Post Office Act 1969

SCHEDULES

Sections 6, 43, 88.

SCHEDULE 1 U.K. Incidental Provisions with respect to the Post Office and the Members thereof

Status U.K.

1 U.K. The Post Office shall be a body corporate having perpetual succession and a common seal.

Members U.K.

2 (1) A member of the Post Office shall hold and vacate his office in accordance with the terms of his appointment and shall, on ceasing to be a member, be eligible for re-appointment. U.K.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

(3) A member may at any time by notice in writing to the Minister resign his office.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 paras. 2(2), 4(2) repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

3 (1) Before appointing a person to be a member of the Post Office the Minister shall satisfy himself that that person will have no such financial or other interest as is likely to affect prejudicially the exercise and performance by him of his functions as a member of the Post Office, and the Minister shall also satisfy himself from time to time with respect to every member of the Post Office that he has no such interest; and a person who is, or whom the Minister proposes to appoint to be, a member of the Post Office shall, whenever requested by the Minister so to do, furnish to him such information as the Minister considers necessary for the performance by the Minister of his duties under this paragraph. U.K.

(2) A member of the Post Office who is in any way directly or indirectly interested in a contract made or proposed to be made by the Post Office, or in a contract made or proposed to be made by a subsidiary of the Post Office which is brought up for consideration by the Post Office, shall disclose the nature of his interest at a meeting of the Post Office; and the disclosure shall be recorded in the minutes of the Post Office, and the member shall not take any part in any deliberation or decision of the Post Office with respect to that contract.

(3) For the purposes of the last foregoing sub-paragraph, a general notice given at a meeting of the Post Office by a member thereof to the effect that he is a member of a specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which may, after the date of the notice, be made with the company or firm, shall be regarded as a sufficient disclosure of his interest in relation to any contract so made or proposed to be so made.

(4) A member of the Post Office need not attend in person at a meeting of the Post Office in order to make a disclosure which he is required to make under this paragraph if he takes reasonable steps to secure that the disclosure is made by a notice which is brought up and read at the meeting.

4 (1) The Post Office— U.K.

(a) shall pay to the members thereof such salaries or fees, and such allowances, as the Minister may determine; and

(b) as regards any member in whose case the Minister may so determine, shall pay such pension, allowance or gratuity to or in respect of him or make such payments towards the provision of such a pension, allowance or gratuity as may be so determined;

and, if a person ceases to be a member of the Post Office and it appears to the Minister that there are special circumstances which make it right that that person should receive compensation, the Minister may require the Post Office to pay to that person a sum of such amount as the Minister may determine.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

(3) The approval of [F3 the Treasury] shall be requisite to a determination under this paragraph by the Minister and to the imposition thereunder by him of a requirement.

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 paras. 2(2), 4(2) repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F3 Words substituted by virtue of S.I. 1981/1670, arts. 2(1)(a), 3(5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Sch. 1 para. 4 modified (22.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1148, art. 18 (with art. 34)

5 (1) If the Minister is satisfied that a member of the Post Office— U.K.

(a) has been absent from meetings of the Post Office for a period longer than three consecutive months without the permission of the Post Office; or

(b) has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors; or

(c) is incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or

(d) is otherwise unable or unfit to discharge the functions of a member;

the Minister may declare his office as a member of the Post Office to be vacant, and shall notify the fact in such manner as the Minister thinks fit; and thereupon the office shall become vacant.

(2) In the application of this paragraph to Scotland, for the references in head (b) of sub-paragraph (1) to a member’s having become bankrupt and to a member’s having made an arrangement with his creditors there shall be substituted respectively references to sequestration of a member’s estate having been awarded and to a member’s having made a trust deed for behoof of his creditors or a composition contract.

6 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Textual Amendments

F4 Sch. 1 para. 6 repealed by House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 (c. 24), Sch. 3

Proceedings U.K.

7 U.K. The validity of any proceedings of the Post Office shall not be affected by a vacancy amongst the members thereof or by a defect in the appointment of a member.

8 U.K. The quorum of the Post Office shall be three; and, while a member is disqualified from taking part in a decision or deliberation of the Post Office with respect to a matter, he shall be disregarded for the purpose of constituting a quorum of the Post Office for deciding, or deliberating on, that matter.

9 U.K. Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, the Post Office shall have power to regulate its own procedure.

Staff U.K.

10 U.K. The Post Office shall appoint a secretary of the Post Office and may appoint such other officers and such servants as it may determine.

11 (1) Except so far as the Post Office is satisfied that adequate machinery exists for achieving the purposes of this paragraph, being machinery for operation at national level or local level or a level falling between those levels and appearing to the Post Office to be appropriate, it shall be the duty of the Post Office to seek consultation with any organisation appearing to it to be appropriate with a view to the conclusion between it and that organisation of such agreements as appear to the parties to be desirable with respect to the establishment and maintenance, for operation at any such level as aforesaid, of machinery for— U.K.

(a) the settlement by negotiation of terms and conditions of employment of persons employed by the Post Office, with provision for reference to arbitration in default of such settlement in such cases as may be determined by or under the agreements;

(b) the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting efficiency, in any respect, in the carrying on by the Post Office of its activities, including in particular, the promotion and encouragement of the training of persons employed by the Post Office; and

(c) the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting the safety, health and welfare of persons so employed.

(2)(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

(4) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as prohibiting the Post Office from taking part together with other employers or organisations of employers in the establishment and maintenance of machinery for the settlement of terms and conditions of employment and the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting efficiency in the carrying on of their activities and the promotion and encouragement of measures affecting the safety, health and welfare of persons employed by them.

(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

Textual Amendments

F5 Sch. 1 para. 11(2)(3)(5) repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

12 (1) Except with the Minister’s consent, the Post Office shall not terminate on security grounds the employment of a person employed by it. U.K.

(2) In this paragraph, “security grounds” means grounds which are grounds for dismissal from the civil service of Her Majesty in accordance with any arrangements for the time being in force relating to dismissals from that service for reasons of national security.

Fixing of Seal and Proof of Instruments U.K.

13 U.K. The fixing of the seal of the Post Office shall be authenticated by the signature of the secretary of the Post Office or of some other person authorised, either generally or specially, by the Post Office to act for that purpose.

14 U.K. A certificate signed by the secretary of the Post Office that an instrument purporting to be made or issued by or on behalf of the Post Office was so made or issued shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.

15 U.K. Every document purporting to be an instrument made or issued by or on behalf of the Post Office and to be duly executed under the seal of the Post Office, or to be signed or executed by the secretary of the Post Office or a person authorised by the Post Office to act in that behalf shall be received in evidence and deemed, without further proof, to be so made or issued unless the contrary is shown.

Sections 41, 88.

SCHEDULE 2 U.K. Classes of Assets to be held by the Post Office to match its Debts to its banking Customers

Part I U.K. Classes of Assets to be held to match a Proportion, determined under Section 41 of this Act, of Debts

1 Cash.

2 Money held on current account by other bankers on behalf of the Post Office in its capacity as the provider, in exercise of the power conferred on it by virtue of section 7(1)(b) of this Act, of a banking service.

3 Loans repayable either on demand or not later than the expiration of the period of fourteen days beginning with the day next following that on which notice is given to the borrower requiring repayment, being loans in the case of each of which the following condition is satisfied on each day on which it is outstanding, that is to say, that it is secured on one or more of the following, namely,—

(a) Treasury bills and bills of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland;

(b) accepted and transferable bills of exchange payable at a fixed period after date or sight expiring before the end of the fifth anniversary of that day;

(c) marketable fixed interest securities issued by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland or the Government of the Isle of Man, being securities redeemable (otherwise than at the option of the issuer thereof) before the end of that anniversary;

(d) marketable fixed interest securities in the case of which the payment of interest thereon is guaranteed by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland or the Government of the Isle of Man, being securities redeemable (otherwise than at the option of the issuer thereof) before the end of that anniversary.

4 Loans of either of the kinds mentioned in paragraph 9 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the M1 Trustee Investments Act 1961, being loans repayable as mentioned in the last foregoing paragraph.

Marginal Citations

M1 1961 c. 62.

5 Treasury bills payable not more than ninety-one days from date and bills of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland so payable.

6 Assets of such other class as may from time to time be designated for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule by the Post Office with the approval of the Treasury.

Part II U.K. Classes of Assets to be held to match the Residue of Debts

7 Cash.

8 Money held as mentioned in paragraph 2 above.

9 Loans of the class specified in paragraph 3 above.

10 Loans of the class specified in paragraph 4 above.

11 Treasury bills and bills of Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland.

12 Assets of a class for the time being designated under paragraph 6 above.

13 Marketable fixed interest securities issued by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland or the Government of the Isle of Man, being securities redeemable (otherwise than at the option of the issuer thereof) before the end of the fifth anniversary of the day on which the Post Office acquires them.

14 Marketable fixed interest securities in the case of which the payment of interest thereon is guaranteed by Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland or the Government of the Isle of Man, being securities redeemable (otherwise than at the option of the issuer thereof) before the end of the fifth anniversary of the day on which the Post Office acquires them.

15 Loans of either of the kinds mentioned in paragraph 9 of Part II of Schedule 1 to the M2 Trustee Investments Act 1961, being loans made on terms that they will, without any demands’ being made, or notices’ being given, by the persons entitled to repayment, be repaid before the end of the fifth anniversary of the day on which they are made.

Marginal Citations

M2 1961 c. 62.

16 Securities of the kind mentioned in the said paragraph 9, being securities redeemable (otherwise than at the option of the issuer thereof) before the end of the fifth anniversary of the day on which the Post Office acquires them.

17 Assets of such other class as may from time to time be designated for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule by the Post Office with the approval of the Treasury.

Section 56.

SCHEDULE 3 U.K. Modifications of Schedules 5 and 6 to the M3 Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 for the Purposes of Orders made under Section 56 of this Act

Marginal Citations

M3 1948 c. 28 (N.I.)

1 For any reference in Schedule 5 to the Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948 to an authority or a local authority or to the functions of a local authority as a road authority there shall be substituted a reference to the Post Office or to the functions of the Post Office as the case may require.

2 For any reference in Schedules 5 and 6 to the said Act of 1948 to the Ministry within the meaning of that Act there shall be substituted a reference to the Minister.

3 (1) Paragraph 2(2) of the said Schedule 5 shall be omitted.

(2) In paragraph 2(3)(c) of the said Schedule 5, after the word “served”, there shall be inserted the words “by post by means of the recorded delivery service”.

