{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1972/schedule-6/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1972/schedule-6/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1972/20",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic Act 1972",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1972",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall refer every such appeal to a person, or two or three persons, appointed by him to hold an inquiry and report to him ; and the person or persons so appointed may be appointed either for the purposes of one particular inquiry, or of inquiries into any such appeal that may be made to the Secretary of State during such period as the Secretary of Stale may determine, and no person so appointed shall be an officer of the Secretary of State.\n(2) The Secretary of State may, for the purpose of any such inquiry, appoint up to three assessors to advise the person or persons holding it on matters arising out of it.\n(3) The Secretary of Slate shall, before making an order under the said section 132, consider any report made to him under this paragraph.\n(4) The Secretary of State shall, out of moneys provided by Parliament, pay to any person or persons holding inquiries under this paragraph and to any assessors appointed thereunder such fees and such expenses, if any, incurred by them as he may, with the approval of the Treasury, determine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1972/20/schedule/6/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:09.170683+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."
}