Post Office Act 1953 (repealed)

Conveyance of mail bags by tramways and public service vehiclesF11 U.K.

Textual Amendments applied to the whole legislation

F11 Act repealed (1.1.2001 for ss. 29, 44, 45, and 26.3.2001 otherwise) by 2000 c. 26, ss. 127(6), 130(1), Sch. 9 Note; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 Table; S.I. 2001/878, art. 2, Sch. Table (subject to transitional and saving provisions in arts. 3-17); S.I. 2001/1148, art. 2(2), Sch. Table (subject to arts. 3-42)

44 †Power to require services by tramways and certain public service vehicles. U.K.

(1) Subject to the provisions of the next following section, the [F1 Post Office] may by notice in writing require—

(a) . . . F2

(b) the [F3 British Railways Board and [F4 London Regional Transport]] in respect of any services of public service vehicles provided by them;

(c) any local authority in Great Britain authorised to run public service vehicles under Part V of the M1 Road Traffic Act 1930, in respect of services of such vehicles on any route authorised under the said Part V,

to perform such reasonable services with regard to the conveyance of mail bags as the [F1 Post Office] may from time to time direct.

(2) The remuneration for any services performed in pursuance of this section shall be such as may be from time to time determined by agreement between the [F1 Post Office] and the person performing the services or, in default of agreement, by the Transport Tribunal.

(3)—(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

Textual Amendments

F1 Words substituted by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 20(2)(a)

F2 S. 44(1)(a) repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 137(1)(3), Sch. 8 Pt. I

F3 Words substituted by virtue of Transport Act 1962 (c. 46), Sch. 2 Pt. I and Transport (London) Act 1969 (c. 35). Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(2)

F4 Words substituted by virtue of London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), s. 67(2)(3), Sch. 4 para. 1(2)(b)

F5 Ss. 43, 44(3)–(5), 45(2) repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 137(1)(3), Sch. 8 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Unreliable marginal note

Marginal Citations

M1 1930 c. 43.

45 Additional provisions as to conveyance of mail bags by tramways and public service vehicles. U.K.

(1) Where any . . . F6 , in Great Britain, any public service vehicle is conveying or intended to convey passengers only and not goods or parcels, nothing in the last foregoing section shall authorise the [F7 Post Office] to require mail bags to be conveyed therein either—

(a) unaccompanied by [F8 a person engaged in the business of the Post Office] travelling as a passenger; or

(b) in excess of the maximum weight for the time being fixed for the luggage of ordinary passengers.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

(3) Where . . . F6 , in Great Britain, any public service vehicle is conveying or intended to convey both parcels and passengers but not goods, nothing in the last foregoing section shall authorise the [F7 Post Office] to require mail bags to be carried therein in excess of the maximum weight for the time being fixed for ordinary parcels, or for the luggage of ordinary passengers, whichever is the greater.

(4) Mail bags carried . . . F6 in Great Britain, in a public service vehicle shall be so carried as not to inconvenience the passengers, so, however, that the custody of the mail bags by any [F8 person engaged in the business of the Post Office] accompanying them shall not be interfered with.

(5) Nothing in this section shall be taken as prejudicing the operation of section two of the M2 Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1930 (which relates to the conveyance of mails by public service vehicles in Northern Ireland).

Textual Amendments

F6 Words repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 137(1)(3), Sch. 8 Pt. I

F7 Words substituted by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 20(2)(a)

F8 Words substituted by virtue of Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 4 para. 2(1)

F9 Ss. 43, 44(3)–(5), 45(2) repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), s. 137(1)(3), Sch. 8 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M2 1930 c. 24 (N.I.)

46—49. F10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F10 Ss. 46–49 repealed by Post Office Act 1969 (c. 48), Sch. 11 Pt. II