Post Office Act 1969

93(1)The authority shall be deemed to be statutory undertakers and its undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely,—

(i)–(iv)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(v)the M1Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(vi)F2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vii)section 4 of the M2Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

[F3(viii)the M3Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948, as applied by any statutory provision passed or made before the commencement of the M4Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1980]

(ix)F4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(x)the National Parks and Access to the M5Countryside Act 1949;

(xi)the M6Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(xii)the M7Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(xiii)F5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xiv)section 39(6)(b) of the M8Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(xv ) (xvi)F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xvii)section 11 of the M9Land Compensation Act 1961;

(xviii)section 3(4) of the M10Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

(xix)F7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xx)the M11Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xxi)section 18 of the M12Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963;

(xxii)Schedules 3 F8 to the M13Harbours Act 1964;

(xxiii)Schedule 6 to the M14Gas Act 1965;

[F9(xxiv)section 10(4) of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965;]

(xxv)the [F10New Towns Act 1981]

(xxvi)sections 14(2), 15(2), 35(3), 58 and 89(6) of the M15Land Commission Act 1967;

(xxvii)sections 11(5)(f), 54(6) and 75(4) of, and Schedule 3 to, the M16Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xxviii)the M17New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxix)F11. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxx)section 22 of the M18Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxxi )F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxii )F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxiii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

[F15(xxxiv)sections 19, 37, 45, 46, 108(2), 117, 118, 119, 138, 154(3), 170, 171, 172, 175, 181, 195(6), 199(2), 202(3), 205, [F16205A] 212, 214 to 230, 233(7), 242 and 266(6)(b) of, and Schedules 8 and 9, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 17, and Schedule 18 to, the M19Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972]

[F17(xxxv)Section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]

[F18Subject to this exception, namely, that in relation to Scotland it shall not be so deemed for the purposes of section 271 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as applied by section 13 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958].

(2)In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F20. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)the M20Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(d )F21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e )F22. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f )F23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g )F24. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h ),(i)F25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j)the M21Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(k)Schedules 3 F8 to the M22Harbours Act 1964;

(l )–(p)F26. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(q )F27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(r )F28. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(s), (t)

F29“the appropriate Minister” shall, in relation to the authority, mean the Minister.

(3)The M23Land Commission Act 1967 shall have effect as if, in subsection (3) of section 58 thereof in its application to the authority, for the words from “the Minister who” to the end of the subsection, and in subsection (6) of section 89 thereof, in its application to the authority, for the words from “the appropriate Minister” to the end of the subsection, there were substituted the words “the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications”.

(4)In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c )F32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)section 13 of the M24Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(e)the [F10New Towns Act 1981]

(f)section 58 of the M25Land Commission Act 1967;

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

(h)

F32(i )F33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34

[F35(k)sections 138 (3), 154(3) and 214 to 230 of, a F33nd Schedule 8 to, the M27Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972];

“operational land” shall, in relation to the authority, mean land of its 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—act checked this far

(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 the authority’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.