SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 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 II Adaptations of public general Enactments

Adaptations of Enactments relating to the Post

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Adaptations of Enactments relating to Telegraphs

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Adaptations of Enactments relating to the Supply of Electricity

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F911

As from the appointed day, references to a private generating station in section 11 of the M1Electricity (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.

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Adaptations of other Enactments

C114

As from the appointed day section 11 of the M2Juries Act 1862 F11. . .(summoning of jurors by post) shall F11. . .have effect as if, for the words from “under such regulations” to the words “the postmaster shall” there were substituted the words “the postmaster, upon receipt of the fee (if any) exigible for so doing, shall”.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F11

Words in Sch. 4 para. 14 repealed (31.7.1996) by S.I. 1996/1141, art. 32(3), Sch. 5; S.R. 1996/267, art. 2

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The text of Sch. 4 paras. 2(8)(10)(15)(22), 14 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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C230

As from the appointed day, section 2(2)(e) of the M3Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Act 1926 (execution of arrestment or charge by registered letter) shall have effect as if, for the words from “Postmaster” to “1908”, there were substituted the words “Post Office in pursuance of any provision contained in a scheme made under section 28 of the Post Office Act 1969”.

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The text of Sch. 4 paras. 27, 30, 33, 54, 55, 56, 73, Sch. 5 para. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

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C355

As from the appointed day, the reference to the Post Office in section 12(3)(b) of the M4Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (evidence by certificate) shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.

Annotations:
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.

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Where any work proposed to be done on or after the appointed day by F48the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in pursuance of a clearance or demolition order or a re-development scheme made by them under F49the M5Housing (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 M6Telegraph 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 F48the Northern Ireland Housing Executive.

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Where, in pursuance of an order under section 22 of the Housing of the M7Working Classes Act 1890, section 14 of the M8Housing Act (Northern Ireland) 1961, F50Article 51 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981 or section 25 of the M9New 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.

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In this paragraph F51“telegraphic line” and “alteration” have the same meanings as in the M10Telegraph Act 1878.

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As from the appointed day, section 7(1) of the M11Payment 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

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C470

As from the appointed day, Schedule 4 to the M12Public Health Act 1961 (which specifies, in relation to buildings of certain descriptions, the persons who are to be appropriate authorities for the purposes of the provisions of that Act relating to the attachment of street lights to buildings) shall have effect as if the following were added at the end thereof:—

A building owned by the Post Office

The Minister of Posts and Telecommunications

Annotations:
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.

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C573

As from the appointed day, the references to the Postmaster General in section 53 of the M13Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (transmission of election addresses) shall be construed as referring to the authority.

Annotations:
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.

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F65C677

As from the appointed day, the reference in section 1(4) of the M14Criminal Evidence Act 1965 to the Post Office shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.

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F68C780

As from the appointed day, the Schedule to the M15Building 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.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
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.

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As from the appointed day, the authority shall be deemed to be a public utility undertaking for the purposes of section 1 of the M16Local Government and Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

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F80A universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000) in connection with the provision of a universal postal service (within the meaning of the Act) shall be deemed to be F81a statutory undertaker and F82his undertaking so far as relating to the provision of a universal postal service a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely,—

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the M17Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

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section 4 of the M18Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

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the M19Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948, as applied by any statutory provision passed or made before the commencement of the M20Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1980

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the National Parks and Access to the M21Countryside Act 1949;

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the M22Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

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section 11 of the M23Land Compensation Act 1961;

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section 3(4) of the M24Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

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the M25Pipe-lines Act 1962;

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section 18 of the M26Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963;

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Schedules 3 F92 to the M27Harbours Act 1964;

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

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sections 11(5)(f), 54(6) and 75(4) of, and Schedule 3 to, the M28Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

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the M29New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

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section 22 of the M30Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

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Section 9 of the Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990.

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In the following enactments, namely,—

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b F104

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the M31Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

d F105

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the M32Pipe-lines Act 1962;

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Schedules 3 F92 to the M33Harbours Act 1964;

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F113“the appropriate Minister” shall, in relation to F114a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000), mean the Minister.

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In the following enactments, namely,—

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section 13 of the M34Pipe-lines Act 1962;

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the F119New Towns Act 1981

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the M35New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

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“operational land” shall, in relation to F124a universal service provider (within the meaning of the Postal Services Act 2000), mean land of F125his 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—

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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

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if any question arises whether land of F126a 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.

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This paragraph shall come into operation on the appointed day.

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