Part I
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Part II The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications and his Functions
2C1The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.
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In the following provisions of this Act, “the Minister” means F3the Secretary of State . . .
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F1543 Transfer to the Minister of the Postmaster General’s functions with respect to wireless telegraphy, and provisions consequential thereon.
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4 Transfer to the Minister of the Postmaster General’s functions under section 6 of the Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949.
The functions which are vested in the Postmaster General by virtue of section 6 of the M1Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949 (provisions as to pensions of employees of Cable and Wireless Limited and certain other persons) shall, on the appointed day, vest in the Minister; and, accordingly, as from that day, references in that section to the Postmaster General shall be construed as referring to the Minister.
5 Transfer to the Minister of the Postmaster General’s power to make orders under the Recorded Delivery Service Act 1962.
The power conferred by subsection (3) of section 1 of the Recorded Delivery Service Act 1962 on the Postmaster General by order to make such amendments of enactments contained in local or private Acts as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in consequence of subsection (1) of that section shall, on the appointed day, vest in the Minister; and, accordingly, as from that day, the reference to the Postmaster General in the said subsection (3) and the reference to him in subsection (4) of that section (which lays on him a duty of consultation before making an order under subsection (3)) shall each be construed as referring to the Minister.
C7Part III The new Authority for the Conduct of postal and telegraphic Business
The Post Office
F1466 The Post Office.
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Powers and Duties of the Post Office
F47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F710. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Powers of the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications over the Post Office
F811. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F912. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Post Office Users’ Councils
F1114. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F1215. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
General Provisions as to Transfer to the Post Office of Property, Rights and Liabilities of the Postmaster General
F1316. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F1518. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F16
Transfer to the Post Office of the Postmaster General’s statutory Rights and Liabilities as to Mails and Telegraphs and of Rights and Liabilities, &c., of his under certain Acts authorising the Acquisition of Land or the Execution of Works
20 Rights and liabilities as to conveyance of mails.
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On the appointed day—
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the rights which, by virtue of sections 33, 34, 36(1) and 42 of the principal Act (which contain provisions enabling him to compel railway undertakers to undertake the conveyance of mail-bags by train and by ships which are owned or worked by them or in the case of which they are parties to arrangements for the use, maintenance or working thereof) he enjoys immediately before that day and the countervailing obligations with respect to payment of remuneration for services performed which, immediately before that day, are, by virtue of sections 35 and 36(2) of the principal Act, incumbent on him shall become those of the Post Office;
F17c
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the obligation to him which, by virtue of subsection (1) of section 38 of the principal Act, is, immediately before that day, incumbent on railway undertakers to perform services with respect to the conveyance of mail-bags and the other matters mentioned in that subsection and the right which, by virtue of subsection (2) of that section, they enjoy, immediately before that day, to receive from him remuneration for services performed shall respectively become an obligation to the Post Office and a right against it.
F192
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22 Rights and liabilities, &c., arising out of Acts authorising the acquisition of land or the execution of works.
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Any provision of the Sites Acts, the M2Post Office Extension Act 1865, the M3Manchester Post Office Act 1876, the M4Post Office (London) Railway Act 1913, the M5Post Office (Site and Railway) Act 1954, the M6Post Office Works Act 1959 or the M7Post Office Subway Act 1966 which is in force immediately before the appointed day and contains references to the Postmaster General shall, so far as necessary for preserving its effect on and after that day, have effect as from that day as if those references were references to the Post Office.
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As from the appointed day, any rights or powers vested in, or exercisable by, the Post Office under the enactments relating to telegraphs in respect of works of any kind whatsoever executed under those enactments shall extend to, and may be exercised by it in respect of, the portions of the tube constructed by the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Limited, that vest in the Post Office by virtue of section 16 of this Act.
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Section 20 of the M8Bristol Cattle Market Act 1930 (which empowers the Postmaster General, amongst others, to enter into and carry out agreements with reference to any of the matters referred to in that Act or the agreements mentioned in that section) shall, as from the appointed day, have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the Postmaster General, of a reference to the Post Office.
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Section 16 of the M9City of London (Various Powers) Act 1950 (which provides for the continuance of the making, by the Postmaster General, the Mayor and commonalty and citizens of the city of London acting by the common council and the Mercers’ Company of certain periodic payments to the incumbents and clerks of certain benefices in the city, being payments originally required to be made under enactments repealed by that Act) shall, as from the appointed day, have effect as if, in Schedule 1 to that Act, for references to the Postmaster General, there were substituted references to the Post Office; and the rights of indemnity in favour of the Postmaster General that are saved by the proviso to section 18 of that Act shall, as from that day, enure for the benefit of the Post Office and the charges on property to secure the payment of money payable to the Postmaster General in respect of indemnities so saved which are themselves also saved by that proviso shall, as from that day, have effect accordingly.
