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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-act-1992/section-58",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/42",
  "legislation_title": "Transport and Works Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-and-works-act-1992",
  "path": "section/58",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "58",
  "heading": "Prosecutions.",
  "text": "No proceedings shall be instituted in England and Wales in respect of an offence under this Part except by or with the consent of the Secretary of State or the Director of Public Prosecutions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Ss. 57, 58 amended (2.2.1994) by 1993 c. 43, s. 117(5)(6); S.I. 1994/202, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 58 wholly in force at 15. 7. 1992 see s. 70 and S.I. 1992/1347, art. 2, Sch."
    }
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    "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."
}