{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-act-1992/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-act-1992/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/42",
  "legislation_title": "Transport and Works Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-act-1992",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Orders as to railways, tramways etc.",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may make an order relating to, or to matters ancillary to, the construction or operation of a transport system of any of the following kinds, so far as it is in England and Wales—\n(a) a railway;\n(b) a tramway;\n(c) a trolley vehicle system;\n(d) a system using a mode of guided transport prescribed by order made under section 2 below.\n(1A) Subsection (1) is subject to—\n(a) section 33(2) of the Planning Act 2008 (exclusion of powers to authorise development);\n(b) section 120(9) of that Act (exclusion of power to include ancillary provision in orders);\n(c) section 20(2) of the Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (exclusion of powers to authorise development for which infrastructure consent is required);\n(d) section 63(8) of that Act (exclusion of powers to include ancillary provision in orders).\n(2) The power to make orders under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 1(1A) inserted (1.3.2010) by Planning Act 2008 (c. 29), s. 241(8), Sch. 2 para. 52 (with s. 226); S.I. 2010/101, art. 2 (with art. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 1(1A)(c)(d) inserted (15.12.2025) by Infrastructure (Wales) Act 2024 (asc 3), s. 147(2), Sch. 3 para. 7(2) (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 2025/698, art. 3(l)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 1 restricted (1.12.1998) by 1998 c. 38, s. 37(3); S.I. 1998/2789, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 1 modified (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/672, art. 5, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Pt. I (ss. 1-25) wholly in force at 1.1.1993 see s. 70 and S.I. 1992/2784, art. 2, Sch. 1."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/42/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:35:42.977920+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."
}