Post Office Act 1969

Sections 77, 88.

SCHEDULE 5 U.K. Repair of minor Deficiencies in certain Acts

1 (1) In any proceedings against a person in respect of an offence under section 45 of the M1 Telegraph Act 1863 F1 consisting in the improper divulging of the purport of a message or communication or an offence under section 20 of the M2 Telegraph Act 1868 it shall be a defence for him to prove that the act constituting the offence was done [F2 in obedience to a warrant issued by the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Interception of Communications Act 1985 or in pursuance of a requirement imposed by the Commissioner under section 8(3) of that Act].

(2) Subsection (2) of section 58 of the M3 Post Office Act 1953 (warrants in Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man) shall apply for the purposes of the foregoing sub-paragraph as it applies for the purposes of subsection (1) of that section.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F2 Words substituted by Interception of Communications Act 1985 (c. 56, SIF 96), s. 11(3)

Marginal Citations

M1 1863 c. 112.

M2 1868 c. 110.

M3 1953 c. 36.

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Textual Amendments

F3 Sch. 5 para. 2 repealed by S.I. 1969/1368, art. 9(b)

3 Section 63 of the Post Office Act 1953 shall have effect as if, in subsection (6) thereof, for the words “any stamp for denoting a current rate of postage of any country outside the British postal area” , there were substituted the words “any current stamp for denoting a rate of postage of any country outside the British postal area”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 The text of Sch. 4 paras. 27, 30, 33, 54, 55, 56, 73, Sch. 5 para. 3 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.