{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/woolwich-ferry-order-1989/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/woolwich-ferry-order-1989/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/714",
  "legislation_title": "The Woolwich Ferry Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/woolwich-ferry-order-1989",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Part III of the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1894 (Explosives at Ferries – Enforcement of Byelaws) shall apply in relation to the Woolwich Ferry as if –\n(a) in section 6 for the words “The Council” to “uniform” there were substituted the words:-\n“The Secretary of State may in writing authorise any person appointed by him for the purpose to search any vehicles or packages and to open any packages tendered to him for transmission over any of his ferries or brought upon any piers, landing places or other ferry works of the Secretary of State and any person so authorised being in uniform”;\n(b) in section 7 for the words “any officer of the Council authorised” there were substituted the words “any person authorised by the Secretary of State” and for the word “officer” in both places where it subsequently occurs there were substituted the words “person authorised”; and\n(c) in the proviso to section 7 for the words “any officer of the Council” there were substituted the words “any person, other than a constable,” and for the words “the Council” there were substituted the words “the Secretary of State”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1894 c.ccxii; Part III was amended by S.I. 1965/540, article 4 and Schedule 2, and is to be read with S.I. 1986/330, article 5; section 7 in Part III in so far as it enables a constable to arrest a person for an offence without a warrant has, by virtue of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60), section 26(1), ceased to have effect."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/714/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:45:09.684453+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."
}