Part VIUniversal Postal Service: supplementary

Articles in transit

98Mail-bags not to be subject to control by harbour authorities

Nothing in a statutory provision (whenever made) with respect to a harbour authority shall extend to regulate or subject to control mail-bags—

(a)

carried by a universal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal postal service,

(b)

consigned by such a provider in the provision of such a service to another for carriage (whether to a foreign postal administration or not),

(c)

consigned by a foreign postal administration to such a provider in connection with the provision of such a service for carriage, or

(d)

consigned by one foreign postal administration to another and which, when in the United Kingdom, are in the charge of a universal service provider in connection with the provision of a universal postal service.