Part IU.K.

1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2U.K.

Part IIU.K. The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications and his Functions

2The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.U.K.

(1)—(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

(6)In the following provisions of this Act, “the Minister” means [F4the Secretary of State] . . .

(7). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

3 Transfer to the Minister of the Postmaster General’s functions with respect to wireless telegraphy, and provisions consequential thereon.U.K.

(1)The functions which, immediately before the appointed day, are vested in the Postmaster General by virtue of the following provisions, namely,—

(a)F5... those of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967; F6

(b )F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

shall, on that day, vest in the Minister; and, accordingly, as from that day,—

(i)references in those provisions to the Postmaster General (except those in section 5 of the M1Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967), F7. . .shall be construed as referring to the Minister, and references to the Postmaster General in the said section 5, the second and third references to him in the said section 24(4) and the references to him in section 9(3) of the M2Defamation Act 1952 (extension to broadcasting of certain defences) and of the M3Defamation Act (Northern Ireland) 1955 shall be construed as including references to the Minister; and

(ii)any reference to the Postmaster General in a provision of regulationsF8... under F8... the M4Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 which is in force at the beginning of that day shall (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as referring to the Minister and any reference to an officer of the Post Office in any such provision shall (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as referring to a person acting under the authority of the Minister.

F9(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F9(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F10(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

4 Transfer to the Minister of the Postmaster General’s functions under section 6 of the Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949.U.K.

The functions which are vested in the Postmaster General by virtue of section 6 of the M5Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949 (provisions as to pensions of employees of Cable and Wireless Limited and certain other persons) shall, on the appointed day, vest in the Minister; and, accordingly, as from that day, references in that section to the Postmaster General shall be construed as referring to the Minister.

5 Transfer to the Minister of the Postmaster General’s power to make orders under the Recorded Delivery Service Act 1962.U.K.

The power conferred by subsection (3) of section 1 of the Recorded Delivery Service Act 1962 on the Postmaster General by order to make such amendments of enactments contained in local or private Acts as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in consequence of subsection (1) of that section shall, on the appointed day, vest in the Minister; and, accordingly, as from that day, the reference to the Postmaster General in the said subsection (3) and the reference to him in subsection (4) of that section (which lays on him a duty of consultation before making an order under subsection (3)) shall each be construed as referring to the Minister.

Part IIIU.K. The new Authority for the Conduct of postal and telegraphic Business

The Post OfficeU.K.

6 The Post Office.U.K.

(1)There shall be established a public authority, to be called the Post Office, which shall have such powers and duties as are conferred and imposed on it by, or by virtue of, the following provisions of this Act; F11. . .

(2)The Post Office shall consist of a chairman and, to a number not exceeding [F12nineteen] nor falling short of—

(a)F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)six, F11. . .

of other members, whether part-time or full-time.

(2A)

F14(3)The chairman of the Post Office shall be appointed by the Minister, and the other members of the Post Office shall be appointed by the Minister after consultation with the chairman.

(4)Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect as respects the Post Office and the members thereof.

(5)It is hereby declared that the Post Office is not to be regarded as the servant or agent of the Crown, or as enjoying any status, immunity or privilege of the Crown, or (subject to the express provisions of this Act relating to stamp duty) as exempt from any tax, duty, rate, levy or other charge whatsoever, whether general or local, and that its property is not to be regarded as property of, or property held on behalf of, the Crown.

Powers and Duties of the Post OfficeU.K.

F157. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F168. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F17U.K.

F1810. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Powers of the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications over the Post OfficeU.K.

F1911. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F2012. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F21U.K.

The Post Office Users’ CouncilsU.K.

F2214. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F2315. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

General Provisions as to Transfer to the Post Office of Property, Rights and Liabilities of the Postmaster GeneralU.K.

F2416. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F25U.K.

F2618. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F27U.K.

Transfer to the Post Office of the Postmaster General’s statutory Rights and Liabilities as to Mails and Telegraphs and of Rights and Liabilities, &c., of his under certain Acts authorising the Acquisition of Land or the Execution of WorksU.K.

