(1) In this section -
"authorised official" means an officer of the Revenue Commissioners or a member of the Garda Síochána;
"vehicle" means - (a) any motor vehicle propelled exclusively by mechanical power on land but not running on rails with - (i) a maximum design speed of more than 25 km/h, or (ii) a maximum net weight of more than 25 kg and a maximum design speed of more than 14 km/h, or (b) any trailer to be used with a vehicle referred to in paragraph (a), whether coupled or uncoupled, but does not include a wheelchair vehicle exclusively intended for use by a person with a physical disability.
(2) An authorised official may demand of a person having charge of a vehicle, being a vehicle, which is not normally -
(a) based in the State,
(b) based in any of the designated territories, or
(c) having entered the State from the territory of another Member State,
when entering the State with the vehicle or having so entered, to produce evidence that the use of the vehi
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