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Licensing document offences.
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12.—(1) A person who—
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(a) alters or causes or permits the alteration of a licensing document, or
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(b) engages in the carriage of goods or passengers by road for reward while in possession of a licensing document that has been altered,
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shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £1,500.
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(2) A licensing document shall be deemed to be a public document for the purposes of section 4(2) of the Forgery Act, 1913.
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(3) In this section, “licensing document” means—
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(a) a road freight carrier's licence,
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(b) a road passenger transport operator's licence,
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(c) a Community licence,
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(d) a transport disc,
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(e) a restricted road freight licence, or
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(f) such other document as may be prescribed.
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