20 Rights and liabilities as to conveyance of mails.U.K.

(1)On the appointed day—

F28(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F29(b)the rights which, by virtue of sections 33, 34, 36(1) and 42 of the principal Act (which contain provisions enabling him to compel railway undertakers to undertake the conveyance of mail-bags by train and by ships which are owned or worked by them or in the case of which they are parties to arrangements for the use, maintenance or working thereof) he enjoys immediately before that day and the countervailing obligations with respect to payment of remuneration for services performed which, immediately before that day, are, by virtue of sections 35 and 36(2) of the principal Act, incumbent on him shall become those of the Post Office;]

F28(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F29(d)the obligation to him which, by virtue of subsection (1) of section 38 of the principal Act, is, immediately before that day, incumbent on railway undertakers to perform services with respect to the conveyance of mail-bags and the other matters mentioned in that subsection and the right which, by virtue of subsection (2) of that section, they enjoy, immediately before that day, to receive from him remuneration for services performed shall respectively become an obligation to the Post Office and a right against it.]

F30(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F31U.K.

22 Rights and liabilities, &c., arising out of Acts authorising the acquisition of land or the execution of works.U.K.

(1)Any provision of the Sites Acts, the M6Post Office Extension Act 1865, the M7Manchester Post Office Act 1876, the M8Post Office (London) Railway Act 1913, the M9Post Office (Site and Railway) Act 1954, the M10Post Office Works Act 1959 or the M11Post Office Subway Act 1966 which is in force immediately before the appointed day and contains references to the Postmaster General shall, so far as necessary for preserving its effect on and after that day, have effect as from that day as if those references were references to the Post Office.

(2)As from the appointed day, any rights or powers vested in, or exercisable by, the Post Office under the enactments relating to telegraphs in respect of works of any kind whatsoever executed under those enactments shall extend to, and may be exercised by it in respect of, the portions of the tube constructed by the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Limited, that vest in the Post Office by virtue of section 16 of this Act.

(3)Section 20 of the M12Bristol Cattle Market Act 1930 (which empowers the Postmaster General, amongst others, to enter into and carry out agreements with reference to any of the matters referred to in that Act or the agreements mentioned in that section) shall, as from the appointed day, have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the Postmaster General, of a reference to the Post Office.

(4)Section 16 of the M13City of London (Various Powers) Act 1950 (which provides for the continuance of the making, by the Postmaster General, the Mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of London acting by the common council and the Mercers’ Company of certain periodic payments to the incumbents and clerks of certain benefices in the city, being payments originally required to be made under enactments repealed by that Act) shall, as from the appointed day, have effect as if, in Schedule 1 to that Act, for references to the Postmaster General, there were substituted references to the Post Office; and the rights of indemnity in favour of the Postmaster General that are saved by the proviso to section 18 of that Act shall, as from that day, enure for the benefit of the Post Office and the charges on property to secure the payment of money payable to the Postmaster General in respect of indemnities so saved which are themselves also saved by that proviso shall, as from that day, have effect accordingly.

(5)The reference in subsection (1) above to the Sites Acts is a reference to the Acts passed during the years 1885 to 1938 (both inclusive) the short title of each of which consists of the words “The Post Office (Sites) Act” followed by the year in which it was passed.

23—27.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F32U.K.

Charges and other Terms and Conditions applicable to ServicesU.K.

F3328. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Limitation of LiabilityU.K.

F3429. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F3530. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

FinanceU.K.

31, 32.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F36U.K.

F3733. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F38U.K.

35, 36.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F39U.K.

F4037. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F4138. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F4239. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

BankingU.K.

F4340. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F4441. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F45U.K.

Pensions and other BenefitsU.K.

F4643. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F4744. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F48U.K.

F4946. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F5047. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F5148. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

49 Provisions as to pensions of former employees of Cable and Wireless Limited and certain other persons. U.K.

(1)The Minister may, by statutory instrument (which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament) make, with the consent of [F52the Treasury], such regulations with respect to the payment of pensions to, or in respect of, persons who, at the passing of this Act are serving in the department of the Postmaster General, being—

(a)persons who have pension rights under any of the following schemes, that is to say, the existing pension schemes, the scheme for the payment of pensions commonly known as the Cable and Wireless Pension Fund (being a scheme subsisting by virtue of regulations made under section 6 of the M14Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949) and the scheme for the payment of pensions commonly known as the Cable and Wireless Staff Dependants’ Fund (being a scheme so subsisting); or

(b)persons, other than as aforesaid, who have been in the employment of Cable and Wireless Limited;

as appear to him to be requisite for securing that they, and persons claiming in right of them, are not adversely affected in the matter of pension rights by reason only that, in consequence of this Act, they cease to serve in that department.

