Part 3

Regulation of postal services

The universal postal service

Section 31: definitions
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1
“Insured items service” means a service of conveying postal packets from one place to another by post which, in the event of the theft or loss of or damage to the packets, provides for the payment of an amount up to the value of the packets as declared by the sender.
2
“Legislative petitions and addresses” means—
a
petitions and addresses to Her Majesty meeting the weight and covers requirements which are sent by post to a member of a legislative body,
b
petitions meeting those requirements which are addressed to a legislative body and are sent by post to a member of such a body or to the Clerk of the Scottish Parliament, or
c
petitions and addresses forwarded to Her Majesty or, in Northern Ireland, to the Secretary of State.
3
For the purposes of subsection (2)—
a
a “legislative body” means either House of Parliament, the Scottish Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales or the Northern Ireland Assembly, and
b
petitions or addresses meet the “weight and covers requirements” if they do not exceed 1 kilogram in weight and are sent without covers or in covers open at the sides.
4
“Registered items service” means a service of conveying postal packets from one place to another by post which provides—
a
for the registration of the packets in connection with their conveyance by post, and
b
for the payment of an amount determined by the person providing the service in the event of the theft or loss of or damage to the packets.
5
In this section references to conveying postal packets from one place to another include—
a
the incidental services of receiving, collecting, sorting and delivering them, and
b
conveying them to places outside the United Kingdom.