{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-51",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/14",
  "legislation_title": "Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981",
  "path": "section/51",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "51",
  "heading": "Appeals to the Secretary of State.",
  "text": "(1) A person applying for—\n(a) a certificate of initial fitness under section 6 of this Act; or\n(b) a certificate under section 10 of this Act that a vehicle conforms to a type vehicle;\nmay appeal to the Secretary of State against the refusal of an examiner to issue such a certificate.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) An appeal under this section must be made within the prescribed time and in the prescribed manner; and provision may be made by regulations as to the procedure to be followed in connection with such appeals.\n(4) On the determination of an appeal under this section, the Secretary of State may confirm, vary or reverse the decision appealed against, and may give such directions as he thinks fit to the examiner for giving effect to his decision; and it shall be the duty of the examiner to comply with any such directions.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 51 substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 31"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 51(1) substituted (1.7.1992) by virtue of Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 170:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 16(2); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 51(2) repealed (1.7.1992) by Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 170:1), s. 83, Sch.8; S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2, Sch., Appendix"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 51(4) substituted (1.7.1992) by virtue of Road Traffic Act 1991 (c. 40, SIF 107:1), s. 48, Sch. 4 para. 16(3); S.I. 1992/1286, art. 2,Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1982/49",
      "affecting_title": "Transport Act 1982"
    },
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      "affecting_title": "Transport Act 1982"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/section/51",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:23.739394+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."
}