(2)Subsections (2) to (4), (7) and (8) of the said section 6 shall apply for the purposes of this section as if references to that section and subsection (1) thereof included references to the foregoing subsection, as if, for references to the existing pension schemes (except in subsection (8)), there were substituted references to the schemes mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above, and as if, in subsection (7), for the reference to 1st January 1947 there were substituted a reference to the day on which this Act passes; and subsection (5) of that section shall, in its application to subsection (2)(a), as applied by this section, have effect as if, for the references to the purposes of any of the existing pension schemes, there were substituted a reference to the purposes of any of the schemes so mentioned.

(3)Regulations under this section may amend or revoke provisions of regulations under the said section 6.

50. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F53U.K.

51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F54U.K.

52F55 RatingU.K.

53F56

54F57

LandsU.K.

F5855. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F5956. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6057. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6158. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6259. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6360. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6461. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6562. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6663. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Miscellaneous MattersU.K.

F6764. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F68U.K.

F6966. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F7067. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F71U.K.

F7269. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F7370. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F7471. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F7572. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F7673. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

74 Taxation of the Post Office’s profits and capital gains.U.K.

(1)F77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)[F78The [F79M15Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992]] shall apply in relation to a disposal by the Post Office of an asset acquired by virtue of this Part of this Act as if the acquisition or provision of the asset by the Crown had been the acquisition or provision of it by the Post Office.

75 Records.U.K.

(1)The M16Public Records Act 1958 shall, as from the appointed day, have effect as if the Post Office were included amongst the bodies and establishments set out in Part II of the Table at the end of paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to that Act.

F80(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

76 Consequential adaptations of enactments.U.K.

The provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect for adapting the provisions of the enactments and Orders in Council therein mentioned in consequence of the assumption by the Post Office of functions which, before the appointed day, are exercised and performed by the Postmaster General.

F8177. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F82U.K.

F8379. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F8480. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F8581. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F86U.K.

83. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F87U.K.

F8884. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

85. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F89U.K.

86 Interpretation of Part III.U.K.

(1)In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—

• F90...

• F91. . .

• F92. . .

• F93. . .

• F94. . .

• F95. . .

• F96. . .

• F97. . .

• “land” includes any interest in land and any right over land;

• F98. . .

• F99. . .

• F100. . .

• F101. . .

• F102. . .

• F103. . .

(2)Any reference in this Part of this Act to a subsidiary shall be construed in accordance with [F104section 736 of the Companies Act 1985] and any reference therein to a wholly owned subsidiary shall be construed in accordance with [F104section [F105736]] of that Act.

(3)

F106F107(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

87 Power of Her Majesty in Council to make necessary provision if the Post Office surrenders privileges as regards the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.U.K.

(1)In the event of the conclusion of any such agreement as follows, namely,—

(a)an agreement between the Minister and the Government of the Isle of Man providing for either or both of the following, namely,—

(i)the surrender by the Post Office, as regards that Isle, of the privilege conferred on the Post Office by [F108section 66(1) of the British Telecommunications Act 1981] and the administration in that Isle of postal services by, or under the authority of, that government instead of by the Post Office;

(ii)

F109(b)an agreement between the Minister and the States of Jersey providing for either or both of the following, namely,—

(i)the surrender by the Post Office, as regards the Bailiwick of Jersey, of the privilege conferred on the Post Office by [F108the said section 66(1)] and the administration in that Bailiwick of postal services by, or under the authority of, the States instead of by the Post Office;

(ii)

F110(c)an agreement between the Minister and the States of Guernsey providing for either or both of the following, namely,—

(i)the surrender by the Post Office, as regards the Bailiwick of Guernsey, of the privilege conferred on the Post Office by [F108the said section 66(1)] and the administration in that Bailiwick of postal services by, or under the authority of, the States instead of by the Post Office;

(ii)

F111Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such provision as it appears to Her requisite or expedient to make in order to enable effect to be given to the agreement or in consequence of the conclusion thereof, including in particular, provision for the amendment or repeal of enactments (including enactments contained in this Act) or other instruments.

(2)The power conferred by the foregoing subsection on Her Majesty to make an Order in Council shall include power, exercisable in like manner, to vary or revoke an Order in Council made in exercise of that power.

Extent of Part III and related SchedulesU.K.

88 Extent of Part III and related Schedules.U.K.

(1)The following shall extend to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, namely,—

(a)this Part of this Act, except sections 76 and 77 and any provision which, by its terms, is limited in its operation to a part of the United Kingdom; and

(b)Schedules 1 and 2 to this Act.

