{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-69",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981/section-69.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/14",
  "legislation_title": "Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-passenger-vehicles-act-1981",
  "path": "section/69",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": "Restriction on institution in England and Wales of proceedings under Part II or III.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this section proceedings for an offence under Part II . . . of this Act shall not, in England or Wales, be instituted except by or on behalf of the Director of Public Prosecutions or by a person authorised in that behalf by a traffic commissioner, a chief officer of police, or the council of a county or district.\n(2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply to proceedings for the breach of regulations having effect by virtue of section 25 or 26 of this Act.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(3), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3(5), Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 4(19)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 69(3) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 69 extended by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 127(5)(6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/14/section/69",
    "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."
}