Part VI

Universal Postal Service: supplementary

Schemes and limitation of liability

Exclusion of liability
90
1
No proceedings in tort shall lie or, in Scotland, be competent against a universal service provider in respect of loss or damage suffered by any person in connection with the provision of a universal postal service because of—
a
anything done or omitted to be done in relation to any postal packet in the course of transmission by post, or
b
any omission to carry out arrangements for the collection of anything to be conveyed by post.
2
No officer, servant, employee, agent or sub-contractor of a universal service provider shall be subject, except at the suit or instance of the provider, to any civil liability for—
a
any loss or damage in the case of which liability of the provider is excluded by subsection (1), or
b
any loss of, or damage to, an inland packet to which section 91 applies.
3
No person engaged in or about the conveyance of postal packets and no officer, servant, employee, agent or sub-contractor of any such person shall be subject, except at the suit or instance of the universal service provider concerned, to any civil liability for—
a
any loss or damage in the case of which liability of the provider is excluded by subsection (1), or
b
any loss of, or damage to, an inland packet to which section 91 applies.
4
In the application of subsection (1) to Scotland, the reference to proceedings in tort shall be construed in the same way as in section 43(b) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947.
5
This section is subject to section 91.
1947 c. 44.