Post Office Act 1969

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.

F12U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F23U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Adaptations of Enactments relating to TelegraphsU.K.

4U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

5, 6.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

7U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

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

8U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

9U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

10U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

[F911U.K.As from the appointed day, references to a private generating station in section 11 of the M1Electricity (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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

Adaptations of other EnactmentsU.K.

F1114U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

15U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

16—19.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

20U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

F1521U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

22U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

23U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

24U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

25U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

26U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

F2127U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

28, 29.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

F2330U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

31U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24

32U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25

F2633U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

34U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27

35U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

F2936U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

37U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30

38U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31

39, 40.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32

F3341U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

42U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34

43U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35

44U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

45U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37

46U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38

47U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39

48U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

49U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41

50U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42

F4351U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

52U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44

53U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F45

F4654U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

55U.K.As from the appointed day, the reference to the Post Office in section 12(3)(b) of the M2Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (evidence by certificate) shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.

F4756U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

57U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48

58U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F49

59(1)Where any work proposed to be done on or after the appointed day by [F50the Northern Ireland Housing Executive] in pursuance of a clearance or demolition order or a re-development scheme made by them under [F51the M3Housing (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 M4Telegraph 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 [F50the Northern Ireland Housing Executive].U.K.

(2)Where, in pursuance of an order under section 22 of the Housing of the M5Working Classes Act 1890, section 14 of the M6Housing Act (Northern Ireland) 1961, [F52Article 51 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] or section 25 of the M7New 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 F53“telegraphic line” and “alteration” have the same meanings as in the M8Telegraph Act 1878.

60U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F54

61U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F55

62—64.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F56

65U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F57

66U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F58

[F5967U.K.As from the appointed day, section 7(1) of the M9Payment 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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F60

69U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F61

F6270U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

71U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F63

72U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F64

73U.K.As from the appointed day, the references to the Postmaster General in section 53 of the M10Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (transmission of election addresses) shall be construed as referring to the authority.

74U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F65

75U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F66

76U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F67

[F6877U.K.As from the appointed day, the reference in section 1(4) of the M11Criminal Evidence Act 1965 to the Post Office shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.]

78U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F69

79U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F70

[F7180U.K.As from the appointed day, the Schedule to the M12Building 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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F72

F7382U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7483U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F7584U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

85U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F76

86U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F77

87U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F78

88U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F79

89U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F80

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 M13Local Government and Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

F8191U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F8292U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

93(1)[F83A universal service provider F84... in connection with the provision of a universal postal service F85...] shall be deemed to be [F86a statutory undertaker] and [F87his 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)F88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(v)the M14Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(vi)F89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vii)section 4 of the M15Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

[F90(viii)the M16Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948, as applied by any statutory provision passed or made before the commencement of the M17Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1980]

(ix)F91. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(x)the National Parks and Access to the M18Countryside Act 1949;

F92(xi). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xii)the M19Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(xiii)F93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F94(xiv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xv ) (xvi)F95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xvii)section 11 of the M20Land Compensation Act 1961;

(xviii)section 3(4) of the M21Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

(xix)F96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xx)the M22Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xxi)section 18 of the M23Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963;

(xxii)Schedules 3 F97 to the M24Harbours Act 1964;

F98(xxiii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

F99(xxv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxvi)F100. . .

(xxvii)sections 11(5)(f), 54(6) and 75(4) of, and Schedule 3 to, the M25Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xxviii)the M26New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxix)F101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxx)section 22 of the M27Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxxi )F102. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxii )F103. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxiii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F104

F105(xxxiv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F106(xxxv)Section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]

F107. . ..

(2)In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F108. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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

(c)the M28Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(d )F110. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e )F111. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f )F112. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g )F113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h ),(i)F114. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j)the M29Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(k)Schedules 3 F97 to the M30Harbours Act 1964;

(l )–(p)F115. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(q )F116. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(r )F117. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(s), (t)

F118“the appropriate Minister” shall, in relation to [F119a universal service provider F84...] , mean the Minister.

F120(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F122. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c )F123. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)section 13 of the M31Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(e)the [F124New Towns Act 1981]

F125(f). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)the M32New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(h)

F123(i )F126. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F127

F128(k). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“operational land” shall, in relation to [F129a universal service provider F84...] , mean land of [F130his] 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 [F131a 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.

[F132(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.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F133

Part IIIU.K. Adaptations of local Enactments

95U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F134

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 M33Highways 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 M34Highways Act 1959.

97U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F135

98U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F136

99U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F137

F138100U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

101, 102.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F139

Part IVU.K. Adaptation of Orders in Council

F140103U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F141104U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .