Territorial Extent
23.This Act extends to the United Kingdom. Any amendment or repeal made by this Act has the same territorial extent as the enactment to which it relates.
24.Postal services are a fully reserved matter. However, Part 4 of the Act (Special Administration) concerns insolvency law, which is partly devolved to the Northern Ireland Assembly. Whilst insolvency law is partly devolved, the provisions under Part 4 are incidental to the policy objective of maintaining the universal postal service, which falls within the reserved field. Therefore, the special administration provisions did not require a Legislative Consent Motion in Northern Ireland.