Part 1: Haulage Policy Background Section 7: Prohibition notices
Section 7 allows an examiner to prohibit, by notice, a vehicle on a relevant journey from leaving the UK if the relevant permits are not carried on the vehicle as required in regulations (and subsection (2) permits this in relation to journeys which technically begin outside of the UK).
	Subsections (4) to (7) contain safeguards regulating the examiner’s power to prohibit a vehicle from leaving the UK. A notice prohibiting a vehicle from leaving the UK must be given to the driver (subsection (4)), setting out the country to which the prohibition relates (subsection (5)(a)), the circumstances in relation to which the prohibition is imposed (subsection (5)(b)), the purpose for which the prohibition applies or that it applies absolutely (subsection (5)(c)) and the period for which the prohibition is in place (subsection (5)(d)). The notice takes effect when it is given to the driver of the vehicle, and the examiner must remove the prohibition immediately if it becomes apparent either that a permit is not required for the international journey or that a permit was carried on the vehicle. The examiner must also give notice, as soon as practicable, to the operator of the vehicle if the driver is not the operator.