(2)Section 76 of, and Schedule 4 to, this Act shall—

(a)in their application to an enactment that is expressed (either in the Act containing it or in another Act, and either directly or indirectly) to extend to the Isle of Man, extend to that Isle; and

(b)in their application to an enactment that is so expressed to extend to the Channel Islands, extend to those Islands.

(3)

F112F113(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5)Subsections (1), (2) and (4) above shall have effect subject to the provisions of any Order in Council made under the last foregoing section.

(6)F114

Part IVU.K.

89—92.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F115U.K.

Part VU.K. Provisions for securing the Continuance of the Carrying on, under the Auspices of a Director of Savings in Place of the Postmaster General, of certain financial Business

The Director of SavingsU.K.

93 Appointment, and functions and expenses, &c., of the Director of Savings.U.K.

(1)(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F116

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F117

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F118

Replacement of the Postmaster General by the Director of Savings for the Purposes of the Post Office Savings Bank Acts 1954 and 1966, and Provisions consequential thereonU.K.

94 The National Savings Bank.U.K.

(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F119

(2)F120, as from the appointed day, F120 and—

(a)(b)F120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)F120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)any reference to the Postmaster General in a nomination executed under regulations made, or having effect as if made, under section 2 of the M17Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 shall be construed as referring to the Director of Savings.

(3)The amendment of section 27 of the M18Crown Proceedings Act 1947 effected by virtue of subsection (2)(c) above is an amendment of that section as well in its application to the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland as in its application to the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F119

95—105.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F121U.K.

106, 107.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F122U.K.

Replacement of the Postmaster General by the Director of Savings for the Purposes of the National Debt Act 1958 and the National Loans Act 1968, and Provisions consequential thereonU.K.

108 The stock register kept under Part I of the National Debt Act 1958.U.K.

(1)

F123(a)in section 48 of the M19Finance (No. 2) Act 1915 (procedure on death of a person entitled to government stock), for the words “the Postmaster General” there shall be substituted the words “the Director of Savings” ;

(b)in sections 66 (transfer of government stock on authority of order of a court) and 67 (indemnity on transfer of government stock) of the M20Finance Act 1916, for the words “the Postmaster General” there shall be substituted the words “the Director of Savings” ;

(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F124

F125(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F126

(f)in section 1(4)(c) of the M21Stock Transfer Act 1963 (simplified transfer of securities), for the words “the Post Office register” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Stock Register”; and

(g)any reference to the Postmaster General in a nomination executed under regulations made, or having effect as if made, under section 2 of the M22National Debt Act 1958 shall be construed as referring to the Director of Savings.

(2)—(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F127

109 Power of the Treasury to raise money under the auspices of the Director of Savings.U.K.

The power conferred by section 12 of the M23National Loans Act 1968 on the Treasury to raise money shall extend to raising money under the auspices of the Director of Savings and, in particular, by the issue, under his auspices, of national savings certificates; F128

110—112.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F129U.K.

Credits to the Post Office in respect of certain capital Expenditure incurred by the Postmaster General in Connection with annuity, savings bank and national debt FunctionsU.K.

F130113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Extent of Part V and Schedule 6U.K.

114 Extent of Part V and Schedule 6.U.K.

This Part of this Act and Schedule 6 thereto shall extend to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

Part VIU.K. Stamps and Stamp Duties

StampsU.K.

115, 116.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F131U.K.

F132117. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F133118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F134119. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F135120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F136U.K.

122. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F137U.K.

F138123. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

124—126.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F139U.K.

127. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F140U.K.

Special Provisions with respect to Northern IrelandU.K.

F141128. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F142129. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Part VIIU.K. Miscellaneous and General

130, 131.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F143U.K.

132 Extension of regulation-making power under section 52(2) of the Government Annuities Act 1929.U.K.

(1)In section 52(2) of the M24Government Annuities Act 1929 (which empowers the National Debt Commissioners, with the concurrence of the Treasury, to make regulations for carrying out the provisions of Part II of that Act so far as regards any annuities or insurances granted by the Commissioners, either directly or through any parochial or other society, and so far as the trustees of savings banks are concerned), the words from “so far as regards” to “concerned” shall cease to have effect on the appointed day.

