Post Office Act 1969

Sections 76, 88, 139.

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. Adaptations of Enactments and Orders in Council consequential on the Assumption by the new Authority for the Conduct of postal and telegraphic Business of Functions exercised and performed before the appointed Day by the Postmaster General

Part I U.K. Interpretation

1 U.K. In this Schedule “the authority” means the authority established by section 6 of this Act.

Part II U.K. Adaptations of public general Enactments

Adaptations of Enactments relating to the Post U.K.

F1 2 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 para. 2 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F2 3 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 4 para. 3 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

Adaptations of Enactments relating to Telegraphs U.K.

4 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 4 para. 4 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

5, 6. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 4 paras. 5, 6, 8, 10, 16–19 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

7 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 4 paras. 7, 9 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

Adaptations of Enactments relating to the Supply of Electricity U.K.

8 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 4 paras. 5, 6, 8, 10, 16–19 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

9 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 4 paras. 7, 9 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

10 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 4 paras. 5, 6, 8, 10, 16–19 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

[F9 11 U.K. As from the appointed day, references to a private generating station in section 11 of the M1 Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 (restrictions on the establishment of new generating stations) shall be construed as including references to a generating station (within the meaning of that Act) for the generation of electricity for use wholly or mainly for the purposes of the authority’s undertaking.]

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 4 para. 11 repealed (E.W.S.) by Energy Act 1983 (c. 25, SIF 44:1), Sch. 4 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M1 1919 c. 100.

12, 13 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

Textual Amendments

F10 Sch. 4 paras. 12, 13 repealed by Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 and S.I. 1972/1072 (N.I. 9), Sch. 7

Adaptations of other Enactments U.K.

14 U.K. As from the appointed day section 11 of the M2 Juries Act 1862 F11 . . .(summoning of jurors by post) shall F11 . . .have effect as if, for the words from “under such regulations” to the words “the postmaster shall” there were substituted the words “the postmaster, upon receipt of the fee (if any) exigible for so doing, shall”.

Textual Amendments

F11 Words in Sch. 4 para. 14 repealed (31.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1141, art. 32(3), Sch. 5; S.R. 1996/267, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 2(8)(10)(15)(22), 14 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M2 1862 c. 107.

15 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

Textual Amendments

F12 Sch. 4 para. 15 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

16—19. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

Textual Amendments

F13 Sch. 4 paras. 5, 6, 8, 10, 16–19 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

20 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

Textual Amendments

F14 Sch. 4 para. 20 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

F15 21 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F15 Sch. 4 para. 21 repealed (26.3.2001) by 2000 c. 26, s. 127(6), Sch. 9; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(3), Sch. 3 Table

22 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

Textual Amendments

F16 Sch. 4 para. 22 repealed (S.) by Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66, SIF 11:2), s. 75(2), Sch. 8

23 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

Textual Amendments

F17 Sch. 4 para. 23 repealed (E.W.) by Insolvency Act 1985 (c. 65, SIF 11:1), s. 235, Sch. 10 Pt. III

24 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

Textual Amendments

F18 Sch. 4 para. 24 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

25 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

Textual Amendments

F19 Sch. 4 para. 25 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

26 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

Textual Amendments

F20 Sch. 4 paras. 26, 28, 29 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F21 27 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F21 Sch. 4 para. 27 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11)) and expressed to be repealed (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), s. 136(2), Sch. 13 (with s. 129, Sch. 12 para. 1); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)

28, 29. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

Textual Amendments

F22 Sch. 4 paras. 26, 28, 29 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

30 U.K. As from the appointed day, section 2(2)(e) of the M3 Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Act 1926 (execution of arrestment or charge by registered letter) shall have effect as if, for the words from “Postmaster” to “1908”, there were substituted the words “Post Office in pursuance of any provision contained in a scheme made under section 28 of the Post Office Act 1969”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 27, 30, 33, 54, 55, 56, 73, Sch. 5 para. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M3 1926 c. 16.