4 For any reference in the said Schedules to the said Act of 1948 there shall be substituted a reference to this Act.

5 (1) For the purposes of a vesting order in respect of an estate in land, being an estate less than a fee simple, the said Schedule 5 shall have effect with such modifications as may be necessary to enable such an estate to be acquired by means of the vesting order and to enable compensation in respect thereof to be duly paid or discharged and (without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provisions) shall have effect as if for the words in paragraph 5 of the said Schedule 5 from “A vesting order” to “under this Schedule” there were substituted the following words— “ A vesting order shall operate, without further assurance, to vest in the Post Office, as from the date on which the vesting order becomes operative (in this Schedule referred to as “the date of vesting”), all such estates in, to or over the land to which the order relates as are specified in the order, freed and discharged from all the estates of any other person whosoever therein except in so far as is otherwise expressly provided in the order, and the rights and claims of any such other person in respect of an estate so vested shall, as from the date of vesting be transferred and attached, to the extent to which compensation may be payable in accordance with this Schedule, to the funds of the Post Office (in this Schedule referred to as “the compensation fund”) and shall be discharged by payments made by the Post Office ”.

(2) In the said paragraph 5, for the words from “be the date” onwards there shall be substituted the words “be the date on which the vesting order becomes operative or the date of the lodgment of the vesting order with the registering authority under that Act, whichever is the later”.

6 In paragraph 10 of the said Schedule 5, for the words from “signed” to the end of head (b), there shall be substituted the words “signed by such person as may be designated for the purposes of this Schedule by the Post Office”.

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.

2 (1) With reference to any point of time after the beginning of the appointed day, any reference in the provisions of the M4 Post Office Act 1953 (hereafter in this paragraph referred to as the “principal Act”) specified in the following table to the Post Office (except in the expression “an officer of the Post Office”) shall be construed as referring to the authority, and any reference in those provisions to an officer of the Post Office shall be construed as referring to a person engaged in the business of the authority.

Table

Provision	Subject-matter
	F6 . . .
Section 16	Application of customs Acts to postal packets.
Section 22	Issuing money orders with fraudulent intent.
Section 24	Arrangements with other countries as to money orders.
Section 25	Outward bound ships.
Section 26	Inward bound ships and aircraft.
Section 27	Owners’ letters.
Section 28	Retention of postal packets after delivery of part thereof to Post Office.
Section 32	Penalty for opening of mail-bag by master or commander of ship or aircraft.
[F7 Section 33]	[F7 Power to require provision of regular mail-trains.]
[F7 Section 34]	[F7 Additional provisions as to regular mail-trains.]
[F7 Section 38]	[F7 Conveyance of mail-bags by railway otherwise than as part of regular mail-train services.]
[F7 Section 41]	[F7 Offences relating to conveyance of mails by railway.]
[F7 Section 42]	[F7 Conveyance of mail-bags on ships usedby railway undertakers.]
Section 45	Additional provisions as to conveyance of mail-bags by public service vehicles.
Section 53	Unlawfully taking away or opening mail-bags.
Section 55	Fraudulent retention of mail-bag or postal packet.
Section 57	Stealing, embezzlement, destruction, &c., by officer of the Post Office of postal packet.
Section 58	Opening or delaying of postal packets by officers of the Post Office.
Section 65	Obstruction and molestation of officers of the Post Office.
Section 76	Recovery of sums from officers of the Post Office.
Section 79	Surrender of clothing by officer of the Post Office on ceasing to be officer.
Section 90	Prosecution of offences in the Isle of Man.

(2) Section 8(3) of the principal Act (mode of dealing with packets posted in contravention of the Act or of regulations thereunder) shall, as from the appointed day, have effect as if, for the references to regulations made under the Act, there were substituted references to the provisions of a scheme made under section 28 of this Act and as if, for the reference to the Postmaster General, there were substituted a reference to the authority.

(3) As from the appointed day, section 11 of the principal Act (prohibition on sending by post certain articles) shall have effect as if,—

(a) in subsection (1)(a), for the reference to the Postmaster General, there were substituted a reference to the authority, and, for the reference to an officer of the Post Office, there were substituted a reference to a person engaged in the business of the authority; and

(b) in subsection (4), for the reference to detention in the Post Office, there were substituted a reference to detention by the authority and, for the reference to any regulations having effect by virtue of that section, there were substituted a reference to any provisions of a scheme made under section 28 of this Act.

(4) As from the appointed day, subsection (2) of section 16 of the principal Act (application of customs Acts to postal packets) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the Postmaster General, of a reference to the Minister; but the Minister shall not make a recommendation under that subsection to the Treasury except after consultation with the authority.

(5) Duties [F8 (whether of customs or excise) charged on imported goods] or other charges payable in respect of packets to which the said section 16 applies (whether payable to the authority or to any other postal administration) may be recovered by the authority in any court of competent jurisdiction as if they were simple contract debts, and, in any proceedings for the recovery of any charges so payable, a certificate of the authority of the amount thereof shall be evidence (and, in Scotland, sufficient evidence) of that fact.

In the application of this sub-paragraph to Scotland the words “as if they were simple contract debts” shall be omitted.

(6) As from the appointed day, section 17 of the principal Act (power to detain postal packets containing contraband) shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the Postmaster General, of a reference to the authority.

(7) As from the appointed day, section 19(1) and (2) of the principal Act (Post Office mark evidence of amount of postage, &c.) shall have effect as if references to the Post Office and the Postmaster General included references to the authority, and section 19(3) of that Act shall have effect as if, for the reference to a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Postmaster General, there were substituted a reference to a certificate of the authority.

(8) Section 21(3) of the principal Act (protection of bankers collecting postal orders) shall, as from the appointed day, have effect as if, after the words “Postmaster General”, there were inserted the words “or the authority established by section 6 of the Post Office Act 1969”.

(9) References in sections 22 and 23 of the principal Act (issuing money orders with fraudulent intent and forgery and stealing of money orders) to a money order shall, as from the appointed day, be construed as including references to a postal order.

(10) As from the appointed day, section 24 of the principal Act shall have effect as if, for the reference to the Postmaster General, there were substituted a reference to the authority, as if, for the words “money orders”, there were substituted the words “orders for the payment of money” and as if the words “and subject to any prescribed modifications”, the words “within the meaning of those sections” and the proviso were omitted.

[F9 (11) References in sections 50 and 51 of the principal Act (extension of postal facilities and accommodation) to the Postmaster General shall, as from the appointed day, be construed as referring to the authority.]

(12) With reference to any point of time after the beginning of the appointed day, the reference in section 56 of the principal Act (criminal diversion of letters from the addressee) to a person not in the employment of the Postmaster General shall be construed as referring to a person not engaged in the business of the authority.

(13) With reference to any point of time after the beginning of the appointed day, the reference in section 61 of the principal Act (prohibition of affixing placards, notices, &c., on post office letter boxes, &c.) to the Postmaster General shall be construed as referring to the authority.

(14) References in section 62 of the principal Act (prohibition of imitation of post office stamps, envelopes, forms and marks) and section 64 of that Act (prohibition of false notices as to reception of letters, &c.) to the Postmaster General shall, as from the appointed day, be construed as referring to the authority.

(15) As from the appointed day, section 63 of the principal Act (prohibition of fictitious postage stamps) shall have effect as if, in subsection (1), for the words from the beginning to “prescribed”, there were substituted the words “Except for such purposes as may be approved by the Post Office in writing and in accordance with such (if any) conditions as may be attached to the approval, a person shall not”.

(16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F10

(17) As from the appointed day, section 72(1) of the principal Act (evidence of thing being a postal packet) shall have effect as if, for the reference to an article’s having been accepted on behalf of the Postmaster General for transmission by post, there were substituted a reference to its having been accepted on behalf of him or the authority for transmission by post.

(18) As from the appointed day, section 72(3) of the principal Act (application in certain proceedings of section 27(4) of the M5 Theft Act 1968, and evidence of employment of a vessel, vehicle or aircraft by or under the Post Office for the transmission of postal packets under contract) shall have effect as if, for the reference to a vessel, vehicle or aircraft having been at any time employed by or under the Post Office, there were substituted a reference to its having been at any time employed by or under the Post Office or the authority.

(19) As from the appointed day section 78(1) of the principal Act (provisions as to post office letter boxes) shall have effect as if, for the reference to the Postmaster General, there were substituted a reference to the authority; and section 78(2) of that Act shall have effect as if the reference to a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Postmaster General included a reference to a certificate of the authority and, for the reference to the permission or authority of the Postmaster General, there were substituted a reference to the permission or authority of the Postmaster General or the authority.

(20) The reference in section 79(1) of the principal Act to the Postmaster General shall, as from the appointed day, be construed as referring to the authority.

(21) As from the appointed day, the definition of “parcel” in section 87(1) of the principal Act (interpretation) shall have effect as if, for the reference to regulations, there were substituted a reference to the provisions of a scheme made under section 28 of this Act.

(22) As from the appointed day, the definition of “post office letter box” in section 87(1) of the principal Act shall have effect as if, after the words “the Postmaster General”, in both places where they occur, there were inserted the words “or the authority established by section 6 of the Post Office Act 1969”.

(23) As from the appointed day, the reference, in the definition of “the purposes of the Post Office” in section 87(1) of the principal Act, to the execution of any duties for the time being undertaken by the Postmaster General or any of his officers shall be construed as including a reference to the exercise or performance of any powers or duties conferred or imposed by, or by virtue of, this Act on the authority; and any provision to which that definition is relevant (whether contained in the principal Act or any other Act) shall be construed accordingly.

(24) As from the appointed day, the reference in section 87(2)(b) of the principal Act (delivery of postal packet to an officer of the Post Office to be delivery to a post office) to delivery to an officer of the Post Office shall be construed as a reference to delivery to an officer of the Post Office or to a person engaged in the business of the authority.

(25) As from the appointed day, “postage”, in the principal Act, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, mean postage chargeable by the authority.

Textual Amendments

F6 Entry repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38, SIF 96), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F7 Entries in Sch. 4 para. 2(1) repealed (1.4.1994) by 1993 c. 43, ss. 152(3), Sch. 14; S.I. 1994/571, art. 5

F8 Words substituted by Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2), Sch. 4 para. 12 Table Pt. I

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

F10 Sch. 4 para. 2(16) repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 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.

Marginal Citations

M4 1953 c. 36.

M5 1968 c. 60.

3 As from the appointed day, section 1 of the M6 Recorded Delivery Service Act 1962 shall have effect as if the reference in subsection (6) thereof (which provides that that section is not to be construed as authorising the sending by that service of anything which, under the M7 Post Office Act 1953 or any instrument thereunder, is not allowed to be so sent) to any instrument under the Post Office Act 1953 included a reference to a scheme under section 28 of this Act, and section 1 of the M8 Recorded Delivery Service Act (Northern Ireland) 1963 shall have effect as if the reference in subsection (5) thereof to such an instrument included a reference to such a scheme.

