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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-safety-act-2006/section-44",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-safety-act-2006/section-44.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/49",
  "legislation_title": "Road Safety Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-safety-act-2006",
  "path": "section/44",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44",
  "heading": "Enforcement authorities",
  "text": "(1) Part 2 of the Vehicles (Crime) Act 2001 (c. 3) (regulation of registration plate suppliers) is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 26(8) (power of entry for authorised persons: meaning of “authorised person”), for “section by” substitute\n“section—\n(a) by the Secretary of State, or\n(b) by”.\n(3) In section 30(a) (institution of proceedings for offences), after “by” insert “ the Secretary of State, ”.\n(4) In section 31(1) (interpretation of Part 2), for the definition of “local authority” substitute—\n““local authority” means—\n(a) in relation to England, a county council, a district council, a London borough council, the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority or the Council of the Isles of Scilly;\n(b) in relation to Wales, a county council or a county borough council;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 44 in force at 16.3.2007 for E.W. by S.I. 2007/466, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/49/section/44",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:29.210416+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."
}