31 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23

Textual Amendments

F23 Sch. 4 para. 31 repealed by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39, SIF 60), s. 192, Sch. 5 Pt. I

32 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24

Textual Amendments

F24 Sch. 4 para. 32 repealed by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70), Sch. 8

F25 33 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F25 Sch. 4 para. 33 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, arts. 1(3), 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

34 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26

Textual Amendments

F26 Sch. 4 para. 34repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

35 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27

Textual Amendments

F27 Sch. 4 para. 35 repealed by Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 and S.I. 1976/582 (N.I. 12), Sch. 3

F28 36 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F28 Sch. 4 para. 36 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

37 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29

Textual Amendments

F29 Sch. 4 para. 37 repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 23

38 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30

Textual Amendments

F30 Sch. 4 paras. 38, 45 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

39, 40. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31

Textual Amendments

F31 Sch. 4 paras. 34, 39, 40, 43 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F32 41 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F32 Sch. 4 para. 41 repealed (4.12.1997) by S.I. 1997/2779, art. 14, Sch. 3

42 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33

Textual Amendments

F33 Sch. 4 para. 42 repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 23

43 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34

Textual Amendments

F34 Sch. 4 paras. 34, 39, 40, 43repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

44 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35

Textual Amendments

F35 Sch. 4 para. 44 repealed by S.I. 1980/1085 (N.I. 11), Sch. 9

45 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

Textual Amendments

F36 Sch. 4 paras. 38, 45repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

46 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37

Textual Amendments

F37 Sch. 4 para. 46 repealed by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16), s. 109(3), Sch. 16

47 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38

Textual Amendments

F38 Sch. 4 para. 47 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), s. 206, Sch. 9 Pt. II

48 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39

Textual Amendments

F39 Sch. 4 para. 48 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

49 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

Textual Amendments

F40 Sch. 4 para. 49 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

50 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41

Textual Amendments

F41 Sch. 4 para. 50 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

F42 51 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F42 Sch. 4 para. 51 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1994 c. 40, s. 81, Sch. 17; S.I. 1995/2835, art. 2

52 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43

Textual Amendments

F43 Sch. 4 para. 52 repealed by Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 and S.I. 1973/69 (N.I. 1), Sch. 10

53 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44

Textual Amendments

F44 Sch. 4 para. 53 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I and expressed to be repealed by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), Sch. 6

F45 54 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F45 Sch. 4 para. 54 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

55 U.K. As from the appointed day, the reference to the Post Office in section 12(3)(b) of the M4 Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (evidence by certificate) shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 27, 30, 33, 54, 55, 56, 73, Sch. 5 para. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M4 1953 c. 14 (N.I.).

F46 56 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F46 Sch. 4 para. 56 repealed (31.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1141, art. 32(3), Sch. 5; S.R. 1996/267, art. 2

57 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47

Textual Amendments

F47 Sch. 4 para. 57 repealed by Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1974 (c. 26), Sch. 3 Pt. II

58 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48

Textual Amendments

F48 Sch. 4 paras. 58, 61 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

59 (1) Where any work proposed to be done on or after the appointed day by [F49 the Northern Ireland Housing Executive] in pursuance of a clearance or demolition order or a re-development scheme made by them under [F50 the M5 Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] involves, or is likely to involve, an alteration in a telegraphic line belonging to, or used by, the authority, paragraphs (1) to (8) of section 7 of the M6 Telegraph Act 1878 shall apply to the alteration and accordingly shall have effect, subject to any necessary modifications, as if references therein to undertakers included references to [F49 the Northern Ireland Housing Executive]. U.K.

(2) Where, in pursuance of an order under section 22 of the Housing of the M7 Working Classes Act 1890, section 14 of the M8 Housing Act (Northern Ireland) 1961, [F51 Article 51 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] or section 25 of the M9 New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965, that comes into operation on or after the appointed day, a public right of way over land is extinguished and, immediately before the day on which the order comes into operation, there is under, in, on, over, along or across the land a telegraphic line of the authority’s, the authority shall have the same powers in respect of the line as if the order had not come into operation; but, if a person entitled to land over which the right of way subsisted requires that the line should be altered, paragraphs (1) to (8) of the said section 7 shall apply to the alteration and accordingly shall have effect, subject to any necessary modifications, as if references therein to undertakers included references to the person by whom the alteration is required.

(3) In this paragraph F52 “telegraphic line” and “alteration” have the same meanings as in the M10 Telegraph Act 1878.

Textual Amendments

F49 Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973/256, art. 3, Sch. 2

F50 Words substituted by S.I. 1981/156 (N.I.3), Sch. 11 Pt. II

F51 Words inserted by S.I. 1981/156 (N.I.3), Sch. 11 Pt. II

F52 Words repealed by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973/256, art. 3, Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M5 S.I. 1981/156 (N.I.3).

