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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-regulation-act-1984/schedule-3A/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/27",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-regulation-act-1984",
  "path": "schedule/3A/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Duration, renewal, suspension and revocation of licence",
  "text": "(1) The regulations may make provision about the duration, renewal, suspension or revocation of a licence.\n(2) That includes provision which gives the Secretary of State the power to direct a licensing authority not to renew, or to suspend or revoke, a licence.\n(3) But any such regulations must provide that the power of direction may only be exercised for purposes specified or described in the regulations which relate to the protection of public safety.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3A inserted (E.W.) (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by English Devolution and Community Empowerment Act 2026 (c. 23), s. 108(1)(6), Sch. 7 para. 1(3) (with s. 102)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/27/schedule/3A/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:57.488236+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."
}