(2)Without prejudice to [F144section 13 of the M25Interpretation Act 1978], the power to make regulations under the said section 52(2), in so far as it is conferred by virtue of the foregoing subsection, may be exercised at any time after the passing of this Act as if that subsection had come into operation on the passing of this Act, but so that regulations made by virtue of that subsection shall not come into operation before the appointed day.

(3)This section shall extend to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.

F145133. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

134 Issue by local authorities in Great Britain of dog and game licences.U.K.

(1)As from the appointed day, licences [F146for dogs] shall be issued [F146in Great Britain] by the councils having power to levy the duties [F146thereon and so,] in England and Wales, [F146shall licences] for dealing in, or killing, game.

(2)A council [F147in Great Britain] having power to levy the duties on any such licences as aforesaid may employ persons to act as its agents for the purpose of the issue of the licences and may pay to persons employed so to act such reasonable remuneration as it thinks fit.

135 Remuneration of the Post Office for issuing dog and game licences in England and Wales.U.K.

(1)Any sums falling to be paid by the [F148Secretary of State] to [F149the Post Office company]in pursuance of any agreement to which he, it and a council in England or Wales are parties, being—

(a)an agreement providing for the issue by [F149the Post Office company], on behalf of the council, of licences of all or any of the following kinds, namely, [F150licences for dogs,] licences for dealing in game and licences for killing game, and the payment by that Minister to [F149 the Post Office company] of sums in consideration of its issuing the licences; F151. . .

F151(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.

[F152(1A)In subsection (1) above “the Post Office company” has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Postal Services Act 2000.]

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F153(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

136 Expenses.U.K.

Any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in sums which, under any other enactment (other than the Ministers of the M26Crown Act 1964), are defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament shall be defrayed out of moneys so provided, and any increase so attributable in sums which under any other enactment are defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund or the National Loans Fund shall be defrayed out of the first-or last-mentioned fund, as the case may be.

137 Cesser of obsolete, &c. enactments.U.K.

F154(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F154(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F155(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F156(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

138 Transitional provisions.U.K.

(1)The general transitional provisions contained in Schedule 9 to this Act, and the special transitional provisions with respect to patents for inventions and registered designs contained in Schedule 10 to this Act, shall have effect.

(2)This section and the said Schedules 9 and 10 shall extend to the Isle of Man, and this section and the said Schedule 9 shall extend to the Channel Islands.

139 Application to Northern Ireland. U.K.

(1)In the application of this M27Act to Northern Ireland—

(a)any reference to an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland (except a reference to Schedule 5 or 6 to the Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948) or to an enactment which that Parliament has power to amend—

(i)shall, except in Schedule 4 to this Act, be construed as including a reference to any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland passed after this Act and re-enacting the said enactment with or without modification;

(ii)shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by any enactment, whether passed before or after this Act, and including a reference thereto as extended or applied by or under any other enactment, including this Act;

(b)“Act” and “enactment” (except in subsection (1) of the next following section) respectively include an Act and an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F157

(3)F158, regulations made by the [F159Secretary of State] under the M28Civil Defence Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 may apply to [F160a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Act)] such of the provisions of the M29Civil Defence Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 (except section 7(4) thereof) relating to public utility undertakers as may be specified in the regulations and may specify the [F159Secretary of State] as the appropriate department in relation to [F160a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Act)] for the purpose of the application of any provisions so specified to [F160a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of that Act)] .

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F161

140 Construction of references to enactments.U.K.

(1)Any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, and including a reference thereto as extended or applied, by or under any other enactment, including this Act.

(2)Any reference in an Act passed before the passing of this Act to an enactment which is amended by this Act shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed, as from the day on which the amendment takes effect, as referring to that enactment as so amended.

F162141 Repeals.U.K.

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142 Short title.U.K.

This Act may be cited as the Post Office Act 1969.

SCHEDULES

Sections 6, 43, 88.

SCHEDULE 1U.K. Incidental Provisions with respect to the Post Office and the Members thereof

StatusU.K.

1U.K.The Post Office shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal.

MembersU.K.

2(1)A member of the Post Office shall hold and vacate his office in accordance with the terms of his appointment and shall, on ceasing to be a member, be eligible for re-appointment.U.K.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F163

(3)A member may at any time by notice in writing to the Minister resign his office.