M6 1878 c. 76.

M7 1890 c. 70.

M8 1961 c. 12 (N.I.)

M9 1965 c. 13 (N.I.)

M10 1878 c. 76.

60 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F53

Textual Amendments

F53 Sch. 4 para. 60 repealed by S.I. 1973/69 (N.I. 1), Sch. 10

61 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F54

Textual Amendments

F54 Sch. 4 paras. 58, 61 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

62—64. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F55

Textual Amendments

F55 Sch. 4 paras. 62–64 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

65 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F56

Textual Amendments

F56 Sch. 4 para. 65 repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66), Sch. 25

66 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F57

Textual Amendments

F57 Sch. 4 para. 66 repealed by Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 (c. 51, SIF 85), Sch. 4 Pt. I

[F58 67 U.K. As from the appointed day, section 7(1) of the M11 Payment of Wages Act 1960 (interpretation) shall have effect as if, for the definitions of “money order” and “postal order”, there were substituted the following definitions:—

““money order” means a money order issued by the Postmaster General or the Post Office and “postal order” means a postal order so issued”.]

Textual Amendments

F58 Sch. 4 para. 67 repealed (E.W.S.) by Wages Act 1986 (c. 48, SIF 43:2), s. 33(5), Sch. 5 Pt. III

Marginal Citations

M11 1960 c. 37.

68 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F59

Textual Amendments

F59 Sch. 4 paras. 68, 72 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

69 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F60

Textual Amendments

F60 Sch. 4 para. 69 repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66), Sch. 25

70 U.K. As from the appointed day, Schedule 4 to the M12 Public Health Act 1961 (which specifies, in relation to buildings of certain descriptions, the persons who are to be appropriate authorities for the purposes of the provisions of that Act relating to the attachment of street lights to buildings) shall have effect as if the following were added at the end thereof:—

“A building owned by the Post Office

The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 27, 30, 33, 54, 55, 56, 73, Sch. 5 para. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M12 1961 c. 64.

71 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F61

Textual Amendments

F61 Sch. 4 para. 71 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), s. 292(2), Sch. 25

72 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F62

Textual Amendments

F62 Sch. 4 paras. 68, 72 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

73 U.K. As from the appointed day, the references to the Postmaster General in section 53 of the M13 Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (transmission of election addresses) shall be construed as referring to the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 27, 30, 33, 54, 55, 56, 73, Sch. 5 para. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M13 1962 c. 14 (N.I.).

74 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F63

Textual Amendments

F63 Sch. 4 para. 74 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

75 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F64

Textual Amendments

F64 Sch. 4 para. 75 repealed by S.I.1980/1085 (N.I. 11), Sch. 9

76 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F65

Textual Amendments

F65 Sch. 4 para. 76 repealed by Airports Authority Act 1975 (c. 78), Sch. 6

[F66 77 U.K. As from the appointed day, the reference in section 1(4) of the M14 Criminal Evidence Act 1965 to the Post Office shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.]

Textual Amendments

F66 Sch. 4 para. 77 repealed (E.W.) by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60, SIF 95), Sch. 7 Pt. III

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 77, 80 and 82 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M14 1965 c. 20

78 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F67

Textual Amendments

F67 Sch. 4 para. 78 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II and New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64), s. 81, Sch. 13

79 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F68

Textual Amendments

F68 Sch. 4 para. 79 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II

[F69 80 U.K. As from the appointed day, the Schedule to the M15 Building Control Act 1966 (which specifies bodies in the case of which work carried out by them is exempt from control under that Act) shall have effect as if, at the end thereof, there were added a reference to the authority.]

Textual Amendments

F69 Sch. 4 para. 80 repealed (E.W.) by Housing and Building Control Act 1984 (c. 29, SIF 61), Sch. 12 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 77, 80 and 82 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M15 1966 c. 27.

81 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F70

Textual Amendments

F70 Sch. 4 para. 81 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F71 82 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F71 Sch. 4 para. 82 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Gp. 2.

