(1) An officer in uniform may stop any vehicle in order -
(a) that such officer, or any officer accompanying such officer, may exercise any power conferred on them by section 135 in relation to excisable products, any other products chargeable with a duty of excise, or any prohibited goods, where there are reasonable grounds to believe that such products or goods are being transported in or on such vehicle, or
(b) to examine and take samples of mineral oil under section 135(2)(a).
(2) An officer in uniform or a member of the Garda Síochána may stop any vehicle for any purpose related to vehicle registration tax or the registration of vehicles in any of the registers established and maintained under Chapter IV of Part II of the Finance Act, 1992.
(3) Any person in charge of a moving vehicle shall, at the request of an officer in uniform or a member of the Garda Síochána, stop such vehicle.
(4) Any person in charge of a vehicle shall, whether such vehicle has been stopped by an offic
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