3(1)Before appointing a person to be a member of the Post Office the Minister shall satisfy himself that that person will have no such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially the exercise and performance by him of his functions as a member of the Post Office, and the Minister shall also satisfy himself from time to time with respect to every member of the Post Office that he has no such interest; and a person who is, or whom the Minister proposes to appoint to be, a member of the Post Office shall, whenever requested by the Minister so to do, furnish to him such information as the Minister considers necessary for the performance by the Minister of his duties under this paragraph.U.K.

(2)A member of the Post Office who is in any way directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by the Post Office, or in a contract made or proposed to be made by a subsidiary of the Post Office which is brought up for consideration by the Post Office, shall disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Post Office; and the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the Post Office, and the member shall not take any part in any deliberation or decision of the Post Office with respect to that contract.

(3)For the purposes of the last foregoing sub-paragraph, a general notice given at a meeting of the Post Office by a member thereof to the effect that he is a member of a specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which may, after the date of the notice, be made with the company or firm, shall be regarded as a sufficient disclosure of his interest in relation to any contract so made or proposed to be so made.

(4)A member of the Post Office need not attend in person at a meeting of the Post Office in order to make a disclosure which he is required to make under this paragraph if he takes reasonable steps to secure that the disclosure is made by a notice which is brought up and read at the meeting.

4(1)The Post Office—U.K.

(a)shall pay to the members thereof such salaries or fees, and such allowances, as the Minister may determine; and

(b)as regards any member in whose case the Minister may so determine, shall pay such pension, allowance or gratuity to or in respect of him or make such payments towards the provision of such a pension, allowance or gratuity as may be so determined;

and, if a person ceases to be a member of the Post Office and it appears to the Minister that there are special circumstances which make it right that that person should receive compensation, the Minister may require the Post Office to pay to that person a sum of such amount as the Minister may determine.

(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F164

(3)The approval of [F165the Treasury] shall be requisite to a determination under this paragraph by the Minister and to the imposition thereunder by him of a requirement.

5(1)If the Minister is satisfied that a member of the Post Office—U.K.

(a)has been absent from meetings of the Post Office for a period longer than three consecutive months without the permission of the Post Office; or

(b)has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors; or

(c)is incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or

(d)is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member;

the Minister may declare his office as a member of the Post Office to be vacant, and shall notify the fact in such manner as the Minister thinks fit; and thereupon the office shall become vacant.

(2)In the application of this paragraph to Scotland, for the references in head (b) of sub-paragraph (1) to a member’s having become bankrupt and to a member’s having made an arrangement with his creditors there shall be substituted respectively references to sequestration of a member’s estate having been awarded and to a member’s having made a trust deed for behoof of his creditors or a composition contract.

6U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F166

ProceedingsU.K.

7U.K.The validity of any proceedings of the Post Office shall not be affected by a vacancy amongst the members thereof or by a defect in the appointment of a member.

8U.K.The quorum of the Post Office shall be three; and, while a member is disqualified from taking part in a decision or deliberation of the Post Office with respect to a matter, he shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the Post Office for deciding, or deliberating on, that matter.

9U.K.Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, the Post Office shall have power to regulate its own procedure.

StaffU.K.

10U.K.The Post Office shall appoint a secretary of the Post Office and may appoint such other officers and such servants as it may determine.

11(1)Except so far as the Post Office is satisfied that adequate machinery exists for achieving the purposes of this paragraph, being machinery for operation at national level or local level or a level falling between those levels and appearing to the Post Office to be appropriate, it shall be the duty of the Post Office to seek consultation with any organisation appearing to it to be appropriate with a view to the conclusion between it and that organisation of such agreements as appear to the parties to be desirable with respect to the establishment and maintenance, for operation at any such level as aforesaid, of machinery for—U.K.

(a)the settlement by negotiation of terms and conditions of employment of persons employed by the Post Office, with provision for reference to arbitration in default of such settlement in such cases as may be determined by or under the agreements;

(b)the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting efficiency, in any respect, in the carrying on by the Post Office of its activities, including in particular, the promotion and encouragement of the training of persons employed by the Post Office; and

(c)the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting the safety, health and welfare of persons so employed.

(2)(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F167

(4)Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as prohibiting the Post Office from taking part together with other employers or organisations of employers in the establishment and maintenance of machinery for the settlement of terms and conditions of employment and the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting efficiency in the carrying on of their activities and the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting the safety, health and welfare of persons employed by them.

(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F167

12(1)Except with the Minister’s consent, the Post Office shall not terminate on security grounds the employment of a person employed by it.U.K.

