckless as to its truth or otherwise; | ||
(b) forge, alter or use with intent to deceive any— | ||
(i) transport document, | ||
(ii) certificate granted under regulations made under section 17 , or | ||
(iii) driver's instructions, | ||
or, with intent to deceive, make or possess any document resembling such a transport document, driver's instructions or certificate; or | ||
(c) without authority interfere with transport equipment being used or intended to be used for the carriage of dangerous goods by road or remove, obliterate or alter any labelling on such equipment which denotes the dangerous nature of the goods being carried or intended to be carried or any safety instructions to be followed in relation thereto. | ||
(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (a) of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500. | ||
(3) A person who contravenes paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable— | ||
(a) on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding £1,500, or | ||
(b) on conviction on indictment, to a fine not exceeding £100,000. |