F72 83 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F72 Sch. 4 para. 83 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, arts. 1(3), 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))

F73 84 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F73 Sch. 4 para. 84 repealed (U.K. & Isle of Man)(19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV Group 2

85 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F74

Textual Amendments

F74 Sch. 4 paras. 85, 86 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

86 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F75

Textual Amendments

F75 Sch. 4 para. 86 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

87 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F76

Textual Amendments

F76 Sch. 4 para. 87 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

88 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F77

Textual Amendments

F77 Sch. 4 para. 88 repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34), Sch. 9 Pt. II

89 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F78

Textual Amendments

F78 Sch. 4 para. 89 repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

90 U.K. As from the appointed day, the authority shall be deemed to be a public utility undertaking for the purposes of section 1 of the M16 Local Government and Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

Marginal Citations

M16 1968 c. 30 (N.I.)

F79 91 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F79 Sch. 4 para. 91 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp. 1

F80 92 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F80 Sch. 4 para. 92 repealed (U.K.)(27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

93 (1) [F81 A universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of the Act)] shall be deemed to be [F82 a statutory undertaker] and [F83 his undertaking so far as relating to the provision of a universal postal service] a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely,— U.K.

(i)–(iv) F84 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(v) the M17 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(vi) F85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vii) section 4 of the M18 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

[F86 (viii) the M19 Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948, as applied by any statutory provision passed or made before the commencement of the M20 Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1980]

(ix) F87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(x) the National Parks and Access to the M21 Countryside Act 1949;

F88 (xi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xii) the M22 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(xiii) F89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F90 (xiv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xv ) (xvi)F91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xvii) section 11 of the M23 Land Compensation Act 1961;

(xviii) section 3(4) of the M24 Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

(xix) F92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xx) the M25 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xxi) section 18 of the M26 Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963;

(xxii) Schedules 3 F93 to the M27 Harbours Act 1964;

F94 (xxiii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxiv) section 10(4) of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965;

F95 (xxv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxvi) F96 . . .

(xxvii) sections 11(5)(f), 54(6) and 75(4) of, and Schedule 3 to, the M28 Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xxviii) the M29 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxix) F97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxx) section 22 of the M30 Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxxi )F98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxii )F99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxiii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F100

F101 (xxxiv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F102 (xxxv) Section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]

F103 . . ..

(2) In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F105 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) the M31 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(d )F106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e )F107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f )F108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g )F109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h ),(i)F110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j) the M32 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(k) Schedules 3 F93 to the M33 Harbours Act 1964;

(l )–(p)F111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(q )F112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(r )F113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(s), (t)

F114 “the appropriate Minister” shall, in relation to [F115 a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000)], mean the Minister.

F116 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F117 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F118 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c )F119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) section 13 of the M34 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(e) the [F120 New Towns Act 1981]

F121 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g) the M35 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(h)

F119 (i )F122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F123

F124 (k) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“operational land” shall, in relation to [F125 a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000)], mean land of [F126 his] of any such class as may be specified in regulations made jointly by the Minister and the Minister of Housing and Local Government by statutory instrument (which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament); and—

(i) the definition of a class of land for the purposes of regulations made under this sub-paragraph may be framed by reference to any circumstances whatsoever; and

(ii) if any question arises whether land of [F127 a universal service provider’s] falls within a class specified in regulations so made, it shall be determined by the Minister.

In the application of this sub-paragraph to Scotland, for the reference to the Minister of Housing and Local Government there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State.

(5) This paragraph shall come into operation on the appointed day.

Textual Amendments

F81 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(1) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(3)(a) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F82 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(1) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(3)(b) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F83 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(1) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(3)(c) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F84 Para 93(1)(i)(ii) repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I; para. 93(1)(iii) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II; para. 93(1)(iv) repealed (E.W.) by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F85 Para. 93(1)(vi) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F86 Para. 93(1)(viii) substituted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 3 para. 51(11)

F87 Para. 93(1)(ix) repealed by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16), s. 109(3), Sch. 16

F88 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xi) repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F89 Para. 93(1)(xiii) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

F90 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xiv) repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F91 Para. 93(1)(xv) repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66), Sch. 25; para. 93(1)(xvi) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F92 Para. 93(1)(xix) repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F93 Words repealed by Transport Act 1981 (c. 56), Sch. 12 Pt. II

F94 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxiii) repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts.1(3), 4(11))

F95 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxv) repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F96 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxvi) repealed (U.K. & Isle of Man)(19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV Group 2