Marginal Citations

M6 1962 c. 27.

M7 1953 c. 36.

M8 1963 c. 5 (N.I.)

Adaptations of Enactments relating to Telegraphs U.K.

4 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F11

Textual Amendments

F11 Sch. 4 para. 4 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. I

5, 6. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F12

Textual Amendments

F12 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F13

Textual Amendments

F13 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F14

Textual Amendments

F14 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F15

Textual Amendments

F15 Sch. 4 paras. 7, 9 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

10 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F16

Textual Amendments

F16 Sch. 4 paras. 5, 6, 8, 10, 16–19 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

[F17 11 U.K. As from the appointed day, references to a private generating station in section 11 of the M9 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

F17 Sch. 4 para. 11 repealed (E.W.S.) by Energy Act 1983 (c. 25, SIF 44:1), Sch. 4 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M9 1919 c. 100.

12, 13 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F18

Textual Amendments

F18 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.

14 U.K. As from the appointed day section 11 of the M10 Juries Act 1862 F19 . . .(summoning of jurors by post) shall F19 . . .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”.

Textual Amendments

F19 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)

C3 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.

Marginal Citations

M10 1862 c. 107.

15 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F20

Textual Amendments

F20 Sch. 4 para. 15 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

16—19. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F21

Textual Amendments

F21 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F22

Textual Amendments

F22 Sch. 4 para. 20 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

21 (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F23 , as from the appointed day, any. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F24 office belonging to, or occupied by, the authority shall be a prohibited place for the purposes of that Act.

(2) Section 5 of the M11 Official Secrets Act 1920 shall not apply to the authority; and, as from the appointed day, the reference in subsection (6) of that section to the Postmaster General shall be construed as referring to the authority.

Textual Amendments

F23 Words repealed by Official Secrets Act 1989 (c. 6, SIF 39:2), s. 16(4), Sch. 2

F24 Words repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II

Marginal Citations

M11 1920 c. 75.

22 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F25

Textual Amendments

F25 Sch. 4 para. 22 repealed (S.) by Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 66, SIF 11:2), s. 75(2), Sch. 8

23 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F26

Textual Amendments

F26 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F27

Textual Amendments

F27 Sch. 4 para. 24 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

25 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F28

Textual Amendments

F28 Sch. 4 para. 25 repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 6 Pt. II

26 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F29

Textual Amendments

F29 Sch. 4 paras. 26, 28, 29 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

27 The reference to the Postmaster General in section 79(3) of the M12 Land Registration Act 1925 (return to the Chief Land Registrar of letters marked outside “Her Majesty’s Land Registry” and addressed to persons who cannot be found) shall, as from the appointed day, be construed as referring to the authority.

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.

Marginal Citations

M12 1925 c. 21.

28, 29. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F30

Textual Amendments

F30 Sch. 4 paras. 26, 28, 29 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

30 U.K. As from the appointed day, section 2(2)(e) of the M13 Execution 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”.

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

M13 1926 c. 16.

31 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F31

Textual Amendments

F31 Sch. 4 para. 31 repealed by Consumer Credit Act 1974 (c. 39, SIF 60), s. 192, Sch. 5 Pt. I

32 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F32

Textual Amendments

F32 Sch. 4 para. 32 repealed by Land Drainage Act 1976 (c. 70), Sch. 8

33 (1) As from the appointed day, references to the Postmaster General in subsections (1) and (2) of section 2 of the M14 Motor Vehicles and Road Traffic Act (Northern Ireland) 1930 (conveyance of mails by public service vehicles) shall be construed as referring to the authority.

(2) As from the appointed day, references to an officer of the Post Office in the said subsection (1) shall be construed as referring to a person engaged in the business of the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 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

M14 1930 c. 24(N.I.).

34 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F33

Textual Amendments

F33 Sch. 4 para. 34repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

35 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F34

Textual Amendments

F34 Sch. 4 para. 35 repealed by Solicitors (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 and S.I. 1976/582 (N.I. 12), Sch. 3

36 (1) As from the appointed day, the authority shall be deemed to be public utility undertakers and its undertaking a public utility undertaking for the purposes of the provisions of the M15 Civil Defence Act 1939, F35

(2) As from the appointed day, in the M16 said Act of 1939 the expression “the appropriate department” shall, in relation to the authority, mean the Minister.

Textual Amendments

F35 Words repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1976 (c. 16), Sch. 1 Pt. V

Marginal Citations

M15 1939 c. 31.

M16 1939 c. 31.

37 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F36

Textual Amendments

F36 Sch. 4 para. 37 repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 23

38 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F37

Textual Amendments

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

39, 40. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F38

Textual Amendments

F38 Sch. 4 paras. 34, 39, 40, 43 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

41 As from the appointed day, references to Post Office business in proviso (ii) to section 19 (Sunday employment) and in section 33 (application to Post Office business) of the M17 Shops Act (Northern Ireland) 1946 shall be construed as referring to business of any of the kinds that the authority carry on.

Marginal Citations

M17 1946 c. 7 (N.I.)

42 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F39

Textual Amendments

F39 Sch. 4 para. 42 repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 23

43 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F40

Textual Amendments

F40 Sch. 4 paras. 34, 39, 40, 43repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

44 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F41

Textual Amendments

F41 Sch. 4 para. 44 repealed by S.I. 1980/1085 (N.I. 11), Sch. 9

45 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F42

Textual Amendments

F42 Sch. 4 paras. 38, 45repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

46 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F43

Textual Amendments

F43 Sch. 4 para. 46 repealed by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16), s. 109(3), Sch. 16

47 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F44

Textual Amendments

F44 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F45

Textual Amendments

F45 Sch. 4 para. 48 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

49 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F46

Textual Amendments

F46 Sch. 4 para. 49 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986 (c. 12), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. VII

50 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F47

Textual Amendments

F47 Sch. 4 para. 50 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

F48 51 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F48 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F49

Textual Amendments

F49 Sch. 4 para. 52 repealed by Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 and S.I. 1973/69 (N.I. 1), Sch. 10

53 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F50

Textual Amendments

F50 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

54 As from the appointed day, references in section 6 of the M18 Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953 (supplementary provisions as to omnibus shelters, &c.) to the Postmaster General shall be construed as referring to the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7 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

M18 1953 c. 26.

55 U.K. As from the appointed day, the reference to the Post Office in section 12(3)(b) of the M19 Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1953 (evidence by certificate) shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C8 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

M19 1953 c. 14 (N.I.).

F51 56 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F51 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F52

Textual Amendments

F52 Sch. 4 para. 57 repealed by Solicitors (Amendment) Act 1974 (c. 26), Sch. 3 Pt. II

58 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F53

Textual Amendments

F53 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 [F54 the Northern Ireland Housing Executive] in pursuance of a clearance or demolition order or a re-development scheme made by them under [F55 the M20 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 M21 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 [F54 the Northern Ireland Housing Executive]. U.K.

(2) Where, in pursuance of an order under section 22 of the Housing of the M22 Working Classes Act 1890, section 14 of the M23 Housing Act (Northern Ireland) 1961, [F56 Article 51 of the Housing (Northern Ireland) Order 1981] or section 25 of the M24 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 F57 “telegraphic line” and “alteration” have the same meanings as in the M25 Telegraph Act 1878.

Textual Amendments

F54 Words substituted by virtue of S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973/256, art. 3, Sch. 2

F55 Words substituted by S.I. 1981/156 (N.I.3), Sch. 11 Pt. II

F56 Words inserted by S.I. 1981/156 (N.I.3), Sch. 11 Pt. II

F57 Words repealed by S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973/256, art. 3, Sch. 2

Marginal Citations

M20 S.I. 1981/156 (N.I.3).

M21 1878 c. 76.

M22 1890 c. 70.

M23 1961 c. 12 (N.I.)

M24 1965 c. 13 (N.I.)

M25 1878 c. 76.

60 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F58

Textual Amendments

F58 Sch. 4 para. 60 repealed by S.I. 1973/69 (N.I. 1), Sch. 10

61 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F59

Textual Amendments

F59 Sch. 4 paras. 58, 61 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

62—64. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F60

Textual Amendments

F60 Sch. 4 paras. 62–64 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

65 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F61

Textual Amendments

F61 Sch. 4 para. 65 repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66), Sch. 25

66 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F62

Textual Amendments

F62 Sch. 4 para. 66 repealed by Mental Health (Amendment) Act 1982 (c. 51, SIF 85), Sch. 4 Pt. I

[F63 67 U.K. As from the appointed day, section 7(1) of the M26 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

F63 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

M26 1960 c. 37.

68 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

69 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F65

Textual Amendments

F65 Sch. 4 para. 69 repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66), Sch. 25

70 U.K. As from the appointed day, Schedule 4 to the M27 Public 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”.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9 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

M27 1961 c. 64.

71 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F66

Textual Amendments

F66 Sch. 4 para. 71 repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), s. 292(2), Sch. 25

72 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F67

Textual Amendments

F67 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 M28 Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (transmission of election addresses) shall be construed as referring to the authority.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C10 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

M28 1962 c. 14 (N.I.).

74 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F68

Textual Amendments

F68 Sch. 4 para. 74 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

75 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F69

Textual Amendments

F69 Sch. 4 para. 75 repealed by S.I.1980/1085 (N.I. 11), Sch. 9

76 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F70

Textual Amendments

F70 Sch. 4 para. 76 repealed by Airports Authority Act 1975 (c. 78), Sch. 6

[F71 77 U.K. As from the appointed day, the reference in section 1(4) of the M29 Criminal Evidence Act 1965 to the Post Office shall be construed as including a reference to the authority.]

Textual Amendments

F71 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)

C11 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

M29 1965 c. 20

78 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F72

Textual Amendments

F72 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F73

Textual Amendments

F73 Sch. 4 para. 79 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II

[F74 80 U.K. As from the appointed day, the Schedule to the M30 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

F74 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)

C12 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

M30 1966 c. 27.

81 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F75

Textual Amendments

F75 Sch. 4 para. 81 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F76 82 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F76 Sch. 4 para. 82 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. IX Gp. 2.

83 (1), (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F77

(3) In the proviso to section [F78 [F79 33(4) of the M31 Housing (Scotland) Act 1974]][F79 paragraph 9(4) of Schedule 8 to the Housing (Scotland) Act 1987], the expression “apparatus” shall, in relation to the authority, be construed generally and shall not be limited by the definition thereof in section 208(1) of [F80 the M32 Housing (Scotland) Act 1966]

(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F81

Textual Amendments

F77 Sch. 4 para. 83(1)(2) repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F78 Words substituted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1974 (c. 45), Sch. 3 para. 33(c)

F79 Words commencing “paragraph 9(4)” substituted (S.) for words commencing “33(4)” by Housing (Scotland) Act 1987 (c. 26, SIF 61), s. 339, Sch. 23 para. 15(c)

F80 Words substituted by Housing (Scotland) Act 1969 (c. 34), Sch. 6 para. 48(c)

F81 Sch. 4 para. 83(4) repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M31 1974 c. 45.

