{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-61",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-61.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/14",
  "legislation_title": "Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981",
  "path": "section/61",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "61",
  "heading": "Exercise of regulation making powers and parliamentary control thereof.",
  "text": "(1) Any power conferred by this Act upon the Secretary of State to make regulations shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(2) Before making any regulations under . . . this Act the Secretary of State shall consult with such representative organisations as he thinks fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), ss. 135(1), 139(3), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 61: transfer of functions (1.10.2007) by The Scotland Act 1998 (Cross-Border Public Authorities) (Traffic Commissioner for the Scottish Traffic Area) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2139), arts. 1(1), 2, Sch. (with art. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Ss. 60, 61 modified by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67), ss. 134(1)-(3), 135(1) (as amended (26.11.2008 for specified purposes, 6.4.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26), ss. 60(5), 134(1)(c)(4); S.I. 2009/107, art. 4(1), Sch. 4 Pt. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 61(2) excluded (28.11.2022) by 1985 c. 67, s. 135(1A) (as inserted (S.) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), s. 130(2), sch. para. 2(3)(a) (with s. 126); S.S.I. 2022/332, reg. 2, sch.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/section/61",
    "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."
}