Post Office Act 1969

Sections 76, 88, 139.

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. Adaptations of Enactments and Orders in Council consequential on the Assumption by the new Authority for the Conduct of postal and telegraphic Business of Functions exercised and performed before the appointed Day by the Postmaster General

Part I U.K. Interpretation

1 U.K. In this Schedule “the authority” means the authority established by section 6 of this Act.

Part II U.K. Adaptations of public general Enactments

Adaptations of Enactments relating to the Post U.K.

F1 2 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 para. 2 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F2 3 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 4 para. 3 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

Adaptations of Enactments relating to Telegraphs U.K.

4 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 4 para. 4 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

5, 6. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 4 paras. 5, 6, 8, 10, 16–19 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

7 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 4 paras. 7, 9 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

Adaptations of Enactments relating to the Supply of Electricity U.K.

8 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

Textual Amendments

F6 Sch. 4 paras. 5, 6, 8, 10, 16–19 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

9 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

Textual Amendments

F7 Sch. 4 paras. 7, 9 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

10 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

Textual Amendments

F8 Sch. 4 paras. 5, 6, 8, 10, 16–19 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

[F9 11 U.K. As from the appointed day, references to a private generating station in section 11 of the M1 Electricity (Supply) Act 1919 (restrictions on the establishment of new generating stations) shall be construed as including references to a generating station (within the meaning of that Act) for the generation of electricity for use wholly or mainly for the purposes of the authority’s undertaking.]

Textual Amendments

F9 Sch. 4 para. 11 repealed (E.W.S.) by Energy Act 1983 (c. 25, SIF 44:1), Sch. 4 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M1 1919 c. 100.

12, 13 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

Textual Amendments

F10 Sch. 4 paras. 12, 13 repealed by Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 and S.I. 1972/1072 (N.I. 9), Sch. 7

Adaptations of other Enactments U.K.

F11 14 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F11 Sch. 4 para. 14 repealed (12.11.2003) by The Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2908), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(3))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 2(8)(10)(15)(22), 14 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

15 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

Textual Amendments

F12 Sch. 4 para. 15 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

16—19. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

Textual Amendments

F13 Sch. 4 paras. 5, 6, 8, 10, 16–19 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

20 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

Textual Amendments

F14 Sch. 4 para. 20 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

F15 21 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F15 Sch. 4 para. 21 repealed (26.3.2001) by 2000 c. 26, s. 127(6), Sch. 9; S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(3), Sch. 3 Table

22 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

Textual Amendments

F16 Sch. 4 para. 22 repealed (S.) by Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66, SIF 11:2), s. 75(2), Sch. 8

23 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F17

Textual Amendments

F17 Sch. 4 para. 23 repealed (E.W.) by Insolvency Act 1985 (c. 65, SIF 11:1), s. 235, Sch. 10 Pt. III

24 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

Textual Amendments

F18 Sch. 4 para. 24 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

25 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F19

Textual Amendments

F19 Sch. 4 para. 25 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

26 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

Textual Amendments

F20 Sch. 4 paras. 26, 28, 29 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F21 27 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F21 Sch. 4 para. 27 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11)) and expressed to be repealed (13.10.2003) by Land Registration Act 2002 (c. 9), s. 136(2), Sch. 13 (with s. 129, Sch. 12 para. 1); S.I. 2003/1725, art. 2(1)

28, 29. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

Textual Amendments

F22 Sch. 4 paras. 26, 28, 29 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F23 30 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F23 Sch. 4 para. 30 repealed (12.11.2003) by The Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2908), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(3))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 27, 30, 33, 54, 55, 56, 73, Sch. 5 para. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

31 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24

Textual Amendments

F24 Sch. 4 para. 31 repealed by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39, SIF 60), s. 192, Sch. 5 Pt. I

32 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25

Textual Amendments

F25 Sch. 4 para. 32 repealed by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70), Sch. 8

F26 33 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F26 Sch. 4 para. 33 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, arts. 1(3), 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

34 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27

Textual Amendments

F27 Sch. 4 para. 34repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

35 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

Textual Amendments

F28 Sch. 4 para. 35 repealed by Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 and S.I. 1976/582 (N.I. 12), Sch. 3

F29 36 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F29 Sch. 4 para. 36 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