M32 1966 c. 49.

84 As from the appointed day, paragraph 45(e) of Schedule 4 to the M33 Land Commission Act 1967 shall have effect as if the reference to expenditure which has been or is to be met directly or indirectly by a government department did not include expenditure incurred by the Postmaster General in relation to land in the case of which an interest therein vests in the Post Office by virtue of section 16 of this Act.

Marginal Citations

M33 1967 c. 1.

85 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F82

Textual Amendments

F82 Sch. 4 paras. 85, 86 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

86 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F83

Textual Amendments

F83 Sch. 4 para. 86 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

87 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F84

Textual Amendments

F84 Sch. 4 para. 87 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

88 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F85

Textual Amendments

F85 Sch. 4 para. 88 repealed by Transport Act 1980 (c. 34), Sch. 9 Pt. II

89 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F86

Textual Amendments

F86 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 M34 Local Government and Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.

Marginal Citations

M34 1968 c. 30 (N.I.)

F87 91 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F87 Sch. 4 para. 91 repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XV Gp. 1

92 (1) As from the appointed day, [F88 section 212(1) of the M35 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972] shall, in relation to the authority, have effect with the substitution, for the reference to [F88 section 211 of that Act], of a reference to paragraph 93(4) below.

(2) [F88 The said section 212] shall not apply to land in the case of which an interest therein of the Postmaster General vests in the authority by virtue of section 16 of this Act.

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F89

Textual Amendments

F88 Words substituted by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F89 Sch. 4 para. 92(3) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), s. 277(2), Sch. 23

Marginal Citations

M35 1972 c. 52.

93 (1) The authority shall be deemed to be statutory undertakers and its undertaking a statutory undertaking for the purposes of the following enactments, namely,—

(i)–(iv) F90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(v) the M36 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

(vi) F91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(vii) section 4 of the M37 Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948;

[F92 (viii) the M38 Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948, as applied by any statutory provision passed or made before the commencement of the M39 Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1980]

(ix) F93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(x) the National Parks and Access to the M40 Countryside Act 1949;

(xi) the M41 Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection of Civil Interests) Act 1951;

(xii) the M42 Landlord and Tenant Act 1954;

(xiii) F94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xiv) section 39(6)(b) of the M43 Opencast Coal Act 1958;

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

(xvii) section 11 of the M44 Land Compensation Act 1961;

(xviii) section 3(4) of the M45 Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961;

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

(xx) the M46 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(xxi) section 18 of the M47 Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1963;

(xxii) Schedules 3 F97 to the M48 Harbours Act 1964;

(xxiii) Schedule 6 to the M49 Gas Act 1965;

[F98 (xxiv) section 10(4) of the Highlands and Islands Development (Scotland) Act 1965;]

(xxv) the [F99 New Towns Act 1981]

(xxvi) sections 14(2), 15(2), 35(3), 58 and 89(6) of the M50 Land Commission Act 1967;

(xxvii) sections 11(5)(f), 54(6) and 75(4) of, and Schedule 3 to, the M51 Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967;

(xxviii) the M52 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxix) F100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxx) section 22 of the M53 Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(xxxi )F101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxii )F102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(xxxiii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F103

[F104 (xxxiv) sections 19, 37, 45, 46, 108(2), 117, 118, 119, 138, 154(3), 170, 171, 172, 175, 181, 195(6), 199(2), 202(3), 205, [F105 205A] 212, 214 to 230, 233(7), 242 and 266(6)(b) of, and Schedules 8 and 9, paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 17, and Schedule 18 to, the M54 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972]

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

[F107 Subject to this exception, namely, that in relation to Scotland it shall not be so deemed for the purposes of section 271 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, as applied by section 13 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958].

(2) In the following enactments, namely,—

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

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

(c) the M55 Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947;

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

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

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

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

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

(j) the M56 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(k) Schedules 3 F97 to the M57 Harbours Act 1964;

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

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

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

(s), (t)

F118 “the appropriate Minister” shall, in relation to the authority, mean the Minister.

(3) The M58 Land Commission Act 1967 shall have effect as if, in subsection (3) of section 58 thereof in its application to the authority, for the words from “the Minister who” to the end of the subsection, and in subsection (6) of section 89 thereof, in its application to the authority, for the words from “the appropriate Minister” to the end of the subsection, there were substituted the words “the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications”.

(4) In the following enactments, namely,—

(a )F119 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b )F120 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c )F121 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) section 13 of the M59 Pipe-lines Act 1962;

(e) the [F99 New Towns Act 1981]

(f) section 58 of the M60 Land Commission Act 1967;

(g) the M61 New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968;

(h)

F121 (i )F122 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(j) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F123

[F124 (k) sections 138 (3), 154(3) and 214 to 230 of, a F122 nd Schedule 8 to, the M62 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972];

“operational land” shall, in relation to the authority, mean land of its 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—act checked this far

(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 the authority’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.

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

Textual Amendments

F90 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

F91 Para. 93(1)(vi) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F92 Para. 93(1)(viii) substituted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 3 para. 51(11)

F93 Para. 93(1)(ix) repealed by Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16), s. 109(3), Sch. 16

F94 Para. 93(1)(xiii) repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 (c. 18), Sch. 1 Pt. XIX

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)(xxiv) repealed (E.W.S.) by Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 (c. 35, SIF 64), s. 38(2), Sch. 5 Pt. III

F99 Words substituted by New Towns Act 1981 (c. 64), Sch. 12 para. 5

F100 Para. 93(1)(xxix) repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II

F101 Para. 93(1)(xxxi) repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F102 Para. 93(1)(xxxii) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F103 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

F104 Para. 93(1)(xxxiv) inserted by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F105 Words inserted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981 (c. 23), Sch. 3 para. 13

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 substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(2)

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

F120 Para. 93(4)(b) repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F121 Para. 93(4)(c)(h) repealed by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

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

F123 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

F124 Para. 93(4)(k) inserted by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13 Functions of Minister of Housing and Local Government now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1970/1681, art. 2

Marginal Citations

M36 1947 c. 42.

M37 1948 c. 17.

M38 1948 c. 28 (N.I.)

M39 S.I. 1980/1085. (N.I.11)

M40 1949 c. 97.

M41 1951 c. 65.

M42 1954 c. 56.

M43 1958 c. 69.

M44 1961 c. 33.

M45 1961 c. 41.

M46 1962 c. 58.

M47 1963 c. 51.

M48 1964 c. 40.

M49 1965 c. 36.

M50 1967 c. 1.

M51 1967 c. 86.

M52 1968 c. 16.

M53 1968 c. 47.

M54 1972 c. 52.

M55 1947 c. 42.

M56 1962 c. 58.

M57 1964 c. 40.

M58 1967 c. 1.

M59 1962 c. 58.

M60 1967 c. 1.

M61 1968 c. 16.

M62 1972 c. 52.

94 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F125

Textual Amendments

F125 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F126

Textual Amendments

F126 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 M63 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 M64 Highways Act 1959.

Marginal Citations

M63 1959 c. 25.

M64 1959 c. 25.

97 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F127

Textual Amendments

F127 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F128

Textual Amendments

F128 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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F129

Textual Amendments

F129 Sch. 4 paras. 95, 97, 99, 101, 102 repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

100 A benefit conferred on the Postmaster General by a provision of a local Act passed in the same session as this Act or a previous session or of an order confirmed by an Act so passed consisting in securing that a power conferred by the Act or order to acquire land compulsorily, to secure compulsorily the creation of an easement or other right over land or to execute works on, under or over land shall not, except with his consent or agreement, be exercisable in relation to land specified or described in that provision shall, as from the appointed day, enure for the benefit of the authority.

101, 102. U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F130

Textual Amendments

F130 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

103 As from the appointed day, references in the M65 Parliamentary Writs Order 1944 (which lays down rules for the conveyance through the post of writs for parliamentary elections for constituencies in Great Britain) to the Postmaster General shall be construed as referring to the authority.

Marginal Citations

M65 S.R. & O. 1944/344.

104 As from the appointed day, Article 7 of the M66 Visiting Forces and International Headquarters (Application of Law) Order 1965 (which empowers the making, by agreement, of exceptions from, inter alia, the exclusive privileges of the Postmaster General with respect to posts and telegraphs) shall have effect as if, in paragraph (a), for the reference to the Postmaster General, there were substituted a reference to the authority and as if, for paragraph (b), there were substituted the following paragraph:—

“(b) the transmission of matter within the United Kingdom by the service authorities of that force or by that headquarters shall not constitute an infringement of the privilege conferred by section 24(1) of the Post Office Act 1969, and the prohibition imposed by section 89 of that Act shall not extend to any such transmission”

Marginal Citations

M66 S.I. 1965/1536.

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 M67 Telegraph Act 1863 F131 consisting in the improper divulging of the purport of a message or communication or an offence under section 20 of the M68 Telegraph Act 1868 it shall be a defence for him to prove that the act constituting the offence was done [F132 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 M69 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

F131 Words repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I

F132 Words substituted by Interception of Communications Act 1985 (c. 56, SIF 96), s. 11(3)

Marginal Citations

M67 1863 c. 112.

M68 1868 c. 110.

M69 1953 c. 36.

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

2

Textual Amendments

F133 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)

C14 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.

Sections 94, 114

SCHEDULE 6 U.K. Amendments of Acts consequential on Section 94 of this Act

Parts I and II U.K.

Part III U.K. Amendments of other enactments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C15 The text of Sch. 6 Pt. III 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.

Enactments of the Parliament of the United Kingdom U.K.