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The reference in subsection (1) above to the Sites Acts is a reference to the Acts passed during the years 1885 to 1938 (both inclusive) the short title of each of which consists of the words “The Post Office (Sites) Act” followed by the year in which it was passed.
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Charges and other Terms and Conditions applicable to Services
F2228. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Limitation of Liability
F2329. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Finance
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34. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F27
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F2937. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3038. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3139. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Banking
F3240. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F3341. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F34
Pensions and other Benefits
F3543. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F3846. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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49 Provisions as to pensions of former employees of Cable and Wireless Limited and certain other persons. C3
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The Minister may, by statutory instrument (which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament) make, with the consent of F41the Treasury, such regulations with respect to the payment of pensions to, or in respect of, persons who, at the passing of this Act are serving in the department of the Postmaster General, being—
a
persons who have pension rights under any of the following schemes, that is to say, the existing pension schemes, the scheme for the payment of pensions commonly known as the Cable and Wireless Pension Fund (being a scheme subsisting by virtue of regulations made under section 6 of the M10Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949) and the scheme for the payment of pensions commonly known as the Cable and Wireless Staff Dependants’ Fund (being a scheme so subsisting); or
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persons, other than as aforesaid, who have been in the employment of Cable and Wireless Limited;
as appear to him to be requisite for securing that they, and persons claiming in right of them, are not adversely affected in the matter of pension rights by reason only that, in consequence of this Act, they cease to serve in that department.
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Subsections (2) to (4), (7) and (8) of the said section 6 shall apply for the purposes of this section as if references to that section and subsection (1) thereof included references to the foregoing subsection, as if, for references to the existing pension schemes (except in subsection (8)), there were substituted references to the schemes mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above, and as if, in subsection (7), for the reference to 1st January 1947 there were substituted a reference to the day on which this Act passes; and subsection (5) of that section shall, in its application to subsection (2)(a), as applied by this section, have effect as if, for the references to the purposes of any of the existing pension schemes, there were substituted a reference to the purposes of any of the schemes so mentioned.
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Regulations under this section may amend or revoke provisions of regulations under the said section 6.
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Rating
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Lands
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F5058. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F5159. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F5462. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Miscellaneous Matters
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F5866. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F6169. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6270. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6371. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6472. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6573. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
74 Taxation of the Post Office’s profits and capital gains.
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75 Records.
F1471
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F692
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76 Consequential adaptations of enactments.
The provisions of Schedule 4 to this Act shall have effect for adapting the provisions of the enactments and Orders in Council therein mentioned in consequence of the assumption by the Post Office of functions which, before the appointed day, are exercised and performed by the Postmaster General.
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78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F71
F7279. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F7380. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .F75
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86 Interpretation of Part III.
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In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—
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F14887 Power of Her Majesty in Council to make necessary provision if the Post Office surrenders privileges as regards the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
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Part IV
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Part V Provisions for securing the Continuance of the Carrying on, under the Auspices of a Director of Savings in Place of the Postmaster General, of certain financial Business
The Director of Savings
93 Appointment, and functions and expenses, &c., of the Director of Savings.
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Replacement of the Postmaster General by the Director of Savings for the Purposes of the Post Office Savings Bank Acts 1954 and 1966, and Provisions consequential thereon
94 The National Savings Bank.
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F102. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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any reference to the Postmaster General in a nomination executed under regulations made, or having effect as if made, under section 2 of the M13Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 shall be construed as referring to the Director of Savings.
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The amendment of section 27 of the M14Crown Proceedings Act 1947 effected by virtue of subsection (2)(c) above is an amendment of that section as well in its application to the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland as in its application to the Crown in right of Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom.
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106. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F104
Replacement of the Postmaster General by the Director of Savings for the Purposes of the National Debt Act 1958 and the National Loans Act 1968, and Provisions consequential thereon
108 The stock register kept under Part I of the National Debt Act 1958.
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in section 48 of the M15Finance (No. 2) Act 1915 (procedure on death of a person entitled to government stock), for the words “the Postmaster General” there shall be substituted the words “the Director of Savings” ;
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in sections 66 (transfer of government stock on authority of order of a court) and 67 (indemnity on transfer of government stock) of the M16Finance Act 1916, for the words “the Postmaster General” there shall be substituted the words “the Director of Savings” ;
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in section 1(4)(c) of the M17Stock Transfer Act 1963 (simplified transfer of securities), for the words “the Post Office register” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Stock Register”; and
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any reference to the Postmaster General in a nomination executed under regulations made, or having effect as if made, under section 2 of the M18National Debt Act 1958 shall be construed as referring to the Director of Savings.
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109 Power of the Treasury to raise money under the auspices of the Director of Savings.
110. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F110
Credits to the Post Office in respect of certain capital Expenditure incurred by the Postmaster General in Connection with annuity, savings bank and national debt Functions
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Extent of Part V and Schedule 6
114 Extent of Part V and Schedule 6.
This Part of this Act and Schedule 6 thereto shall extend to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Part VI Stamps and Stamp Duties
Stamps
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F113117. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F114118. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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F116120. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
C9121. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F117
122. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F118
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124. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F120
127. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F121
Special Provisions with respect to Northern Ireland
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Part VII Miscellaneous and General
130. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F124
132 Extension of regulation-making power under section 52(2) of the Government Annuities Act 1929.
C101
In section 52(2) of the M20Government Annuities Act 1929 (which empowers the National Debt Commissioners, with the concurrence of the Treasury, to make regulations for carrying out the provisions of Part II of that Act so far as regards any annuities or insurances granted by the Commissioners, either directly or through any parochial or other society, and so far as the trustees of savings banks are concerned), the words from “so far as regards” to “concerned” shall cease to have effect on the appointed day.
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Without prejudice to F125section 13 of the M21Interpretation Act 1978, the power to make regulations under the said section 52(2), in so far as it is conferred by virtue of the foregoing subsection, may be exercised at any time after the passing of this Act as if that subsection had come into operation on the passing of this Act, but so that regulations made by virtue of that subsection shall not come into operation before the appointed day.
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This section shall extend to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
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134 Issue by local authorities in Great Britain of dog and game licences.
F1491
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A council F128in Great Britain having power to levy the duties on any such licences as aforesaid may employ persons to act as its agents for the purpose of the issue of the licences and may pay to persons employed so to act such reasonable remuneration as it thinks fit.
135 Remuneration of the Post Office for issuing dog and game licences in England and Wales.
F1501
Any sums falling to be paid by the F129Secretary of State to F130the Post Office companyin pursuance of any agreement to which he, it and a council in England or Wales are parties, being—
a
an agreement providing for the issue by F130the Post Office company, on behalf of the council, of licences of all or any of the following kinds, namely, F131licences for dogs, licences for dealing in game and licences for killing game, and the payment by that Minister to F130 the Post Office company of sums in consideration of its issuing the licences; F132. . .
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shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.
F1331A
In subsection (1) above “the Post Office company” has the same meaning as in Part IV of the Postal Services Act 2000.
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F1343
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136 Expenses.
Any increase attributable to the provisions of this Act in sums which, under any other enactment (other than the Ministers of the M22Crown Act 1964), are defrayed out of moneys provided by Parliament shall be defrayed out of moneys so provided, and any increase so attributable in sums which under any other enactment are defrayed out of the Consolidated Fund or the National Loans Fund shall be defrayed out of the first-or last-mentioned fund, as the case may be.
137 Cesser of obsolete, &c. enactments.
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F1353
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138 Transitional provisions.
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The general transitional provisions contained in Schedule 9 to this Act, and the special transitional provisions with respect to patents for inventions and registered designs contained in Schedule 10 to this Act, shall have effect.
2
This section and the said Schedules 9 and 10 shall extend to the Isle of Man, and this section and the said Schedule 9 shall extend to the Channel Islands.
139 Application to Northern Ireland. C12
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In the application of this M23Act to Northern Ireland—
a
any reference to an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland (except a reference to Schedule 5 or 6 to the Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948) or to an enactment which that Parliament has power to amend—
i
shall, except in Schedule 4 to this Act, be construed as including a reference to any enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland passed after this Act and re-enacting the said enactment with or without modification;
ii
shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by any enactment, whether passed before or after this Act, and including a reference thereto as extended or applied by or under any other enactment, including this Act;
b
“Act” and “enactment” (except in subsection (1) of the next following section) respectively include an Act and an enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
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F137..., regulations made by the F138Secretary of State under the M24Civil Defence Act (Northern Ireland) 1950 may apply to F143a universal service provider F152... in connection with the provision of a universal postal service F152... such of the provisions of the M25Civil Defence Act (Northern Ireland) 1939 (except section 7(4) thereof) relating to public utility undertakers as may be specified in the regulations and may specify the F138Secretary of State as the appropriate department in relation to F143a universal service provider F152... in connection with the provision of a universal postal service F152... for the purpose of the application of any provisions so specified to F143a universal service provider F152... in connection with the provision of a universal postal service F152... .
F1533A
In subsection (3) “universal service provider” and “universal postal service” have the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011.
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140 Construction of references to enactments.
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Any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended, and including a reference thereto as extended or applied, by or under any other enactment, including this Act.
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Any reference in an Act passed before the passing of this Act to an enactment which is amended by this Act shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be construed, as from the day on which the amendment takes effect, as referring to that enactment as so amended.
F144141 Repeals.
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142 Short title.
This Act may be cited as the Post Office Act 1969.
Pt. III (ss. 6–88) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 13(c)