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          Part I</Number><Title> Orders authorising works <Abbreviation Expansion="Et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc</Abbreviation></Title><Pblock DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/42/part/I/crossheading/power-to-make-orders" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/part/I/crossheading/power-to-make-orders" NumberOfProvisions="5" id="part-I-crossheading-power-to-make-orders" RestrictStartDate="2025-12-15"><Title> Power to make orders</Title><P1group ConfersPower="true" RestrictStartDate="1993-01-01"><Title> Extension of section 1 to other guided transport systems.</Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/42/section/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/section/2" id="section-2"><Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="c8594721"/>2</Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/42/section/2/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/section/2/1" id="section-2-1"><Pnumber>1</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The Secretary of State may by order prescribe modes of guided transport for the purposes of section 1(1)(d) above.</Text></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/42/section/2/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1992/42/section/2/2" id="section-2-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>The power to make orders under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument; but no order shall be made unless a draft of it has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.</Text></P2para></P2></P1para></P1></P1group></Pblock></Part></Body></Primary><Commentaries><Commentary id="c8594721" Type="I"><Para><Text>Pt. I (ss. 1-25) wholly in force at 1. 1. 1993 see s. 70 and <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2784" id="c00061" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="2784">S.I. 1992/2784</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00062" CitationRef="c00061" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2784/article/2" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00063" CitationRef="c00061" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2784/schedule/1" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-1">Sch. 1</CitationSubRef>.</Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="c8594681" Type="I"><Para><Text>Pt. I (ss. 1-25) wholly in force at 1.1.1993 see s. 70 and <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2784" id="c00329" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1992" Number="2784">S.I. 1992/2784</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="c00330" CitationRef="c00329" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2784/article/2" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="c00331" CitationRef="c00329" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1992/2784/schedule/1" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-1">Sch. 1</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary></Commentaries></Legislation>