Enactment amended and Subject-matter thereof	Amendment
F134 F134 Section 2 of the M70 Consolidated Fund (Permanent Charges Redemption) Act 1883 (power of Treasury to borrow from the National Debt Commissioners, out of the funds in their hands on account of trustee or post office savings banks, capital sums necessary for carrying into effect contracts made in pursuance of the M71 Consolidated Fund (Permanent Charges Redemption) Act 1873).	In subsection (1), for the words “Trustee or Post Office Savings Banks” there shall be substituted the words “trustee savings banks and the National Savings Bank”.
Section 10 of the M72 Savings Banks Act 1887 (issue, for specially low fee, of certificate of birth, marriage or death for purposes of Acts relating to savings banks and government annuities).	For the words “Post Office Savings Banks” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Bank”.
F135 F135 Section 44 of the M73 Friendly Societies Act 1896 (investment of funds).	In subsection (1)(a), for the words “the Post Office Savings Bank” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Bank”.
Rule 172 in Schedule 1 to the M74 Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (disposal of money payable to persons under legal disability).	In paragraph (f), in sub-paragraph (1), for the words “the Post Office Savings Bank” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Bank”, and, in sub-paragraph (4), for the words “the Post Office Savings Bank” there shall be substituted the words “the Director of Savings”.
F136 F136 Section 47A of the M75 Administration of Estates Act 1925 (right of surviving spouse to have own life interest redeemed).	In subsection (2), in rule 2, for the words “the purchase of an immediate life annuity from the National Debt Commissioners through the Post Office Savings Bank”, there shall be substituted the words “the purchase, under the M76 Government Annuities Act 1929, of an immediate savings bank annuity”.
[F137 Section 27 of the M77 Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (attachment of moneys payable by the Crown).]	[F137 In subsection (1), in the proviso, in paragraph (c), for the words “the Post Office Savings Bank” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Bank”.]
Section 46 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (provisions as to arrestment).	In the proviso, in paragraph (c), for the words “the Post Office Savings Bank” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Bank”.
[F137 F138 F138 F138 F138 F138 F138 F139 F139 Section 38 of the M78 Administration of Justice Act 1956 (attachment of debts).]	[F137 In subsection (2), for the words “the Post Office Savings Bank” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Bank”.]
[F137 F140 F140 F139 F139 Section 143 of the M79 County Courts Act 1959 (attachment of debts).]	[F137 In subsection (2), for the words “the Post Office Savings Bank” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Bank”.]
Section 17 of the M80 Trustee Investments Act 1961 (extension to the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands of so much of section 16 as relates to the Post Office Savings Bank and to trustee savings banks).	In subsection (3), for the words “the Post Office Savings Bank” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Bank”.
Part I of Schedule 1 to the Trustee Investments Act 1961 (narrower-range invesments not requiring advice).	In paragraph 2, for the words “the Post Office Savings Bank” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Bank”.F140 F140

Textual Amendments

F134 Sch. 6 Pt. III: provision repealed by Banking Act 1979 (c. 37, SIF 10), Sch. 7

F135 Entry repealed by Merchant Shipping Act 1970 (c. 36), s. 100(3), Sch. 5

F136 Entry repealed by Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), s. 41(1), Sch. 6 pt. II

F137 Sch. 6 Pt. III: entries repealed (E.W.) by Supreme Court Act 1981 (c. 54, SIF 37), Sch. 7

F138 Entry repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) 1973 (c. 39)

F139 Entry repealed by Insurance Companies Amendment Act 1973 (c. 58), ss. 54(3), 56, Sch. 2, Sch. 3 para. 40, Sch. 5

F140 Entry repealed by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c. 10), ss. 538(1), 539(1), Sch. 16

Marginal Citations

M70 1883 c. 1.

M71 1873 c. 57.

M72 1887 c. 40

M73 1896 c. 25.

M74 1907 c. 51.

M75 1925 c. 23.

M76 1929 c. 29.

M77 1947 c. 44.

M78 1956 c. 46.

M79 1959 c. 22

M80 1961 c. 62.

Enactments of the Parliament of Northern Ireland U.K.

Section 25 of the M81 Betting and Lotteries Act (Northern Ireland) 1957 (offences in connection with lotteries).	In subsection (4)(c), for the words “the Post Office Savings Bank” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Bank”.
Section 98 of the M82 County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (investment of funds in court).	In subsection (2)(c), for the words “a Post Office Savings Bank” there shall be substituted the words “the National Savings Bank”.F141 F141

Textual Amendments

F141 Entry repealed by Insurance Companies Amendment Act 1973 (c. 58), ss. 54(3), 56, Sch. 2, Sch. 3 para. 40, Sch. 5

Marginal Citations

M81 1957 c. 19 (N.I.).

M82 1959 c. 25 (N.I.).

F142 SCHEDULE 7F142 U.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F142 Sch. 7 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Section 137.

SCHEDULE 8 U.K. Obsolete, &c., Enactments ceasing to have Effect

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C16 The text of Sch. 8 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.

Part I U.K. Enactments ceasing to have Effect on the Passing of this Act

Enactment of the Parliament of England U.K.

Chapter	Short Title	Extent to which Enactment is to cease to have Effect
1 Anne c. 1.	The Crown Lands Act 1702.	In section 7, the words “in the said general letter office or post office and” and the words “the said general letter office or post office and” (where last occurring).

Enactments of the Parliament of the United Kingdom U.K.

