Postal Services Act 2011

Postal services U.K.

27 Postal services, postal packets and postal operators U.K.

(1) “Postal services” means—

(a) the service of conveying postal packets from one place to another by post,

(b) the incidental services of receiving, collecting, sorting and delivering postal packets, and

(c) any other service which relates to, and is provided in conjunction with, any service within paragraph (a) or (b).

(2) “Postal packet” means a letter, parcel, packet or other article transmissible by post.

(3) “Postal operator” means a person who provides—

(a) the service of conveying postal packets from one place to another by post, or

(b) any of the incidental services of receiving, collecting, sorting and delivering postal packets.

(4) A person is not to be regarded as a postal operator merely as a result of receiving postal packets in the course of acting as an agent for, or otherwise on behalf of, another.

(5) The Secretary of State may make regulations prescribing circumstances in which subsection (4) is not to apply.

(6) Regulations under subsection (5) are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 27 in force at 1.10.2011 by S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

28 General authorisation to provide postal services U.K.

(1) Persons may provide postal services without the need for any licence or authorisation, but the provision of those services by postal operators may be subject to regulatory conditions that OFCOM may impose on them under this Part.

(2) In this Part a “regulatory condition” means any of the following conditions—

(a) a designated USP condition (see sections 36 and 37),

(b) a USP access condition (see section 38 and Schedule 3),

(c) a USP accounting condition (see section 39),

(d) a notification condition (see section 41),

(e) a general universal service condition (see section 42),

(f) an essential condition (see section 49),

(g) a general access condition (see section 50 and Schedule 3), and

(h) a consumer protection condition (see sections 51 and 52).

Commencement Information

I2 S. 28 in force at 1.10.2011 by S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3