37 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30

Textual Amendments

F30 Sch. 4 para. 37 repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 23

38 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31

Textual Amendments

F31 Sch. 4 paras. 38, 45 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

39, 40. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32

Textual Amendments

F32 Sch. 4 paras. 34, 39, 40, 43 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F33 41 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F33 Sch. 4 para. 41 repealed (4.12.1997) by S.I. 1997/2779, art. 14, Sch. 3

42 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34

Textual Amendments

F34 Sch. 4 para. 42 repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 23

43 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F35

Textual Amendments

F35 Sch. 4 paras. 34, 39, 40, 43repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

44 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

Textual Amendments

F36 Sch. 4 para. 44 repealed by S.I. 1980/1085 (N.I. 11), Sch. 9

45 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37

Textual Amendments

F37 Sch. 4 paras. 38, 45repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

46 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38

Textual Amendments

F38 Sch. 4 para. 46 repealed by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16), s. 109(3), Sch. 16

47 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39

Textual Amendments

F39 Sch. 4 para. 47 repealed by Representation of the People Act 1983 (c. 2, SIF 42), s. 206, Sch. 9 Pt. II

48 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

Textual Amendments

F40 Sch. 4 para. 48 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

49 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41

Textual Amendments

F41 Sch. 4 para. 49 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

50 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42

Textual Amendments

F42 Sch. 4 para. 50 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

F43 51 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F43 Sch. 4 para. 51 repealed (1.1.1996) by 1994 c. 40, s. 81, Sch. 17; S.I. 1995/2835, art. 2

52 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44

Textual Amendments

F44 Sch. 4 para. 52 repealed by Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 and S.I. 1973/69 (N.I. 1), Sch. 10

53 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F45

Textual Amendments

F45 Sch. 4 para. 53 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I and expressed to be repealed by Cable and Broadcasting Act 1984 (c. 46, SIF 96), Sch. 6

F46 54 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F46 Sch. 4 para. 54 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

55 U.K. As from the appointed day, the reference to the Post Office in section 12(3)(b) of the M2 Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (evidence by certificate) shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 27, 30, 33, 54, 55, 56, 73, Sch. 5 para. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M2 1953 c. 14 (N.I.).

F47 56 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F47 Sch. 4 para. 56 repealed (31.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1141, art. 32(3), Sch. 5; S.R. 1996/267, art. 2

57 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F48

Textual Amendments

F48 Sch. 4 para. 57 repealed by Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1974 (c. 26), Sch. 3 Pt. II

58 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F49

Textual Amendments

F49 Sch. 4 paras. 58, 61 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

59 (1) Where any work proposed to be done on or after the appointed day by [F50 the Northern Ireland Housing Executive] in pursuance of a clearance or demolition order or a re-development scheme made by them under [F51 the M3 Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] involves, or is likely to involve, an alteration in a telegraphic line belonging to, or used by, the authority, paragraphs (1) to (8) of section 7 of the M4 Telegraph Act 1878 shall apply to the alteration and accordingly shall have effect, subject to any necessary modifications, as if references therein to undertakers included references to [F50 the Northern Ireland Housing Executive]. U.K.

(2) Where, in pursuance of an order under section 22 of the Housing of the M5 Working Classes Act 1890, section 14 of the M6 Housing Act (Northern Ireland) 1961, [F52 Article 51 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] or section 25 of the M7 New Towns Act (Northern Ireland) 1965, that comes into operation on or after the appointed day, a public right of way over land is extinguished and, immediately before the day on which the order comes into operation, there is under, in, on, over, along or across the land a telegraphic line of the authority’s, the authority shall have the same powers in respect of the line as if the order had not come into operation; but, if a person entitled to land over which the right of way subsisted requires that the line should be altered, paragraphs (1) to (8) of the said section 7 shall apply to the alteration and accordingly shall have effect, subject to any necessary modifications, as if references therein to undertakers included references to the person by whom the alteration is required.

(3) In this paragraph F53 “telegraphic line” and “alteration” have the same meanings as in the M8 Telegraph Act 1878.

Textual Amendments

F50 Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973/256, art. 3, Sch. 2

F51 Words substituted by S.I. 1981/156 (N.I.3), Sch. 11 Pt. II

F52 Words inserted by S.I. 1981/156 (N.I.3), Sch. 11 Pt. II

F53 Words repealed by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973/256, art. 3, Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M3 S.I. 1981/156 (N.I.3).

M4 1878 c. 76.

M5 1890 c. 70.

M6 1961 c. 12 (N.I.)

M7 1965 c. 13 (N.I.)

M8 1878 c. 76.

