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The Postal Privilege (Suspension) Order 1996
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2.—(1) In paragraph (2) below, “the postal privilege” means the exclusive privilege of conveying letters from one place to another and of performing all the incidental services of receiving, collecting and delivering letters, being the privilege conferred on the Post Office by section 66(1) of the British Telecommunications Act 1981, and the reference to the conveyance of a letter includes a reference to the performance of such incidental services as aforesaid.
(2) The postal privilege shall be suspended for the period from the coming into force of this Order until the end of 5th September 1996 in relation to the conveyance of a letter which is conveyed in consideration of a payment of less than £1 made by or on behalf of the person for whom it is conveyed.
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