{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-rail-link-act-1996/schedule-6/paragraph-31",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/61",
  "legislation_title": "Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/channel-tunnel-rail-link-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by directions restrict a planning authority’s powers in relation to the grant of approval under Part II or III of this Schedule.\n(2) Directions under this paragraph may—\n(a) be given in relation to a specified approval or approvals of a specified description,\n(b) be expressed to have effect without limit of time or during a specified period, and\n(c) cancel or vary previous directions under this paragraph.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 6 para. 31(1) substituted (26.1.1998) by S.I. 1997/2971, art. 6(1), Sch. paras. 25, 32(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/61/schedule/6/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:29:26.800440+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}