{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968/section-59",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968/section-59.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1968/73",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 1968",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968",
  "path": "section/59",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "59",
  "heading": "The licensing authority for Part V.",
  "text": "(1) The traffic commissioner for any traffic area constituted for the purposes of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 shall exercise the functions conferred on him by this Part of this Act and is in this Part of this Act referred to as “the licensing authority.”\n(2) In the exercise of his functions under this Part of this Act. . . the licensing authority shall act under the general directions of the Minister.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 59(1) substituted by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words repealed by Transport Act 1982 (c. 49, SIF 126), Sch. 6"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 59(3) repealed by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 139(3), Sch. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 59(4) repealed by Transport (London) Act 1969 (c. 35, SIF 126), Sch. 6"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/73/section/59",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:29.968251+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."
}