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Section 71 — Road Traffic Act 1988: Unfit and overloaded vehicles: offences.
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Unfit and overloaded vehicles: offences. 71 1 A person who—
a drives a vehicle in contravention of a prohibition under section 69 or 70 of this Act, or b causes or permits a vehicle to be driven in contravention of such a prohibition, or c fails to comply within a reasonable time with a direction under section 70(3) of this Act, is guilty of an offence.
2 The Secretary of State may by regulations provide for exceptions from subsection (1) above.
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