Part 3

Regulation of postal services

The universal postal service

Exceptions to minimum requirements
33
1
Nothing in section 31 requires the doing of anything in relation to a letter or other postal packet—
a
whose weight exceeds 20 kilograms, or
b
whose dimensions fall outside the minimum and maximum dimensions laid down in the Convention and the Agreement concerning Postal Parcels adopted by the Universal Postal Union.
2
The requirements in section 31 in respect of the delivery or collection of letters or other postal packets (requirements 1 and 2)—
a
do not need to be met on any day which is (in the part of the United Kingdom concerned) a public holiday, and
b
do not need to be met in such geographical conditions or other circumstances as OFCOM consider to be exceptional.
3
Nothing in section 31 is to be read—
a
as requiring a service to continue without interruption, suspension or restriction in an emergency, or
b
as preventing individual agreements as to prices from being concluded with customers.
S. 33 in force at 1.10.2011 by S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3