{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-244A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999/section-244A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/29",
  "legislation_title": "Greater London Authority Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-london-authority-act-1999",
  "path": "section/244A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "244A",
  "heading": "Power to make byelaws for London local services",
  "text": "(1) Transport for London may make byelaws regulating one or more of the following—\n(a) travel on London local services;\n(b) the maintenance of order on London local services;\n(c) the conduct of persons while travelling on London local services.\n(2) The byelaws may, in particular, make provision—\n(a) with respect to tickets and other things (whether in physical or electronic form) which authorise a person to enter and travel on London local services;\n(b) with respect to the evasion of payment of fares or other charges;\n(c) with respect to interference with, or obstruction of, London local services;\n(d) prohibiting vaping by persons on London local services;\n(e) with respect to the prevention of nuisance.\n(3) The byelaws may provide that a person contravening them is guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding—\n(a) level 3 on the standard scale, or\n(b) such lower level or lower amount as is specified in the byelaws.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 4 Ch. 8A inserted (5.8.2026) by Bus Services Act 2025 (c. 24), ss. 29, 41(5); S.I. 2026/834, reg. 2(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/29/section/244A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:45.840103+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."
}