(2)In this paragraph, “security grounds” means grounds which are grounds for dismissal from the civil service of Her Majesty in accordance with any arrangements for the time being in force relating to dismissals from that service for reasons of national security.

Fixing of Seal and Proof of InstrumentsU.K.

13U.K.The fixing of the seal of the Post Office shall be authenticated by the signature of the secretary of the Post Office or of some other person authorised, either generally or specially, by the Post Office to act for that purpose.

14U.K.A certificate signed by the secretary of the Post Office that an instrument purporting to be made or issued by or on behalf of the Post Office was so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.

15U.K.Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by or on behalf of the Post Office and to be duly executed under the seal of the Post Office, or to be signed or executed by the secretary of the Post Office or a person authorised by the Post Office to act in that behalf shall be received in evidence and deemed, without further proof, to be so made or issued unless the contrary is shown.

Sections 41, 88.

F168SCHEDULE 2U.K. Classes of Assets to be held by the Post Office to match its Debts to its banking Customers

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Section 56.

F169SCHEDULE 3U.K. Modifications of Schedules 5 and 6 to the M32Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 for the Purposes of Orders made under Section 56 of this Act

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Sections 76, 88, 139.

SCHEDULE 4U.K. Adaptations of Enactments and Orders in Council consequential on the Assumption by the new Authority for the Conduct of postal and telegraphic Business of Functions exercised and performed before the appointed Day by the Postmaster General

Part IU.K. Interpretation

1U.K.In this Schedule “the authority” means the authority established by section 6 of this Act.

Part IIU.K. Adaptations of public general Enactments

Adaptations of Enactments relating to the PostU.K.

F1702U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1713U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Adaptations of Enactments relating to TelegraphsU.K.

4U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F172

5, 6.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F173

7U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F174

Adaptations of Enactments relating to the Supply of ElectricityU.K.

8U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F175

9U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F176

10U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F177

[F17811U.K.As from the appointed day, references to a private generating station in section 11 of the M33Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 (restrictions on the establishment of new generating stations) shall be construed as including references to a generating station (within the meaning of that Act) for the generation of electricity for use wholly or mainly for the purposes of the authority’s undertaking.]

12, 13U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F179

Adaptations of other EnactmentsU.K.

F18014U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F181

16—19.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F182

20U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F183

F18421U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F185

23U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F186

24U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F187

25U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F188

26U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F189

F19027U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28, 29.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F191

F19230U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

31U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F193

32U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F194

F19533U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F196

35U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F197

F19836U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

37U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F199

38U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F200

39, 40.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F201

F20241U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F203

43U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F204

44U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F205

45U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F206

46U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F207

47U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F208

48U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F209

49U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F210

50U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F211

F21251U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

52U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F213

53U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F214

F21554U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

55U.K.As from the appointed day, the reference to the Post Office in section 12(3)(b) of the M34Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (evidence by certificate) shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.

F21656U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

57U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F217

58U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F218

59(1)Where any work proposed to be done on or after the appointed day by [F219the Northern Ireland Housing Executive] in pursuance of a clearance or demolition order or a re-development scheme made by them under [F220the M35Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] involves, or is likely to involve, an alteration in a telegraphic line belonging to, or used by, the authority, paragraphs (1) to (8) of section 7 of the M36Telegraph Act 1878 shall apply to the alteration and accordingly shall have effect, subject to any necessary modifications, as if references therein to undertakers included references to [F219the Northern Ireland Housing Executive].U.K.

(2)Where, in pursuance of an order under section 22 of the Housing of the M37Working Classes Act 1890, section 14 of the M38Housing Act (Northern Ireland) 1961, [F221Article 51 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] or section 25 of the M39New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965, that comes into operation on or after the appointed day, a public right of way over land is extinguished and, immediately before the day on which the order comes into operation, there is under, in, on, over, along or across the land a telegraphic line of the authority’s, the authority shall have the same powers in respect of the line as if the order had not come into operation; but, if a person entitled to land over which the right of way subsisted requires that the line should be altered, paragraphs (1) to (8) of the said section 7 shall apply to the alteration and accordingly shall have effect, subject to any necessary modifications, as if references therein to undertakers included references to the person by whom the alteration is required.

(3)In this paragraph F222“telegraphic line” and “alteration” have the same meanings as in the M40Telegraph Act 1878.

