Explanatory Notes

Postal Services Act 2000

2000 CHAPTER 26

28 July 2000

Commentary on Sections

Part VI Universal Postal Service: Supplementary

Section 100: Certain exemptions from postage etc.

147.Section 100 provides for the exemption from postal charges for certain petitions and addresses forwarded or sent to Her Majesty, or to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, or sent to a member of either House of Parliament, the Scottish Parliament (or its Clerk), the Northern Ireland Assembly or of the Welsh Assembly. It also limits the amount of postage that the universal service provider may recover for the delivery of parliamentary proceedings.