60 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F54

Textual Amendments

F54 Sch. 4 para. 60 repealed by S.I. 1973/69 (N.I. 1), Sch. 10

61 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F55

Textual Amendments

F55 Sch. 4 paras. 58, 61 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

62—64. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F56

Textual Amendments

F56 Sch. 4 paras. 62–64 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

65 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F57

Textual Amendments

F57 Sch. 4 para. 65 repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66), Sch. 25

66 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F58

Textual Amendments

F58 Sch. 4 para. 66 repealed by Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 (c. 51, SIF 85), Sch. 4 Pt. I

[F59 67 U.K. As from the appointed day, section 7(1) of the M9 Payment of Wages Act 1960 (interpretation) shall have effect as if, for the definitions of “money order” and “postal order”, there were substituted the following definitions:—

““money order” means a money order issued by the Postmaster General or the Post Office and “postal order” means a postal order so issued”.]

Textual Amendments

F59 Sch. 4 para. 67 repealed (E.W.S.) by Wages Act 1986 (c. 48, SIF 43:2), s. 33(5), Sch. 5 Pt. III

Marginal Citations

M9 1960 c. 37.

68 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F60

Textual Amendments

F60 Sch. 4 paras. 68, 72 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

69 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F61

Textual Amendments

F61 Sch. 4 para. 69 repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66), Sch. 25

F62 70 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F62 Sch. 4 para. 70 repealed (12.11.2003) by The Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2908), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(3))

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C4 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 27, 30, 33, 54, 55, 56, 73, Sch. 5 para. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

71 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F63

Textual Amendments

F63 Sch. 4 para. 71 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), s. 292(2), Sch. 25

72 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F64

Textual Amendments

F64 Sch. 4 paras. 68, 72 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

73 U.K. As from the appointed day, the references to the Postmaster General in section 53 of the M10 Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (transmission of election addresses) shall be construed as referring to the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 27, 30, 33, 54, 55, 56, 73, Sch. 5 para. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M10 1962 c. 14 (N.I.).

74 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F65

Textual Amendments

F65 Sch. 4 para. 74 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

75 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F66

Textual Amendments

F66 Sch. 4 para. 75 repealed by S.I.1980/1085 (N.I. 11), Sch. 9

76 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F67

Textual Amendments

F67 Sch. 4 para. 76 repealed by Airports Authority Act 1975 (c. 78), Sch. 6

[F68 77 U.K. As from the appointed day, the reference in section 1(4) of the M11 Criminal Evidence Act 1965 to the Post Office shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.]

Textual Amendments

F68 Sch. 4 para. 77 repealed (E.W.) by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60, SIF 95), Sch. 7 Pt. III

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 77, 80 and 82 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M11 1965 c. 20

78 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F69

Textual Amendments

F69 Sch. 4 para. 78 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II and New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64), s. 81, Sch. 13

79 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F70

Textual Amendments

F70 Sch. 4 para. 79 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II

[F71 80 U.K. As from the appointed day, the Schedule to the M12 Building Control Act 1966 (which specifies bodies in the case of which work carried out by them is exempt from control under that Act) shall have effect as if, at the end thereof, there were added a reference to the authority.]

Textual Amendments

F71 Sch. 4 para. 80 repealed (E.W.) by Housing and Building Control Act 1984 (c. 29, SIF 61), Sch. 12 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 77, 80 and 82 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M12 1966 c. 27.

81 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F72

Textual Amendments

F72 Sch. 4 para. 81 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F73 82 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F73 Sch. 4 para. 82 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Gp. 2.

F74 83 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F74 Sch. 4 para. 83 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, arts. 1(3), 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))

F75 84 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F75 Sch. 4 para. 84 repealed (U.K. & Isle of Man)(19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV Group 2

85 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F76

Textual Amendments

F76 Sch. 4 paras. 85, 86 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

86 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F77

Textual Amendments

F77 Sch. 4 para. 86 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

87 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F78

Textual Amendments

F78 Sch. 4 para. 87 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

88 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F79

Textual Amendments

F79 Sch. 4 para. 88 repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34), Sch. 9 Pt. II

89 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F80

Textual Amendments

F80 Sch. 4 para. 89 repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

90 U.K. As from the appointed day, the authority shall be deemed to be a public utility undertaking for the purposes of section 1 of the M13 Local Government and Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

Marginal Citations

M13 1968 c. 30 (N.I.)

