{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-transport-act-2008/section-102P",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-transport-act-2008/section-102P.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/26",
  "legislation_title": "Local Transport Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-transport-act-2008",
  "path": "section/102P",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "102P",
  "heading": "Power of direction",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations confer on an STB a power to give directions to a constituent authority about the exercise of transport functions by the authority in the area of the STB.\n(2) The power to give a direction by virtue of subsection (1) about the exercise of a function extends only so far as the exercise of the function is relevant to the implementation of the STB's transport strategy.\n(3) Regulations under this section conferring a power to direct may include provision—\n(a) for the power to be given generally or subject to conditions or limitations;\n(b) for the power to apply to all transport functions or only to those functions specified or described in the regulations;\n(c) about the manner in which directions are to be given;\n(d) about the consequences arising if there is a contravention of a direction.\n(4) Provision under subsection (3)(d) may include provision enabling the STB—\n(a) to take any steps it considers appropriate to reverse or modify the effect of a constituent authority exercising a transport function in contravention of the direction, and\n(b) to recover any reasonable expenses incurred in taking those steps as a civil debt from the constituent authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 5A inserted (28.1.2016 for specified purposes, 28.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 (c. 1), ss. 21, 25(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/26/section/102P",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:43.373018+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."
}