The 2000 Act

27.  Section 100 of the Act (exemption from postage etc) shall apply in respect of—

(a)a petition or address forwarded to Her Majesty, or, in Northern Ireland, to the Secretary of State, by post;

(b)a petition or address to Her Majesty sent by post to a member of either House of Parliament, a member of the Scottish Parliament, a member of the National Assembly for Wales, or a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly;

(c)a petition addressed to either House of Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly sent by post to a member of either House of Parliament, a member of the Scottish Parliament or the Clerk of the Scottish Parliament, a member of the National Assembly for Wales, or a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (as the case may be);

(d)a packet consisting of parliamentary proceedings,

to which section 84 of the 1969 Act does not apply and which was delivered to a post office letter box before 26th March 2001.