F97 Para. 93(1)(xxix) repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II

F98 Para. 93(1)(xxxi) repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F99 Para. 93(1)(xxxii) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F100 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxxiii) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F101 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxxiv) repealed (U.K.)(27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F102 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxxv) added (E.W.S.) by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(1), Sch. 4 para. 3

F103 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(1) repealed (U.K.)(27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F104 Para. 93(2)(a) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F105 Para. 93(2)(b) (specifying Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946) repealed by virtue of Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67), Sch. 6 Pt. I (expressed as repealing sub-para. (2)(iv) in para. 93)

F106 Para. 93(2)(d) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F107 Para. 93(2)(e) repealed by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16), s. 109(3), Sch. 16

F108 Para. 93(2)(f) repealed by S.I. 1976/1775, art. 6(2), Sch. 4

F109 Para. 93(2)(g) repealed by Highway Act 1971 (c. 41), s. 86(2), Sch. 12

F110 Para. 93(2)(h) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F111 Paras. 93(2)(l)–(p) repealed by S.I. 1976/1775, art. 6(2), Sch. 4

F112 Para. 93(2)(q) repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F113 Para. 93(2)(r) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F114 Para. 93(2)(s)(t) repealed by S.I. 1976/1775, art. 6(2), Sch. 4

F115 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(2) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(4) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F116 Sch. 4 para. 93(3) repealed (U.K. & Isle of Man)(19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV Group 2

F117 Para. 93(4)(a) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F118 Para. 93(4)(b) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F119 Para. 93(4)(c)(h) repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F120 Words substituted by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64), Sch. 12 para. 5

F121 Sch. 4 para. 93(4)(f) repealed (U.K. & Isle of Man) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV Group 2

F122 Para. 93(4)(i) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F123 Sch. 4 para. 93(4)(j) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F124 Sch. 4 para. 93(4)(k) repealed (U.K.)(27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F125 WOrds in Sch. 4 para. 93(4) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(5)(a) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F126 Word in Sch. 4 para. 93(4) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(3)(b) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F127 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(4) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(5)(c) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 Functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M17 1947 c. 42.

M18 1948 c. 17.

M19 1948 c. 28 (N.I.)

M20 S.I. 1980/1085. (N.I.11)

M21 1949 c. 97.

M22 1954 c. 56.

M23 1961 c. 33.

M24 1961 c. 41.

M25 1962 c. 58.

M26 1963 c. 51.

M27 1964 c. 40.

M28 1967 c. 86.

M29 1968 c. 16.

M30 1968 c. 47.

M31 1947 c. 42.

M32 1962 c. 58.

M33 1964 c. 40.

M34 1962 c. 58.

M35 1968 c. 16.

94 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F128

Textual Amendments

F128 Sch. 4 para. 94 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Part III U.K. Adaptations of local Enactments

95 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F129

Textual Amendments

F129 Sch. 4 paras. 95, 97, 99, 101, 102 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

96 (1) Nothing in— U.K.

(a) the London Building Acts 1930 to 1939 or byelaws thereunder; or

(b) a special enactment passed or made before the appointed day (including such an enactment relating to Scotland or Northern Ireland) for purposes similar to those of an enactment contained in Part V or VII of the M36 Highways Act 1959 (except sections 136 to 138);

shall affect any powers of the authority under the enactments relating to telegraphs or apply to any telegraphic lines placed or maintained by the Postmaster General or the authority by virtue of those enactments.

(2) In this paragraph, “special enactment” has the same meaning as in the M37 Highways Act 1959.

Marginal Citations

M36 1959 c. 25.

M37 1959 c. 25.

97 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F130

Textual Amendments

F130 Sch. 4 paras. 95, 97, 99, 101, 102 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

98 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F131

Textual Amendments

F131 Sch. 4 para. 98 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38, SIF 96), Sch. 6 Pt. II and expressed to be repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

99 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F132

Textual Amendments

F132 Sch. 4 paras. 95, 97, 99, 101, 102 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F133 100 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F133 Sch. 4 para. 100 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/648, art. 4(2), Sch. 2

101, 102. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F134

Textual Amendments

F134 Sch. 4 paras. 95, 97, 99, 101, 102 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

Part IV U.K. Adaptation of Orders in Council

F135 103 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F135 Sch. 4 para. 103 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, arts. 1(3), 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))

F136 104 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F136 Sch. 4 para. 104 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, arts. 1(3), 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))