F81 91 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F81 Sch. 4 para. 91 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp. 1

F82 92 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F82 Sch. 4 para. 92 repealed (U.K.)(27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

93 (1) [F83 A universal service provider F84 ... in connection with the provision of a universal postal service F85 ...] shall be deemed to be [F86 a statutory undertaker] and [F87 his undertaking so far as relating to the provision of a universal postal service] a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely,— U.K.

(i)–(iv) F88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(v) the M14 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(vi) F89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vii) section 4 of the M15 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

[F90 (viii) the M16 Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948, as applied by any statutory provision passed or made before the commencement of the M17 Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1980]

(ix) F91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(x) the National Parks and Access to the M18 Countryside Act 1949;

F92 (xi) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xii) the M19 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(xiii) F93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F94 (xiv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xv ) (xvi)F95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xvii) section 11 of the M20 Land Compensation Act 1961;

(xviii) section 3(4) of the M21 Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

(xix) F96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xx) the M22 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xxi) section 18 of the M23 Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963;

(xxii) Schedules 3 F97 to the M24 Harbours Act 1964;

F98 (xxiii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxiv) section 10(4) of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965;

F99 (xxv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxvi) F100 . . .

(xxvii) sections 11(5)(f), 54(6) and 75(4) of, and Schedule 3 to, the M25 Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xxviii) the M26 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxix) F101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxx) section 22 of the M27 Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxxi )F102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxii )F103 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxiii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F104

F105 (xxxiv) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F106 (xxxv) Section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.]

F107 . . ..

(2) In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F109 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c) the M28 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(d )F110 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e )F111 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(f )F112 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g )F113 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(h ),(i)F114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j) the M29 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(k) Schedules 3 F97 to the M30 Harbours Act 1964;

(l )–(p)F115 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(q )F116 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(r )F117 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(s), (t)

F118 “the appropriate Minister” shall, in relation to [F119 a universal service provider F84 ...] , mean the Minister.

F120 (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4) In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c )F123 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) section 13 of the M31 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(e) the [F124 New Towns Act 1981]

F125 (f) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g) the M32 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(h)

F123 (i )F126 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F127

F128 (k) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

“operational land” shall, in relation to [F129 a universal service provider F84 ...] , mean land of [F130 his] of any such class as may be specified in regulations made jointly by the Minister and the Minister of Housing and Local Government by statutory instrument (which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament); and—

(i) the definition of a class of land for the purposes of regulations made under this sub-paragraph may be framed by reference to any circumstances whatsoever; and

(ii) if any question arises whether land of [F131 a universal service provider’s] falls within a class specified in regulations so made, it shall be determined by the Minister.

In the application of this sub-paragraph to Scotland, for the reference to the Minister of Housing and Local Government there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State.

[F132 (4A) In this paragraph “universal service provider” and “universal postal service” have the same meaning as in Part 3 of the Postal Services Act 2011.]

(5) This paragraph shall come into operation on the appointed day.

Textual Amendments

F83 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(1) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(3)(a) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F84 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93 omitted (1.10.2011) by virtue of Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 92(2); S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

F85 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(1) omitted (1.10.2011) by virtue of Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 92(3); S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

F86 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(1) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(3)(b) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F87 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(1) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(3)(c) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F88 Para 93(1)(i)(ii) repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I; para. 93(1)(iii) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II; para. 93(1)(iv) repealed (E.W.) by Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F89 Para. 93(1)(vi) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F90 Para. 93(1)(viii) substituted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 3 para. 51(11)

F91 Para. 93(1)(ix) repealed by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16), s. 109(3), Sch. 16

F92 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xi) repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F93 Para. 93(1)(xiii) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

F94 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xiv) repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F95 Para. 93(1)(xv) repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66), Sch. 25; para. 93(1)(xvi) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F96 Para. 93(1)(xix) repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F97 Words repealed by Transport Act 1981 (c. 56), Sch. 12 Pt. II

F98 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxiii) repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts.1(3), 4(11))

F99 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxv) repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F100 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxvi) repealed (U.K. & Isle of Man)(19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV Group 2

F101 Para. 93(1)(xxix) repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II

F102 Para. 93(1)(xxxi) repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F103 Para. 93(1)(xxxii) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F104 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxxiii) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F105 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxxiv) repealed (U.K.)(27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F106 Sch. 4 para. 93(1)(xxxv) added (E.W.S.) by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(1), Sch. 4 para. 3