60U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F223

61U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F224

62—64.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F225

65U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F226

66U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F227

[F22867U.K.As from the appointed day, section 7(1) of the M41Payment of Wages Act 1960 (interpretation) shall have effect as if, for the definitions of “money order” and “postal order”, there were substituted the following definitions:—

““money order” means a money order issued by the Postmaster General or the Post Office and “postal order” means a postal order so issued”.]

68U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F229

69U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F230

F23170U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

71U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F232

72U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F233

73U.K.As from the appointed day, the references to the Postmaster General in section 53 of the M42Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (transmission of election addresses) shall be construed as referring to the authority.

74U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F234

75U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F235

76U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F236

[F23777U.K.As from the appointed day, the reference in section 1(4) of the M43Criminal Evidence Act 1965 to the Post Office shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.]

78U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F238

79U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F239

[F24080U.K.As from the appointed day, the Schedule to the M44Building Control Act 1966 (which specifies bodies in the case of which work carried out by them is exempt from control under that Act) shall have effect as if, at the end thereof, there were added a reference to the authority.]

81U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F241

F24282U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F24383U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F24484U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

85U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F245

86U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F246

87U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F247

88U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F248

89U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F249

90U.K.As from the appointed day, the authority shall be deemed to be a public utility undertaking for the purposes of section 1 of the M45Local Government and Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

F25091U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F25192U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

93(1)[F252A universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of the Act)] shall be deemed to be [F253a statutory undertaker] and [F254his undertaking so far as relating to the provision of a universal postal service] a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely,—U.K.

(i)–(iv)F255. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(v)the M46Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(vi)F256. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vii)section 4 of the M47Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

[F257(viii)the M48Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948, as applied by any statutory provision passed or made before the commencement of the M49Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1980]

(ix)F258. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(x)the National Parks and Access to the M50Countryside Act 1949;

F259(xi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xii)the M51Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(xiii)F260. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F261(xiv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xv ) (xvi)F262. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xvii)section 11 of the M52Land Compensation Act 1961;

(xviii)section 3(4) of the M53Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

(xix)F263. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xx)the M54Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xxi)section 18 of the M55Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963;

(xxii)Schedules 3 F264 to the M56Harbours Act 1964;

F265(xxiii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxiv)section 10(4) of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965;

F266(xxv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxvi)F267. . .

(xxvii)sections 11(5)(f), 54(6) and 75(4) of, and Schedule 3 to, the M57Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xxviii)the M58New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxix)F268. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxx)section 22 of the M59Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxxi )F269. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxii )F270. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxiii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F271

F272(xxxiv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F273(xxxv)Section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]

F274. . ..

(2)In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F275. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F276. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)the M60Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(d )F277. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e )F278. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f )F279. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g )F280. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h ),(i)F281. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j)the M61Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(k)Schedules 3 F264 to the M62Harbours Act 1964;

(l )–(p)F282. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(q )F283. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(r )F284. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(s), (t)

F285“the appropriate Minister” shall, in relation to [F286a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000)], mean the Minister.

F287(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F288. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F289. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c )F290. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)section 13 of the M63Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(e)the [F291New Towns Act 1981]

F292(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)the M64New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(h)

F290(i )F293. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F294

F295(k). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“operational land” shall, in relation to [F296a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000)], mean land of [F297his] of any such class as may be specified in regulations made jointly by the Minister and the Minister of Housing and Local Government by statutory instrument (which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament); and—

(i)the definition of a class of land for the purposes of regulations made under this sub-paragraph may be framed by reference to any circumstances whatsoever; and

(ii)if any question arises whether land of [F298a universal service provider’s] falls within a class specified in regulations so made, it shall be determined by the Minister.

In the application of this sub-paragraph to Scotland, for the reference to the Minister of Housing and Local Government there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State.

(5)This paragraph shall come into operation on the appointed day.

94U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F299

Part IIIU.K. Adaptations of local Enactments

95U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F300

96(1)Nothing in—U.K.

(a)the London Building Acts 1930 to 1939 or byelaws thereunder; or

(b)a special enactment passed or made before the appointed day (including such an enactment relating to Scotland or Northern Ireland) for purposes similar to those of an enactment contained in Part V or VII of the M65Highways Act 1959 (except sections 136 to 138);

shall affect any powers of the authority under the enactments relating to telegraphs or apply to any telegraphic lines placed or maintained by the Postmaster General or the authority by virtue of those enactments.

(2)In this paragraph, “special enactment” has the same meaning as in the M66Highways Act 1959.