{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/section-144B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000/section-144B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/38",
  "legislation_title": "Transport Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-2000",
  "path": "section/144B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "144B",
  "heading": "Byelaws: procedure",
  "text": "(1) Where a local transport authority or authorities propose to make byelaws under section 144A, they must—\n(a) publish a copy of the proposed byelaws on their website or websites, and\n(b) publish on their website or websites and in one or more local newspapers circulating in the authority’s or authorities’ area or combined area a notice of the proposal to make byelaws.\n(2) The notice must—\n(a) state the manner in which a printed copy of the proposed byelaws will be open to public inspection,\n(b) in the case of a notice published in a newspaper, give details of the website or websites where a copy of the proposed byelaws can be found, and\n(c) state that any person affected by the proposed byelaws may make representations about them to the authority or authorities within the period specified in the notice.\n(3) The period specified for the purposes of subsection (2)(c) must be a period of at least 28 days beginning with the day after that on which the notice is published.\n(4) The local transport authority or authorities must not submit the byelaws for confirmation unless they have considered the representations that have been made to them.\n(5) The Secretary of State may—\n(a) confirm (with or without modifications) the byelaws submitted for confirmation, or\n(b) refuse to confirm them.\n(6) The Secretary of State may fix a date for the coming into force of any byelaws confirmed under subsection (5)(a); but if no such date is fixed the byelaws come into force at the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the day after that on which they are confirmed.\n(7) The power to make byelaws under section 144A includes the power to make byelaws amending or revoking byelaws made under that section.\n(8) The Secretary of State may by regulations revoke byelaws made under section 144A.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 144A-144E and cross-heading inserted (5.8.2026) by Bus Services Act 2025 (c. 24), ss. 28(1), 41(5) (with s. 28(2)); S.I. 2026/834, reg. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/38/section/144B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:32.082416+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."
}