Chapter	Title or Short Title	Extent to which Enactment is to cease to have Effect
52 Geo. 3. c. 146.	The Parochial Registers Act 1812.	In section 11, the words from “and all such letters” onwards.
1 Will. 4. c. 27.	An Act for enabling His Majesty’s Postmaster General to sell the premises lately used as the Post Office in Lombard Street, Abchurch Lane, and Sherborne Lane, in the City of London.	The whole Act.
5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 62.	The Statutory Declarations Act 1835.	In section 2, the words “the post office”.
		In section 5, the words “or post office”.
7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. 83.	The Parliamentary Documents Deposit Act 1837.	In the preamble, the words from “and the postmaster” to “Ireland” and the word “postmasters”.
		In section 1, the word “postmasters”.
		In section 2, the words “and postmasters” and the words “or postmaster”.
		In section 3, the word “postmaster” (in both places where it occurs).
2 & 3 Vict. c. 47.	The Metropolitan Police Act 1839.	In section 54, in paragraph 14, the words from “except” to “duty”.
2 & 3 Vict. c. lxxi.	An Act for incorporating certain Persons for the making and maintaining a Railway from the Township of Crook and Billy Row to the Byers Green Branch of the Clarence Railway in the Parish of Saint Andrew Auckland, all in the County of Durham, to be called “The West Durham Railway”.	Section 157.
5 & 6 Vict. c. xci.	An Act for constructing a Low Water Pier and necessary Works at Burntisland in the County of Fife, and establishing a Ferry between the same and Granton in the County of Edinburgh; and for improving the Communication between the said Pier and Kinghorn.	Sections 28 to 37.
		In section 38, the words “but without prejudice to the authority hereinbefore vested in the Postmaster General”.
7 & 8 Vict. c. 33.	The County Rates Act 1844.	In section 6, the words from “according” to “behalf”.
7 & 8 Vict. c. 85.	The Railway Regulation Act 1844.	Section 14.
11 & 12 Vict. c. lx.	The Chester and Holyhead Railway Act 1848.	Sections 19 and 20.
26 & 27 Vict. c. 112.	The Telegraph Act 1863.	Section 2.
		In section 3, the definition of “the company”.
		Section 11.
		In section 14, the words “In the following cases”, the figures (1) and (2), the words “If the company is dissolved, or ceases for six months to carry on business”, the words “(in the former case)”, the words “or (in the latter case) by any of the company’s works”, the words “or leave a notice at the last known office or place of business of the company”, the words “in every such case” and the words from “The present section” onwards.
		Section 31.
		Section 44.
		Section 46.
		Sections 52 and 53.
29 & 30 Vict. c. 3.	The Telegraph Amendment Act 1866.	The whole Act.
31 & 32 Vict. c. 110.	The Telegraph Act 1868.	In section 3, the definition of “any company”.
		In section 9, paragraphs (1) and (2); in paragraph (6), the words “pay the railway company the following sums by way of compensation”, sub-paragraphs (a) to (f), in sub-paragraph (g) the words “the Postmaster General shall” and in sub-paragraph (h) the words from the beginning to “provided” and paragraphs (9), (10) and (11).
		Section 19.
		In section 20, the words from “and the Postmaster General” onwards.
		Section 21.
		Section 23.
32 & 33 Vict. c. 73.	The Telegraph Act 1869.	In section 3, the definition of “telegraph company”.
		Section 7.
		Sections 9 to 11.
		Sections 23 and 24.
41 & 42 Vict. c. 76.	The Telegraph Act 1878.	In section 13, the words from “except that” to “this Act”.
42 & 43 Vict. c. 11.	The Bankers’ Books Evidence Act 1879.	In section 9, the words from “the fact”, where last occurring, to “the Post Office”.
43 & 44 Vict. c. xciv.	The South-western (of London) District Post Office Act 1880.	The whole Act.
52 & 53 Vict. c. 34.	The Telegraph (Isle of Man) Act 1889.	In section 1, paragraphs (3), (5) and (10).
55 & 56 Vict. c. 59.	The Telegraph Act 1892.	Section 4(2).
		In section 12, the words from “The Governor” onwards.
56 & 57 Vict. c. 69.	The Savings Bank Act 1893.	The whole Act.
58 & 59 Vict. c. xxvii.	The Edinburgh and District Waterworks (Additional Supply) Act 1895.	Section 41.
58 & 59 Vict. c. xxxvii.	The Whitby Water Act 1895.	Section 11.
58 & 59 Vict. c. clvi.	The Merthyr Tydfil District Council Waterworks Act 1895.	Section 9.
59 & 60 Vict. c. xxxii.	The Birmingham Corporation Water Act 1896.	Section 24.
59 & 60 Vict. c. ccxlv.	The Barry Urban District Council Act 1896.	In section 21, the words from “The District Council may undertake” onwards.
61 & 62 Vict. c. cxxiii.	The Crawley and District Water Act 1898.	Section 25.
61 & 62 Vict. c. clxxxv.	The Clacton Gas and Water Act 1898.	Section 91.
61 & 62 Vict. c. ccxxv.	The Carlisle Corporation (Water) Act 1898.	Section 48, from “The Corporation may” onwards.
62 & 63 Vict. c. clxxi.	The Woking Water and Gas Act 1899.	Section 20.
1 Edw. 7. c. lvii.	The Aspatria Silloth and District Water Act 1901.	Section 42.
1 Edw. 7. c. ccvii.	The South Essex Waterworks Act 1901.	Section 7.
1 Edw. 7. c. ccxlii.	The Cromer Water Act 1901.	Section 65.
2 Edw. 7. c. cxxx.	The Bristol Waterworks Act 1902.	Section 21.
2 Edw. 7. c. clxxiv.	The Weardale Water Act 1902.	Section 7.
3 Edw. 7 c. xviii.	The Sutton District Waterworks Act 1903.	Section 6.
4 Edw. 7. c. cciii.	The Thames River Steamboat Service Act 1904.	Section 36.
5 Edw. 7. c. clxii.	The Skegness Water Act 1905.	Section 39.
6 Edw. 7. c. cxlviii.	The Borough of Portsmouth Waterworks Act 1906.	Section 10.
7 Edw. 7. c. lxxvii.	The Rawtenstall Corporation Act 1907.	Section 34.
7 Edw. 7. c. lxxxiv.	The Great Yarmouth Waterworks and Lowestoft Water and Gas Act 1907.	Section 56.
7 Edw. 7. c. lxxxvi.	The King’s Norton and Northfield Urban District Council Act 1907.	Section 23.
7 Edw. 7. c. cii.	The Manchester Corporation Tramways Act 1907.	Section 27.
7 Edw. 7. c. cxvii.	The Tramways Orders Confirmation Act 1907.	In the Audenshaw Urban District Council Tramway Order 1907 contained in the Schedule, section 5; in the Huddersfield Corporation Tramway Order 1907 so contained, section 7; in the Leeds Corporation Tramways Order 1907 so contained, section 7; in the Taunton Tramways (Extension) Order 1907 so contained, section 11; and in the West Ham Corporation Tramways Order so contained, section 10.
7 Edw. 7. c. cxxxi.	The Birkenhead Corporation Water Act 1907.	Section 23.
7 Edw. 7. c. cxliv.	The London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Act 1907.	Section 17.
7 Edw. 7. c. cxlix.	The Dumbarton Borough and County Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1907.	In the Order contained in the Schedule, section 11.
7 Edw. 7. c. clxxiv.	The Metropolitan Water Board (Various Powers) Act 1907.	Section 60.
8 Edw. 7. c. 33.	The Telegraph (Construction) Act 1908.	Section 7.
8 Edw. 7. c. xxii.	The Skegness Urban District Council Act 1908.	In the Schedule, the words “38. Agreements with the Postmaster General”.
8 Edw. 7. c. lviii.	The Doncaster Corporation Act 1908.	Section 17.
8 Edw. 7. c. lxxv.	The Wolverhampton Corporation Act 1908.	Section 5.
8 Edw. 7. c. xci.	The Metropolitan Electric Tramways Act 1908.	Section 29.
8 Edw. 7. c. xcix.	The Holderness Water Act 1908.	Section 84(2).
8 Edw. 7. c. c.	The London United Tramways Act 1908.	Section 8.
8 Edw. 7. c. cxx.	The Paisley District Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1908.	In the order contained in the Schedule, section 39.
8 Edw. 7. c. cxxxii.	The Tramways Order Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1908.	In the Liverpool Corporation Tramways Extensions Order 1908 contained in the Schedule, section 7; and in the Potteries and North Staffordshire Tramways (Amendment) Order so contained, section 9.
9 Edw. 7. c. 20.	The Telegraph (Arbitration) Act 1909.	In section 1, the words “have before the passing of this Act agreed, or hereafter”.
9 Edw 7. c. xxxiv.	The Preston Chorley and Horwich Tramways Act 1909.	Section 8.
9 Edw. 7. c. xli.	The Wallasey Tramways and Improvements Act 1909.	Section 10.
9 Edw. 7. c. lxx.	The Gateshead and District Tramways Act 1909.	Section 36.
9 Edw. 7. c. lxxxix.	The Oldham Corporation Act 1909.	Section 40.
9 Edw. 7. c. cxliii.	The Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1909.	In the Bolton Corporation Tramways Order 1909 set out in the Schedule, section 8; in the Keighley Corporation Tramways Order 1909 so set out, section 9; in the Portsmouth Corporation Tramways Order so set out, section 8; and in the Whitworth Urban District Council Tramways Order 1909 so set out, section 26.
9 Edw. 7. c. clix.	The Bury Corporation Act 1909.	Section 47.
10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. lix.	The Dunfermline and District Tramways (Extensions) Order Confirmation Act 1910.	In the order contained in the Schedule, section 23.
10 Edw. 7. & 1 Geo. 5. c. ci.	The Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1910.	In the Milnrow Urban District Council Tramways Order 1910 set out in the Schedule, section 27.
10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. cv.	The Wemyss and District Water Order Confirmation Act 1910.	In the order contained in the Schedule, sections 44 and 45.
10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. cxiii.	The Southampton Corporation Act 1910.	Section 13.
10 Edw. 7 & 1 Geo. 5. c. cxvii.	The Bradford Corporation Act 1910.	Section 23.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 39.	The Telegraph (Construction) Act 1911.	Section 5.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. lv.	The South Lancashire Tramways Act 1911.	Section 16.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. lxiv.	The Northampton Corporation Act 1911.	Section 30, and in section 58, the words “Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General”.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. lxxxvi.	The Kingston upon Hull Corporation Act 1911.	Section 9.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. cix.	The Aberdare Urban District Council Act 1911.	Section 54.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. cx.	The Brighton Hove and District Railless Traction Act 1911.	Section 17.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. cxiii.	The Halifax Corporation Act 1911.	Section 24.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. cxvi.	The Rotherham Corporation Act 1911.	Section 16, and, in section 34, the words “Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General”.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. cxviii.	The Metropolitan Water Board (New Works) Act 1911.	Section 26.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. clxxi.	The Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1911.	In the Dartford and District Tramways Order 1911 set out in the Schedule, section 31; and in the Dewsbury Corporation Tramways Order 1911 so set out, section 8.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. xvii.	The Ramsbottom Urban District Railless Traction Act 1912.	Section 26.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. xxxii.	The Stockport Corporation Act 1912.	Section 19.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. lv.	The North Ormesby South Bank Normanby and Grangetown Railless Traction Act 1912.	Section 38.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. lvii.	The Brighton Corporation Act 1912.	Section 19.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. lx.	The Hove Corporation Act 1912.	Section 24.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. lxxxii.	The Birmingham Corporation Act 1912.	Section 11.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. cvii.	The Keighley Corporation Act 1912.	Section 66(1).
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. cxliv.	The Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1912.	In the Bingley Urban District Council Tramways Order 1912 set out in the Schedule, section 29; in the West Hartlepool Corporation Tramways Order so set out, section 25.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. clxvii.	The Sheffield Corporation Act 1912.	In section 38, the words “Section 11 (As to use of posts standards &c. by Postmaster General)”.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xxxv.	The Chesterfield Corporation Railless Traction Act 1913.	Section 31.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. lxi.	The Rhondda Tramways (Railless Traction) Act 1913.	Section 25.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. lxvii.	The Mexborough and Swinton Tramways (Railless Traction) Act 1913.	Section 22.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. lxix.	The West Bromwich Corporation Act 1913.	Section 15.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xcii.	The Derby Corporation Act 1913.	Section 10.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xciii.	The Southport Corporation Act 1913.	Section 33.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xcv.	The Huddersfield Corporation Act 1913.	In section 33, the words from “Of the Order” to “Postmaster General”.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. ciii.	The Metropolitan Electric Tramways (Railless Traction) Act 1913.	In section 7, the words “Section 29. (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. cxii.	The Morley Corporation Act 1913.	Section 65.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. cxv.	The Western Valleys (Monmouthshire) Railless Electric Traction Act 1913.	Section 35.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. cxxiii.	The Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1913.	In the Baildon Urban District Council Tramway Order 1913 set out in the Schedule, section 28; and in the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Corporation Tramways Order 1913 so set out, in section 7, the words “Section 22. Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General”.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. lxv.	The Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1914.	In the order set out in the Schedule, in section 6, the words “Section 16. (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. clxvii.	The Western Valleys (Monmouthshire) Railless Electric Traction (Extension) Order Confirmation Act 1914.	In the order set out in the Schedule, in section 6, the words “Section 35. Use of trolley vehicle posts by Postmaster General”.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. lxxii.	The Preston Corporation Act 1914.	Section 22.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. lxxxviii.	The Newport Corporation Act 1914.	Section 34.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. ci.	The Reading Corporation Act 1914.	Section 19.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. cxlvii.	The West Gloucestershire Water Act 1914.	Section 53.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. clx.	The Walsall Corporation Act 1914.	Section 39.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. clxxxviii.	The York Corporation Act 1914.	Section 33.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lvii.	The Aberdare Urban District Council Act 1915.	In section 30, the words “Section 54 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lxi.	The Stalybridge Hyde Mossley and Dukinfield Tramways and Electricity Board Act 1915.	Section 18.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lxiii.	The South Shields Corporation Act 1915.	Section 10.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lxxiii.	The Metropolitan Water Board Act 1915.	Section 23.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lxxvii.	The Lincoln Corporation Act 1915.	Section 42.
7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. xx.	The Bristol Waterworks Act 1917.	Section 40(3).
7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. lii.	The Blackpool Improvement Act 1917.	Section 60.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. xxi.	The Londonderry Corporation Act 1918.	Section 104.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. lxi.	The Sheffield Corporation (Consolidation) Act 1919.	Sections 137 and 157.
		In section 174, the words “Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General”.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. xl.	The Stockton-on-Tees Corporation Act 1919.	Section 18.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 1.	The Birmingham Corporation Tramways Act 1919.	In section 13(3), the words from “and under” to “1912”.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. lvi.	The Tynemouth Corporation Act 1919.	Section 27.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. lviii.	The Middlesborough Corporation Act 1919.	Section 22.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. xc.	The Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1919.	In the Thornaby on Tees Corporation Tramways Order 1919 set out in the Schedule, section 25.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. liv.	The St. Annes-on-the-Sea Urban District Council Act 1920.	Section 16.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. lxvii.	The Pontypridd Urban District Council Act 1920.	Section 11.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. lxviii.	The Portsmouth Corporation Act 1920.	In section 54, the words “Section 8 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. lxxvi.	The Halifax Corporation Act 1920.	In section 7, the words from “Section 24” (where last occurring) to “Postmaster General”.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. lxxxiii.	The Blackpool Improvement Act 1920.	Section 38(3).
		Section 41(8)(i).
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. lxxxviii.	The Coventry Corporation Act 1920.	Section 26.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. xcii.	The Sheffield Corporation Act 1920.	In section 14(3), the words from “and under” to “1918”.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. xcvii.	The Manchester Corporation Act 1920.	In section 41, the last entry relating to the Manchester Corporation Tramways Act 1907.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. cxix.	The Tramways Orders Confirmation Act 1920.	In the Warrington Corporation Tramways (Extension) Order 1920 set out in the Schedule, section 8.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. cxlii.	The Cardiff Corporation Act 1920.	Section 57.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. cxlv.	The Huddersfield Corporation (General Powers) Act 1920.	In section 9(1), the entry relating to the Huddersfield Corporation Tramway Order 1907.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. cxlviii.	The Salford Corporation Act 1920.	Section 13.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. clii.	The Bristol Corporation Act 1920.	Section 47.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. xxiv.	The Sutton District Waterworks Act 1921.	Section 18.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. lxxiv.	The Liverpool Corporation Act 1921.	Section 141.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. lxxvi.	The Grimsby Corporation Act 1921.	Section 45.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. lxxxiv.	The South Essex Waterworks Act 1921.	Section 48.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. lxxxv.	The Hastings Tramways Act 1921.	Section 10.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. xciii.	The Wigan Corporation Act 1921.	Section 42.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. cxv.	The Metropolitan Water Board (Various Powers) Act 1921.	Section 38.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. xxxiii.	The Colne Valley Water Act 1922.	Section 18.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. lii.	The Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1922.	In the order set out in the Schedule, section 12.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. lxxvi.	The Birmingham Corporation Act 1922.	In section 24, the words “Section 11 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. lxxxii.	The South Staffordshire Waterworks Act 1922.	Section 12.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. xciii.	The Bolton Corporation Act 1922.	Section 42.
13 Geo. 5. Sess. 2. c. 2.	The Irish Free State (Consequential Provisions) Act 1922.	Section 7(3).
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. ixii.	The Tramways Provisional Orders Act 1923.	In the Leicester Corporation Tramways Order set out in the Schedule, in section 10, the words “Section 15” (where last occurring) and the words “Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General”.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. lxxi.	The Birkenhead Corporation Act 1923.	Sections 44 and 46.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. lxxxvi.	The Lytham St. Anne’s Corporation Act 1923.	Section 23(a).
		Section 24.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. xcix.	The Chesterfield Corporation Act 1923.	Sections 100 and 102.
		In section 123, the words, “Alteration of telegraph lines of Postmaster General” and the words “Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General”.
