THE LAW ON TACHOGRAPH FIDDLING
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• DELIBERATE FALSIFICATION of tachograph records can result in up to two years in prison and/or a fine of up to £5,000. It applies both to drivers and anyone whose orders they have been following. Falsification is taken to include destruction of records, suppression of records and omission from records of relevant information.
• Permitting the falsification of records also attracts a fine of up to £5,000. This could include an operator who did not actually order the falsification of records, but did not take reasonable steps to prevent that falsification.
• Producing, supplying or installing products that interfere with the function of the tachograph or the records it produces, attracts a fine of up to £5,000.
• Providing information that would assist other parties in producing such devices, also attracts a fine of up to £5,000. • Obstructing enforcement officers who are lawfully going about their business or failing to comply with a lawful request from an enforcement officer, attracts a fine of up to £5,000. Examples include refusing to supply the requested tachograph records or refusing to allow inspection of a digital tachograph driver’s card.
• Continued or repeated infringements can result in a firm’s O-licence being revoked.