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14U.K.As from the appointed day section 11 of the M1Juries Act 1862 F1. . .(summoning of jurors by post) shall F1. . .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

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Sch. 4 paras. 2(8)(10)(15)(22), 14 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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15U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

16—19.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

20U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

21(1). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5, as from the appointed day, any. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6 office belonging to, or occupied by, the authority shall be a prohibited place for the purposes of that Act.

(2)Section 5 of the M2Official Secrets Act 1920 shall not apply to the authority; and, as from the appointed day, the reference in subsection (6) of that section to the Postmaster General shall be construed as referring to the authority.

22U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

23U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

24U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

25U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

26U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

27The reference to the Postmaster General in section 79(3) of the M3Land Registration Act 1925 (return to the Chief Land Registrar of letters marked outside “Her Majesty’s Land Registry” and addressed to persons who cannot be found) shall, as from the appointed day, be construed as referring to the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2The text of Sch. 4 paras. 27, 30, 33, 54, 55, 56, 73, Sch. 5 para. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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28, 29.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

30U.K.As from the appointed day, section 2(2)(e) of the M4Execution 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)

C3The 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.

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31U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

32U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

33(1)As from the appointed day, references to the Postmaster General in subsections (1) and (2) of section 2 of the M5Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1930 (conveyance of mails by public service vehicles) shall be construed as referring to the authority.

(2)As from the appointed day, references to an officer of the Post Office in the said subsection (1) shall be construed as referring to a person engaged in the business of the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4The 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.

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34U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

35U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

Textual Amendments

F16Sch. 4 para. 35 repealed by Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 and S.I. 1976/582 (N.I. 12), Sch. 3

36(1)As from the appointed day, the authority shall be deemed to be public utility undertakers and its undertaking a public utility undertaking for the purposes of the provisions of the M6Civil Defence Act 1939, F17

(2)As from the appointed day, in the M7said Act of 1939 the expression “the appropriate department” shall, in relation to the authority, mean the Minister.

Textual Amendments

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37U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

38U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

39, 40.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

F2141U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

42U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

43U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23

44U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24

Textual Amendments

45U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25

46U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26

47U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27

48U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

49U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29

50U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30

F3151U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

52U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32

Textual Amendments

F32Sch. 4 para. 52 repealed by Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 and S.I. 1973/69 (N.I. 1), Sch. 10

53U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33

54As from the appointed day, references in section 6 of the M8Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 (supplementary provisions as to omnibus shelters, &c.) to the Postmaster General shall be construed as referring to the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5The 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

55U.K.As from the appointed day, the reference to the Post Office in section 12(3)(b) of the M9Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (evidence by certificate) shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6The 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

F3456U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

57U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35

58U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

59(1)Where any work proposed to be done on or after the appointed day by [F37the Northern Ireland Housing Executive] in pursuance of a clearance or demolition order or a re-development scheme made by them under [F38the M10Housing (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 M11Telegraph 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 [F37the Northern Ireland Housing Executive].U.K.

(2)Where, in pursuance of an order under section 22 of the Housing of the M12Working Classes Act 1890, section 14 of the M13Housing Act (Northern Ireland) 1961, [F39Article 51 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] or section 25 of the M14New 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 F40telegraphic line” and “alteration” have the same meanings as in the M15Telegraph Act 1878.

Textual Amendments

F37Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973/256, art. 3, Sch. 2

F40Words repealed by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973/256, art. 3, Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

60U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41

Textual Amendments

61U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42

62—64.U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43

65U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44

66U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F45

[F4667U.K.As from the appointed day, section 7(1) of the M16Payment 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

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68U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47

69U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48

70U.K.As from the appointed day, Schedule 4 to the M17Public 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 OfficeThe Minister of Posts and Telecommunications.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7The 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

71U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F49

72U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F50

73U.K.As from the appointed day, the references to the Postmaster General in section 53 of the M18Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (transmission of election addresses) shall be construed as referring to the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8The 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

74U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F51

75U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F52

Textual Amendments

76U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F53

[F5477U.K.As from the appointed day, the reference in section 1(4) of the M19Criminal Evidence Act 1965 to the Post Office shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9The 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

78U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F55

79U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F56

[F5780U.K.As from the appointed day, the Schedule to the M20Building 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

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C10The 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

81U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F58

F5982U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F59Sch. 4 para. 82 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Gp. 2.

