{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-scotland-act-2001/section-81",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-scotland-act-2001/section-81.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2001/2",
  "legislation_title": "Transport (Scotland) Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transport-scotland-act-2001",
  "path": "section/81",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Regulations and orders",
  "text": "(1) Any power of the Scottish Ministers under this Act to make regulations or orders shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.\n(2) Any power under this Act to make regulations or orders shall include power to make—\n(a) different provision for different cases and for different classes of case; and\n(b) such incidental, supplementary, consequential, saving or transitional provision as the Scottish Ministers consider necessary or expedient.\n(3) Subject to subsection (4) below, a statutory instrument containing regulations or an order made under this Act (other than an order made under section 84(2) of this Act) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of the Scottish Parliament.\n(4) A statutory instrument containing—\n(a) an order under section ... 68(1) or 69(1) of this Act;\n(b) regulations under section 3G(4), 3H(7), 13M(5), 13Q(4) 27A(5), 35A(1) , 35B(3)(b) or 41(1) or paragraph 26 of schedule A1 or which consist of or include provision made by virtue of section 64(1C) of this Act; or\n(c) regulations under section 3M(2)(c) which make provision about what may constitute a facility or measure,\nshall not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the Scottish Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 81(4)(a) repealed (4.12.2023) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), s. 130(2), sch. para. 3(8)(a) (with s. 126); S.S.I. 2023/250, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 81(4)(b) substituted (4.12.2023) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), s. 130(2), sch. para. 3(8)(b) (with s. 126) (as amended (27.11.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/347, regs. 1(1), 2(7)(b)); S.S.I. 2023/250, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 81(4)(b) inserted (27.10.2025 for the purposes of making regulations) by Bus Services Act 2025 (c. 24), ss. 38(4), 41(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 81(4)(b) inserted (10.10.2005) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), ss. 51(7), 54(2); S.S.I. 2005/454, art. 2, Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 81(4)(c) inserted (4.12.2023) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 (asp 17), s. 130(2), sch. para. 3(8)(c) (with s. 126) (as amended (27.11.2023) by S.S.I. 2023/347, regs. 1(1), 2(7)(c)); S.S.I. 2023/250, sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 81(2); power fully exercised; 1.7.2002 appointed for specified provisions by S.S.I. 2002/291, art. 2 (with art. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2001/2/section/81",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:17:20.199105+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."
}