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

F53 Transfer to the Minister of the Postmaster General’s functions with respect to wireless telegraphy, and provisions consequential thereon.U.K.

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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 M1Commonwealth 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.

F66 The Post Office.U.K.

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Powers and Duties of the Post OfficeU.K.

F77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F9U.K.

F1010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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

F1111. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F1212. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F13U.K.

The Post Office Users’ CouncilsU.K.

F1414. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F1515. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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

F1616. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F17U.K.

F1818. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F19U.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—

F20(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F21(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;]

F20(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F21(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.]

F22(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F23U.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 M2Post Office Extension Act 1865, the M3Manchester Post Office Act 1876, the M4Post Office (London) Railway Act 1913, the M5Post Office (Site and Railway) Act 1954, the M6Post Office Works Act 1959 or the M7Post 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 M8Bristol 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 M9City 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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F24U.K.

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

F2528. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Limitation of LiabilityU.K.

F2629. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F2730. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

FinanceU.K.

31, 32.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F28U.K.

F2933. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F30U.K.

35, 36.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F31U.K.

F3237. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F3338. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F3439. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

BankingU.K.

F3540. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F3641. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F37U.K.

Pensions and other BenefitsU.K.

F3843. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F3944. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F40U.K.

F4146. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F4247. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F4348. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .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 [F44the 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 M10Commonwealth 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F45U.K.

51. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F46U.K.

52F47 RatingU.K.

53F48

54F49

LandsU.K.

F5055. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F5156. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F5257. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F5358. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F5459. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F5560. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F5661. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F5762. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F5863. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Miscellaneous MattersU.K.

F5964. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

65. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F60U.K.

F6166. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6267. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F63U.K.

F6469. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6570. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6671. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6772. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F6873. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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

(1)F69. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)[F70The [F71M11Taxation 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.

F72(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F73(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.

F7477. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F75U.K.

F7679. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F7780. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F7881. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F79U.K.

83. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F80U.K.

F8184. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

85. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F82U.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:—

• F83...M12

• F84. . .

• F85. . .

• F86. . .

• F87. . .

• F88. . .

• F89. . .

• F90. . .

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

• F91. . .

• F92. . .

• F93. . .

• F94. . .

• F95. . .

• F96. . .

F97(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)

F98F99(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F10087 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.

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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)

F101F102(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)F103

Part IVU.K.

89—92.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F104U.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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F105

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F106

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F107

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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F108

(2)F109, as from the appointed day, F109 and—

(a)(b)F109. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)F109. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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 M13Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 shall be construed as referring to the Director of Savings.

(3)The amendment of section 27 of the M14Crown 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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F108

95—105.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F110U.K.

106, 107.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F111U.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)

F112(a)in section 48 of the M15Finance (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 M16Finance Act 1916, for the words “the Postmaster General” there shall be substituted the words “the Director of Savings” ;

(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F113

F114(d). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F115

(f)in section 1(4)(c) of the M17Stock 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 M18National Debt Act 1958 shall be construed as referring to the Director of Savings.

(2)—(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F116

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 M19National 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; F117

110—112.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F118U.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.

F119113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F120U.K.

F121117. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F122118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F123119. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F124120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F125U.K.

122. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F126U.K.

F127123. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

124—126.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F128U.K.

127. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F129U.K.

Special Provisions with respect to Northern IrelandU.K.

F130128. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

F131129. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

Part VIIU.K. Miscellaneous and General

130, 131.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F132U.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 M20Government 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 [F133section 13 of the M21Interpretation 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.

F134133. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .U.K.

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

[F135(1)As from the appointed day, licences [F136for dogs] shall be issued [F136in Great Britain] by the councils having power to levy the duties [F136thereon and so,] in England and Wales, [F136shall licences] for dealing in, or killing, game.

(2)A council [F137in 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.

[F138(1)Any sums falling to be paid by the [F139Secretary of State] to [F140the 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 [F140the Post Office company], on behalf of the council, of licences of all or any of the following kinds, namely, [F141licences for dogs,] licences for dealing in game and licences for killing game, and the payment by that Minister to [F140 the Post Office company] of sums in consideration of its issuing the licences; F142. . .

F142(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.

[F143(1A)In subsection (1) above “the Post Office company” has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Postal Services Act 2000.]

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

F144(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 M22Crown 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.

F145(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F145(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F146(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F147(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 M23Act 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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F148

(3)F149..., regulations made by the [F150Secretary of State] under the M24Civil Defence Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 may apply to [F151a universal service provider F152... in connection with the provision of a universal postal service F152...] such of the provisions of the M25Civil 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 [F150Secretary of State] as the appropriate department in relation to [F151a universal service provider F152... in connection with the provision of a universal postal service F152...] for the purpose of the application of any provisions so specified to [F151a universal service provider F152... in connection with the provision of a universal postal service F152...] .

[F153(3A)In subsection (3) “universal service provider” and “universal postal service” have the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011.]

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F154

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.

F155141 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.

F156SCHEDULE 1U.K. Incidental Provisions with respect to the Post Office and the Members thereof

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Sections 41, 88.

F157SCHEDULE 2U.K. Classes of Assets to be held by the Post Office to match its Debts to its banking Customers

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Section 56.