F107 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(1) repealed (U.K.)(27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F108 Para. 93(2)(a) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F109 Para. 93(2)(b) (specifying Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) Act 1946) repealed by virtue of Acquisition of Land Act 1981 (c. 67), Sch. 6 Pt. I (expressed as repealing sub-para. (2)(iv) in para. 93)

F110 Para. 93(2)(d) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F111 Para. 93(2)(e) repealed by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16), s. 109(3), Sch. 16

F112 Para. 93(2)(f) repealed by S.I. 1976/1775, art. 6(2), Sch. 4

F113 Para. 93(2)(g) repealed by Highway Act 1971 (c. 41), s. 86(2), Sch. 12

F114 Para. 93(2)(h) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F115 Paras. 93(2)(l)–(p) repealed by S.I. 1976/1775, art. 6(2), Sch. 4

F116 Para. 93(2)(q) repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F117 Para. 93(2)(r) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F118 Para. 93(2)(s)(t) repealed by S.I. 1976/1775, art. 6(2), Sch. 4

F119 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(2) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(4) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F120 Sch. 4 para. 93(3) repealed (U.K. & Isle of Man)(19.11.1998) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV Group 2

F121 Para. 93(4)(a) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F122 Para. 93(4)(b) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F123 Para. 93(4)(c)(h) repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F124 Words substituted by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64), Sch. 12 para. 5

F125 Sch. 4 para. 93(4)(f) repealed (U.K. & Isle of Man) by 1998 c. 43, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IV Group 2

F126 Para. 93(4)(i) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F127 Sch. 4 para. 93(4)(j) repealed by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. I

F128 Sch. 4 para. 93(4)(k) repealed (U.K.)(27.5.1997) by 1997 c. 11, ss. 3, 6(2), Sch. 1 Pt. I (with s. 5, Sch. 3)

F129 WOrds in Sch. 4 para. 93(4) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(5)(a) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F130 Word in Sch. 4 para. 93(4) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(3)(b) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F131 Words in Sch. 4 para. 93(4) substituted (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 26(5)(c) (with arts. 1(3), 4(11))

F132 Sch. 4 para. 93(4A) inserted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 92(4); S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 Functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M14 1947 c. 42.

M15 1948 c. 17.

M16 1948 c. 28 (N.I.)

M17 S.I. 1980/1085. (N.I.11)

M18 1949 c. 97.

M19 1954 c. 56.

M20 1961 c. 33.

M21 1961 c. 41.

M22 1962 c. 58.

M23 1963 c. 51.

M24 1964 c. 40.

M25 1967 c. 86.

M26 1968 c. 16.

M27 1968 c. 47.

M28 1947 c. 42.

M29 1962 c. 58.

M30 1964 c. 40.

M31 1962 c. 58.

M32 1968 c. 16.

94 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F133

Textual Amendments

F133 Sch. 4 para. 94 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Part III U.K. Adaptations of local Enactments

95 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F134

Textual Amendments

F134 Sch. 4 paras. 95, 97, 99, 101, 102 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

96 (1) Nothing in— U.K.

(a) the London Building Acts 1930 to 1939 or byelaws thereunder; or

(b) a special enactment passed or made before the appointed day (including such an enactment relating to Scotland or Northern Ireland) for purposes similar to those of an enactment contained in Part V or VII of the M33 Highways Act 1959 (except sections 136 to 138);

shall affect any powers of the authority under the enactments relating to telegraphs or apply to any telegraphic lines placed or maintained by the Postmaster General or the authority by virtue of those enactments.

(2) In this paragraph, “special enactment” has the same meaning as in the M34 Highways Act 1959.

Marginal Citations

M33 1959 c. 25.

M34 1959 c. 25.

97 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F135

Textual Amendments

F135 Sch. 4 paras. 95, 97, 99, 101, 102 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

98 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F136

Textual Amendments

F136 Sch. 4 para. 98 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38, SIF 96), Sch. 6 Pt. II and expressed to be repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

99 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F137

Textual Amendments

F137 Sch. 4 paras. 95, 97, 99, 101, 102 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F138 100 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F138 Sch. 4 para. 100 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/648, art. 4(2), Sch. 2

101, 102. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F139

Textual Amendments

F139 Sch. 4 paras. 95, 97, 99, 101, 102 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

Part IV U.K. Adaptation of Orders in Council

F140 103 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F140 Sch. 4 para. 103 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, arts. 1(3), 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))

F141 104 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F141 Sch. 4 para. 104 repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, arts. 1(3), 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))