{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-oil-pollution-act-1971/section-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-oil-pollution-act-1971/section-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1971/60",
  "legislation_title": "Prevention of Oil Pollution Act 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prevention-of-oil-pollution-act-1971",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "General provisions as to Orders in Council, regulations and orders.",
  "text": "(1) Any power to make regulations or an order under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.\n(2) Any statutory instrument made by virtue of this Act, other than an Order in Council under section 25 or an order under section 34 of this Act, shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(3) Any Order in Council, or other order, made under any provision of this Act may be varied or revoked by a subsequent Order in Council or order made thereunder.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 27(4) repealed (1.1.1996) by 1995 c. 21, ss. 314(1), 316(2), Sch. 12 (with s. 312(1), Sch. 14 para. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1971/60/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:41.912025+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."
}