SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 13LOWER THAMES CROSSING BYELAWS

PART 3ENFORCEMENT

Compliance with instructions, etc.

schedule 13 paragraph 7 + 7.—(1) A person reasonably suspected by an authorised person of breaching or attempting to breach a byelaw must immediately give that person’s name and address when requested to do so by an authorised person.

(2) The authorised person requesting details under byelaw (1) must state the nature of the suspected breach of the byelaw in general terms at the time of the request.

(3) A person in the tunnel area must carry out the reasonable instructions of an authorised person or the requirements of a notice displayed by the undertaker.

(4) A person acting in compliance with the instructions of an authorised person does not commit a breach of the byelaw which otherwise prohibits the act.

(5) A person is not subject to a penalty for breach of a byelaw by disobeying a notice unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court before which the complaint is laid that the notice referred to in the particular byelaw was displayed.

Identification of authorised persons

schedule 13 paragraph 8 + 8.  An authorised person who is exercising any power conferred on an authorised person by any of the byelaws must produce a form of identification which includes the name of the authorised person’s employer and a means of identifying the authorised person, when requested to do so.

Breaches by authorised persons

schedule 13 paragraph 9 + 9.  An authorised person acting in the course of the authorised person’s duties is not liable for a breach of a byelaw.

Attempted breach

schedule 13 paragraph 10 + 10.—(1) A person who attempts to breach a byelaw is liable to the same penalty as a person who breaches a byelaw.

(2) An authorised person may prevent the driver of a motor vehicle from gaining access to the tunnel area if the appointed person has reasonable cause to believe the driver of the motor vehicle is contravening, or will contravene if allowed to proceed, any of the byelaws.