		Section 137(1).
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. lvi.	The Kingston upon Hull Corporation Act 1924.	Section 13(3).
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c.lxv.	The Birmingham Corporation Act 1924.	In section 16(4), the words “and under section 11 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General) of the Act of 1912” and the words “and section respectively”.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. lxxxiv.	The St. Helens Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Order Confirmation Act 1924.	In the Order set out in the Schedule, section 13.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. xcv.	The Manchester Corporation Act 1924.	In section 55(1), the words “Section 27” (where last occurring) and the words “Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General”.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. xcviii.	The Croydon Corporation Act 1924.	Section 30.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. xlvii.	The Bolton Corporation Act 1925.	In section 39, the words “Section 42 (Use of tramway posts &c., by Postmaster General)”.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. xcvii.	The Oldham Corporation Act 1925.	Sections 52 and 54.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. cii.	The Blackpool Improvement Act 1925.	In section 18(2), the words “Section 60 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. ciii.	The Ipswich Corporation Act 1925.	Section 7(1).
		Section 8.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. cvii.	The Barrow-in-Furness Corporation Act 1925.	Section 14.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. cxvi.	The Darlington Corporation (Transport, &c.) Act 1925.	Section 5.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. cxxi.	The Bradford Corporation Act 1925.	In section 33(4), the words “and under section 23 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General) of the Act of 1910” and the words “and section respectively”.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. cxxii.	The Walsall Corporation Act 1925.	In section 9, the words “Section 39 (Use of tramway or trolley vehicle posts by Postmaster General)”.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. cxxiii.	The Wolverhampton Corporation Act 1925.	In section 18(1), the words from “The Act of 1908” to “Postmaster General”.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. ii.	The Dunfermline and District Tramways (Extension) Order Confirmation Act 1926.	In the order contained in the Schedule, in section 12, the last entry relating to the Order of 1910.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. xi.	The Darwen Corporation Act 1926.	Section 14(a).
		Section 15.
		In section 20, the words “and Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General”
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. xxvii.	The Doncaster Corporation Act 1926.	In section 26, the first entry relating to the Doncaster Corporation Act 1908.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. xxx.	The Hartlepool Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Act 1926.	Section 8(a).
		Section 9.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. lxiii.	The Tramways Provisional Order Act 1926.	In the order set out in the Schedule, in section 10, the last entry relating to the Act of 1913.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. lxxiii.	The Kidderminster and Stourport Electric Tramway Act 1926.	Section 13(a).
		Section 14.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. lxxvi.	The Mexborough and Swinton Tramways Act 1926.	In section 9, the words “Section 22 (Use of posts and standards by Postmaster General)”.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. xcvii.	The Worcester Corporation Act 1926.	Section 10(1).
		Section 11.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. xvii.	The Matlocks Urban District Council Act 1927.	Section 27(a).
		Section 28.
		Section 52.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. xliii.	The Sheffield Corporation Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1927.	In the order set out in the Schedule, in section 6(3), the words from “and under” to “1918” and the words “and section respectively”.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. xliv.	The Cardiff Corporation Tramways Order Confirmation Act 1927.	In the order set out in the Schedule, in section 9, the words from “and under” to “1920” and the words “and section respectively” and in section 11, the first entry relating to the Act of 1920.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. lvii.	The St. Helens Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Order Confirmation Act 1927.	In the order set out in the Schedule, in section 8(1), the words “Section 13 (Use of posts &c. by Postmaster General”.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. lxix.	The Hastings Tramways Company (Trolley Vehicles) Act 1927.	In section 20, the second entry relating to the Act of 1921.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. lxxvii.	The Grimsby Corporation Act 1927.	In section 88, the words “Section 45 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. lxxxiv.	The Colchester Corporation Act 1927.	Section 6.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. lxxxvi.	The West Bromwich Corporation Act 1927.	In section 82, the words “Section 15 (Use of tramway or trolley vehicle posts by Postmaster General)”.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. xc.	The Coventry Corporation Act 1927.	In section 19, the third entry relating to the Act of 1920.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. cxxii.	The Wallasey Corporation Act 1927.	In section 18, in subsection (1), the words “the Act of 1909” (in both places where they occur) and the words “Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General” and, in subsection (2), the words “the Act of 1909”.
18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. xlviii.	The Exeter Corporation Act 1928.	In section 25(2), the words “Section 21 (Alteration of telegraphic lines of Postmaster General)”.
		Section 27.
18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. lxxix.	The South Essex Waterworks Act 1928.	Section 48.
18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. cxi.	The Rotherham Corporation Act 1928.	Section 38(a).
		Section 39.
		In section 65(1), the words “Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General”.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. xxvii.	The Southend-on-Sea Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Order Confirmation Act 1929.	In the order set out in the Schedule, in section 6(1), the words “the Order of 1909” (in both places where they occur) and the words “Section 10 (As to use of posts by Postmaster General)”.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. xlvii.	The Royal Victoria and other Docks Approaches (Improvement) Act 1929.	In section 25, the last entry relating to the London County Council (Tramways and Improvements) Act 1907.
		In section 26, the second entry relating to the West Ham Corporation Tramways Order 1907.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. lxxvi.	The Mansfield District Traction Act 1929.	In section 24(1), the first entry relating to the Order of 1920.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. lxxxi.	The Manchester Corporation Act 1929.	In section 12(1), the last entry relating to the Manchester Corporation Tramways Act 1907.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. lxxxiii.	The South Lancashire Transport Act 1929.	In section 26, the words “The Act of 1911—Section 16 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. xciv.	The Pontypridd Urban District Council Act 1929.	In section 13(1), the first entry relating to the Act of 1920.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. xxxviii.	The Birmingham Corporation (General Powers) Act 1929.	Section 16(3).
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. lii.	The Portsmouth Corporation Act 1930.	In section 28, the second entry relating to the Portsmouth Corporation Tramways Order 1909.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. lvii.	The Chester Waterworks Act 1930.	Section 8.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. lxvi.	The Derby Corporation Act 1930.	In section 32(1), the second entry relating to the Derby Corporation Act 1913.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. lxxviii.	The Newport Corporation (No. 1) Act 1930.	In section 54, the second entry relating to the Newport Corporation Act 1914.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. lxxxii.	The Birkenhead Corporation Act 1930.	In section 28, the third entry relating to the Birkenhead Corporation Act 1923.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. cxii.	The Liverpool Corporation (General Powers) Act 1930.	In section 12, the eighth entry relating to the Liverpool Corporation Act 1921.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. cxix.	The Leeds Corporation Act 1930.	In section 21, the words “and in section 7 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General) of the Leeds Corporation Tramways Order 1907”.
		In section 23(5), the words “and under section 7 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General) of the Leeds Corporation Tramways Order 1907” and the words “and section respectively”.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. cxxx.	The Llanelly District Traction Act 1930.	In section 24, the words “The Order of 1910—Section 8 (As to use of posts by Postmaster General)”.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. clxxxi.	The Bournemouth Corporation Act 1930.	Section 101.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. clxxxiii.	The Southend-on-Sea Corporation Act 1930.	In section 18(1), the words “The Order of 1909—Section 10 (As to use of posts by Postmaster General)”.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. clxxxvii.	The London United Tramways Act 1930.	In section 9, the words “The London United Tramways Act 1908—Section 8 (Use of tramways posts by Postmaster General)”.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. xiii.	The Preston Corporation Act 1931.	In section 40, the first entry relating to the Preston Corporation Act 1914.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. lxxxvii.	The York Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Order Confirmation Act 1931.	In the Order set out in the Schedule, in section 7(1), the words “Section 33 (As to the use of posts by Postmaster General)”.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. cix.	The Brighton Corporation Act 1931.	Section 102.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. vii.	The Edinburgh Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1932.	In the order contained in the Schedule, section 33.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. lxix.	The Bury Corporation Act 1932.	In section 76(1), the eighth entry relating to the Bury Corporation Act 1909.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. xc.	The Wolverhampton Corporation Act 1932.	In section 78(1), the words “The Act of 1908—Section 5 (Use of tramways posts by Postmaster General)”.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. i.	The Public Works Facilities Scheme (Huddersfield Corporation) Confirmation Act 1932.	In the scheme set out in the Schedule, in section 6, the words “Huddersfield Corporation Tramway Order 1907—Section 7 (Use of tramways posts by Postmaster General)”.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. lxxxiii.	The Middlesborough Corporation Act 1933.	Section 89.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. lxxxix.	The Salford Corporation Act 1933.	In section 43(1), the first entry relating to the Salford Corporation Act 1920.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. vii.	The Public Works Facilities Scheme (Huddersfied Corporation) Confirmation Act 1934.	In the scheme set out in the Schedule, in section 5, the words “Huddersfield Corporation Tramway Order 1907—Section 7 (Use of tramways posts by Postmaster General)”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. xlix.	The St. Helens Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Order Confirmation Act 1934.	In the order set out in the Schedule, in section 6(1), the seventh entry relating to the St. Helens Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Order 1924.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. l.	The Southend-on-Sea Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Order Confirmation Act 1934.	In the order set out in the Schedule, in section 6(1), the words “The Order of 1909—Section 10 (As to use of posts by Postmaster General)”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. xcv.	The Cardiff Corporation Act 1934.	In section 28(1), the first entry relating to the Cardiff Corporation Act 1920.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. xcvi.	The London Passenger Transport Act 1934.	Section 21.
		In section 22, the words “and “Conveyance of Mails””.
		Sections 78 to 80.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. xc.	The Reading Corporation Act 1935.	In section 11(2), the words “Section 19 (Use of tramway or trolley vehicle posts by Postmaster General)”.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. xcvi.	The South Shields Corporation Act 1935.	In section 15(1), the second entry relating to the South Shields Corporation Act 1915.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. cviii.	The Blackpool Improvement Act 1935.	In section 20(1), the words “The Blackpool Improvement Act 1917—Section 60(Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. cx.	The London Passenger Transport Act 1935.	Section 67(4).
		In section 76, the words “Section 80 (Use of posts & by Postmaster General)”.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. cxxiv.	The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation (General Powers) Act 1935.	Section 85.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. liii.	The Huddersfield Corporation (Trolley Vehicles) Act 1936.	In section 15, the words “Huddersfield Corporation Tramway Order 1907—Section 7 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. lv.	The Kingston upon Hull Corporation Act 1936.	In section 11(1), the words “The Kingston upon Hull Corporation Act 1911—Section 9 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. lxvi.	The Stalybridge Hyde Mossley and Dukinfield Transport and Electricity Board Act 1936.	In section 13(1), the fourth entry relating to the Stalybridge Hyde Mossley and Dukinfield Tramways and Electricity Board Act 1915.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. cxi.	The Wolverhampton Corporation Act 1936.	In section 40(1), the words “The Act of 1908—Section 5 (Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General)”.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. cxviii.	The Manchester Corporation Act 1936.	In section 8(1), the last entry relating to the Manchester Corporation Tramways Act 1907.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. cii.	The Aberdeen Corporation (Water Gas Electricity and Transport) Order Confirmation Act 1937.	In the order contained in the Schedule, section 267.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. cxxii.	The Southampton Corporation Act 1937.	In section 16(1), the last entry relating to the Southampton Corporation Act 1910.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. lxxxiii.	The Gateshead and District Tramways and Trolley Vehicles Act 1938.	In section 16, the last entry relating to the Gateshead and District Tramways Act 1909.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. lxxxix.	The Brighton Corporation (Transport) Act 1938.	In section 13(1), the words “Section 102—Use of tramway posts by Postmaster General”.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. xxvii.	The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation Act 1946.	In section 6, the words “Section 85 (Use of posts by Postmaster General)”.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. ll.	The Railway and Canal Commission (Abolition) Act 1949.	Section 6(2).
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 39.	The Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949.	Section 4.
		Section 7.
		Schedule 2.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 54.	The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949.	Section 8.
		Section 14(5).
		Section 16(2), so far as relating to the power conferred by section 8.
		Section 18.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. lvii.	The Fife County Council Order Confirmation Act 1949.	In the order contained in the Schedule, section 46.
14 Geo. 6 c. 28.	The Shops Act 1950.	Section 44(1)(b)
14 Geo. 6 c. 39.	The Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950.	In Schedule 5, the entry relating to section 31 of the Telegraph Act 1863.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. xl.	The Newcastle-upon-Tyne Corporation Act 1952.	In section 33, the words “Section 85 (Use of posts by Postmaster General)”.
15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. xliv.	The Llanelly District Traction Act 1952.	Section 4(3).
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 36.	The Post Office Act 1953.	Section 34(4)
		Section 43.
		In section 44, in subsection (1), paragraph (a), and subsections (3) to (5).
		In section 45, in subsection (1), the words “any tramway vehicle or”, subsection (2), in subsection (3) the words “any tramway vehicle or”, and, in subsection (4), the words “in a tramway vehicle conveying passengers or”.
		Section 71.
		Section 73.
		Section 75.
		Section 85.
		In section 87(1), in the definition of “regular mail train services”, the words “or subsection (3) of section forty-four”.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 62.	The Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954.	In section 4(2), paragraph (f) and the word “and” immediately preceding that paragraph.
		Section 23.
		Section 24(2).
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 49.	The Finance Act 1957.	Section 2.
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. xxxvi.	The Hastings Tramways Act 1957.	Section 12.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. iv.	The Dundee Corporation (Consolidated Powers) Order Confirmation Act 1957.	In the order contained in the Schedule, section 84.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 63.	The Park Lane Improvement Act 1958.	Section 22.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 66.	The Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1958.	In Schedule 1, in Part 1, in the Annex, the entry relating to the Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 72.	The Insurance Companies Act 1958.	Section 35.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 6.	The National Debt Act 1958.	Section 16.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 15.	The Post Office Act 1961.	Section 4.
		In section 14, in subsection (1), the words from “instead of” onwards, and subsection (2).
		Section 18.
		Section 20.
		Section 24(1).
		In the Schedule, the entry relating to the Juries Act 1862 and the words in column 2 against it; the entries relating to the Telegraph Act 1869 and the words in column 2 against them; the entries relating to the Post Office (Pneumatic Tubes Acquisition) Act 1922, the Finance Act 1933, the Finance Act 1936, the Finance Act 1937, the Imperial Telegraphs Act 1938, the Finance Act 1940 and the Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949 and the words in column 2 against them; the entry relating to section 17 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949 and the words in column 2 against it; the entry relating to section 3 of the Post Office Act 1953 and the words in column 2 against it; the entry relating to section 63 of that Act and the words in column 2 against it; the entry relating to section 80 of that Act and the words in column 2 against it; and the entries relating to sections 82 and 83 of that Act and the words in column 2 against them; the entry relating to the Television Act 1954 and the words in column 2 against it; the entry relating to section 23 of the Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 and the words in column 2 against it; and the entry relating to the Post Office Works Act 1959 and the words in column 2 against it.
1964, c. xliii.	The Glasgow Corporation Consolidation (Water, Transport and Markets) Order Confirmation Act 1964.	In the order contained in the Schedule, section 78.
1965, c. 2.	The Administration of Justice Act 1965.	In Schedule 1, the entry relating to the Telegraph Act 1869.
1965, c. 62.	The Redundancy Payments Act 1965.	In Schedule 7, in paragraph 12, the words “or section 7 of that Act”.
1966, c. 12.	The Post Office Savings Bank Act 1966.	In section 7(3), the words “and 23”.

