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(1)Where any . . . F1, in Great Britain, any public service vehicle is conveying or intended to convey passengers only and not goods or parcels, nothing in the last foregoing section shall authorise the [F2Post Office] to require mail bags to be conveyed therein either—
(a)unaccompanied by [F3a person engaged in the business of the Post Office] travelling as a passenger; or
(b)in excess of the maximum weight for the time being fixed for the luggage of ordinary passengers.
(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4
(3)Where . . . F1, in Great Britain, any public service vehicle is conveying or intended to convey both parcels and passengers but not goods, nothing in the last foregoing section shall authorise the [F2Post Office] to require mail bags to be carried therein in excess of the maximum weight for the time being fixed for ordinary parcels, or for the luggage of ordinary passengers, whichever is the greater.
(4)Mail bags carried . . . F1 in Great Britain, in a public service vehicle shall be so carried as not to inconvenience the passengers, so, however, that the custody of the mail bags by any [F3person engaged in the business of the Post Office] accompanying them shall not be interfered with.
(5)Nothing in this section shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of section two of the M1Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1930 (which relates to the conveyance of mails by public service vehicles in Northern Ireland).
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F1Words repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 137(1)(3), Sch. 8 Pt. I
F2Words substituted by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 20(2)(a)
F3Words substituted by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)
F4Ss. 43, 44(3)–(5), 45(2) repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 137(1)(3), Sch. 8 Pt. I
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F5Act repealed (1.1.2001 for ss. 29, 44, 45, and 26.3.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 26, ss. 127(6), 130(1), Sch. 9 Note; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Table; S.I. 2001/878, art. 2, Sch. Table (subject to transitional and saving provisions in arts. 3-17); S.I. 2001/1148, art. 2(2), Sch. Table (subject to arts. 3-42)
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