F158SCHEDULE 3U.K. Modifications of Schedules 5 and 6 to the M28Roads 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.

F1592U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F1603U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Adaptations of Enactments relating to TelegraphsU.K.

4U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F161

5, 6.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F162

7U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F163

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

8U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F164

9U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F165

10U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F166

[F16711U.K.As from the appointed day, references to a private generating station in section 11 of the M29Electricity (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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F168

Adaptations of other EnactmentsU.K.

F16914U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F170

16—19.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F171

20U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F172

F17321U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F174

23U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F175

24U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F176

25U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F177

26U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F178

F17927U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28, 29.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F180

F18130U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

31U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F182

32U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F183

F18433U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F185

35U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F186

F18736U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

37U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F188

38U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F189

39, 40.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F190

F19141U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F192

43U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F193

44U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F194

45U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F195

46U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F196

47U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F197

48U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F198

49U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F199

50U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F200

F20151U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

52U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F202

53U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F203

F20454U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

55U.K.As from the appointed day, the reference to the Post Office in section 12(3)(b) of the M30Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (evidence by certificate) shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.

F20556U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

57U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F206

58U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F207

59(1)Where any work proposed to be done on or after the appointed day by [F208the Northern Ireland Housing Executive] in pursuance of a clearance or demolition order or a re-development scheme made by them under [F209the M31Housing (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 M32Telegraph 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 [F208the Northern Ireland Housing Executive].U.K.

(2)Where, in pursuance of an order under section 22 of the Housing of the M33Working Classes Act 1890, section 14 of the M34Housing Act (Northern Ireland) 1961, [F210Article 51 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] or section 25 of the M35New 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 F211“telegraphic line” and “alteration” have the same meanings as in the M36Telegraph Act 1878.

60U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F212

61U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F213

62—64.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F214

65U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F215

66U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F216

[F21767U.K.As from the appointed day, section 7(1) of the M37Payment 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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F218

69U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F219

F22070U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

71U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F221

72U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F222

73U.K.As from the appointed day, the references to the Postmaster General in section 53 of the M38Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (transmission of election addresses) shall be construed as referring to the authority.

74U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F223

75U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F224

76U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F225

[F22677U.K.As from the appointed day, the reference in section 1(4) of the M39Criminal Evidence Act 1965 to the Post Office shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.]

78U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F227

79U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F228

[F22980U.K.As from the appointed day, the Schedule to the M40Building 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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F230

F23182U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F23283U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F23384U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

85U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F234

86U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F235

87U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F236

88U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F237

89U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F238

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 M41Local Government and Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

F23991U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F24092U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

93(1)[F241A universal service provider F242... in connection with the provision of a universal postal service F243...] shall be deemed to be [F244a statutory undertaker] and [F245his 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)F246. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(v)the M42Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(vi)F247. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vii)section 4 of the M43Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

[F248(viii)the M44Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948, as applied by any statutory provision passed or made before the commencement of the M45Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1980]

(ix)F249. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(x)the National Parks and Access to the M46Countryside Act 1949;

F250(xi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xii)the M47Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(xiii)F251. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F252(xiv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xv ) (xvi)F253. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xvii)section 11 of the M48Land Compensation Act 1961;

(xviii)section 3(4) of the M49Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

(xix)F254. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xx)the M50Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xxi)section 18 of the M51Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963;

(xxii)Schedules 3 F255 to the M52Harbours Act 1964;

F256(xxiii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

F257(xxv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxvi)F258. . .

(xxvii)sections 11(5)(f), 54(6) and 75(4) of, and Schedule 3 to, the M53Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xxviii)the M54New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxix)F259. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxx)section 22 of the M55Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxxi )F260. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxii )F261. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxiii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F262

F263(xxxiv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F264(xxxv)Section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]

F265. . ..

(2)In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F266. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F267. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)the M56Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(d )F268. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e )F269. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f )F270. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g )F271. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h ),(i)F272. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j)the M57Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(k)Schedules 3 F255 to the M58Harbours Act 1964;

(l )–(p)F273. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(q )F274. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(r )F275. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(s), (t)

F276“the appropriate Minister” shall, in relation to [F277a universal service provider F242...] , mean the Minister.

F278(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F279. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F280. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c )F281. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)section 13 of the M59Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(e)the [F282New Towns Act 1981]

F283(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)the M60New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(h)

F281(i )F284. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F285

F286(k). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“operational land” shall, in relation to [F287a universal service provider F242...] , mean land of [F288his] 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 [F289a 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.

[F290(4A)In this paragraph “universal service provider” and “universal postal service” have the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011.]

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

94U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F291

Part IIIU.K. Adaptations of local Enactments

95U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F292

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 M61Highways 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 M62Highways Act 1959.

97U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F293

98U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F294

99U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F295

F296100U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

101, 102.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F297

Part IVU.K. Adaptation of Orders in Council

F298103U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F299104U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sections 77, 88.

F300SCHEDULE 5U.K. Repair of minor Deficiencies in certain Acts

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Sections 94, 114

SCHEDULE 6U.K. Amendments of Acts consequential on Section 94 of this Act

Parts I and IIU.K.

Part IIIU.K. Amendments of other enactments

Enactments of the Parliament of the United KingdomU.K.