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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-obligations-in-transport-regulations-2023/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-obligations-in-transport-regulations-2023/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2023/1369",
  "legislation_title": "The Public Service Obligations in Transport Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-obligations-in-transport-regulations-2023",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Emergency measures",
  "text": "(1) In the event of a disruption of services, or the immediate risk of such a situation, a competent authority may take emergency measures.\n(2) The emergency measures must take the form of a direct award or a formal agreement to extend a public service contract or a requirement to provide certain public service obligations.\n(3) The publication requirement in regulation 22 does not apply where a contract is awarded under this regulation.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 modified (28.11.2024) by 1993 c. 43, s. 30B(3) (as inserted by Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 (c. 25), ss. 2(3), 5(2))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 16 in force at 25.12.2023, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1369/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:37:04.778377+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."
}