83(1), (2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F60

(3)In the proviso to section [F61[F6233(4) of the M21Housing (Scotland) Act 1974]][F62paragraph 9(4) of Schedule 8 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987], the expression “apparatus” shall, in relation to the authority, be construed generally and shall not be limited by the definition thereof in section 208(1) of [F63the M22Housing (Scotland) Act 1966]

(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F64

84As from the appointed day, paragraph 45(e) of Schedule 4 to the M23Land Commission Act 1967 shall have effect as if the reference to expenditure which has been or is to be met directly or indirectly by a government department did not include expenditure incurred by the Postmaster General in relation to land in the case of which an interest therein vests in the Post Office by virtue of section 16 of this Act.

Marginal Citations

85U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F65

86U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F66

87U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F67

88U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F68

89U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F69

90U.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 M24Local Government and Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

Marginal Citations

F7091U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F70Sch. 4 para. 91 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp. 1

F7192U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F71Sch. 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)The authority shall be deemed to be statutory undertakers and its undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely,—

(i)–(iv)F72. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(v)the M25Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(vi)F73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vii)section 4 of the M26Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

[F74(viii)the M27Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948, as applied by any statutory provision passed or made before the commencement of the M28Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1980]

(ix)F75. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(x)the National Parks and Access to the M29Countryside Act 1949;

(xi)the M30Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(xii)the M31Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(xiii)F76. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xiv)section 39(6)(b) of the M32Opencast Coal Act 1958;

(xv ) (xvi)F77. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xvii)section 11 of the M33Land Compensation Act 1961;

(xviii)section 3(4) of the M34Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

(xix)F78. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xx)the M35Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xxi)section 18 of the M36Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963;

(xxii)Schedules 3 F79 to the M37Harbours Act 1964;

(xxiii)Schedule 6 to the M38Gas Act 1965;

[F80(xxiv)section 10(4) of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965;]

(xxv)the [F81New Towns Act 1981]

(xxvi)sections 14(2), 15(2), 35(3), 58 and 89(6) of the M39Land Commission Act 1967;

(xxvii)sections 11(5)(f), 54(6) and 75(4) of, and Schedule 3 to, the M40Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xxviii)the M41New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxix)F82. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxx)section 22 of the M42Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxxi )F83. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxii )F84. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxiii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F85

F86(xxxiv). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F87(xxxv)Section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]

F88. . ..

(2)In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F90. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)the M43Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(d )F91. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e )F92. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f )F93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g )F94. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h ),(i)F95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j)the M44Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(k)Schedules 3 F79 to the M45Harbours Act 1964;

(l )–(p)F96. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(q )F97. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(r )F98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(s), (t)

F99the appropriate Minister” shall, in relation to the authority, mean the Minister.

(3)The M46Land Commission Act 1967 shall have effect as if, in subsection (3) of section 58 thereof in its application to the authority, for the words from “the Minister who” to the end of the subsection, and in subsection (6) of section 89 thereof, in its application to the authority, for the words from “the appropriate Minister” to the end of the subsection, there were substituted the words “the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications”.

(4)In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F101. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c )F102. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)section 13 of the M47Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(e)the [F81New Towns Act 1981]

(f)section 58 of the M48Land Commission Act 1967;

(g)the M49New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(h)

F102(i )F103. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F104

F105(k). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

operational land” shall, in relation to the authority, mean land of its 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—act checked this far

(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 the authority’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

F86Sch. 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)

F88Words 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)

F90Para. 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)

F105Sch. 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)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C11Functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681, art. 2

Marginal Citations

94U.K.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F106

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