Enactments of the Parliament of Northern Ireland U.K.

Chapter	Short Title	Extent to which Enactment is to cease to have Effect
14 & 15 Geo. 5 c. 9.	The Private Bill Procedure Act (Northern Ireland) 1924.	Section 1(2)(b).
1968, c.6.	The Insurance Companies Act (Northern Ireland) 1968.	Section 71.

Part II U.K. Enactments ceasing to have Effect on the Appointed Day

Enactment of the Parliament of the United Kingdom U.K.

Chapter	Short Title	Extent to which Enactment is to cease to have Effect
26 & 27 Vict. c. 112.	The Telegraph Act 1863.	Sections 41 to 43.
		Sections 48 to 51.
33 & 34 Vict. c. 77.	The Juries Act 1870.	In the Schedule, the words “Officers of the Post Office”.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 9.	The Merchant Shipping (Safety and Load Line Conventions) Act 1932.	In section 8, the proviso.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 54.	The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949.	Section 14(4).
		In section 15(4), the words from “and criminal proceedings” onwards.
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 36.	The Post Office Act 1953.	In section 4, in subsection (1), the words “without prejudice to subsection (3) of this section” and subsection (3).
		Section 56(3).
		In section 63(3), the proviso.
		Section 72(2).
		Section 86.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 30.	The Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958.	Section 19.
		In Schedule 2, in paragraph 1, the words “or nineteen”; in paragraph 12, the words “or nineteen” and the words “or, as the case may be, by the Postmaster General”; in paragraph 13, the words “or, as the case may be, the Postmaster General”; and, in paragraph 15, the words “or, as the case may be, the Postmaster General”.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 15.	The Post Office Act 1961.	In the Schedule, the entry relating to section 72 of the Post Office Act 1953 and the words in column 2 against it.

Enactment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland U.K.

Chapter	Short Title	Extent to which Enactment is to cease to have Effect
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 15.	The Jury Laws Amendment Act (Northern Ireland) 1926.	In Schedule 3, the words “Officer of the Post Office”.

Section 138.

SCHEDULE 9 U.K. General transitional Provisions

1 (1) Section 3(1) of this Act shall not affect the validity of anything done by or in relation to the Postmaster General before the appointed day, being a thing done under or by virtue of the M83 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949, the M84 Television Act 1964 or the M85 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967; and anything which, immediately before that day, is, under or by virtue of any of those Acts, in process of being done by or in relation to him (including, in particular, any legal proceeding to which he is a party) may be continued by or in relation to the Minister. U.K.

(2) Any notice served, approval or authority given or other thing whatsoever done under or by virtue of the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949, the Television Act 1964 or the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967 by the Postmaster General shall, if effective at the appointed day, continue in force and have effect as if similarly served, given or done by the Minister.

Marginal Citations

M83 1949 c. 54.

M84 1964 c. 21.

M85 1967 c. 72.

2 (1) Any agreement, and any provision in a document not being an agreement, shall, so far as may be necessary in consequence of the enactment of Part III of this Act, have effect as from the appointed day— U.K.

(a) as if references to the Crown, the Postmaster General, the Post Office or the Minister of Public Building and Works (except in cases where they fall to be adapted by head (b) or (c) below) were (or, if the context so requires, included) references to the authority established by section 6 of this Act;

(b) as if—

(i) references in general terms (however worded) to officers of the Postmaster General, to officers of the Post Office (otherwise than as defined by section 87(1) of the M86 Post Office Act 1953), to officers of the Crown or to servants of the Postmaster General, the Post Office or the Crown were (or, if the context so requires, included) references to persons employed by the authority established by section 6 of this Act;

(ii) references in general terms (however worded) to officers of the Post Office as so defined were (or, if the context so requires, included) references to persons engaged in the business of the said authority;

(iii) references in general terms (however worded) to agents of the Postmaster General, the Post Office or the Crown were (or, if the context so requires, included) references to agents of the said authority;

(iv) references (however worded) to an officer of the Postmaster General or the Post Office holding a specified office were (or, if the context so requires, included) references to the person employed by the said authority who corresponds, as nearly as may be, to the first-mentioned officer; and

(v) references (however worded) to a servant of the Postmaster General, the Post Office or the Crown serving in a specified capacity were (or, if the context so requires, included) references to the person employed by the said authority who corresponds, as nearly as may be, to the first-mentioned servant;

(c) as if references (whether express or implied and, if express, however worded) to property of the Crown or the Postmaster General or his department were (or, if the context so requires, included) references to property of the said authority and references (whether express or implied and, if express, however worded) to land or premises occupied by the Crown, the Postmaster General, his department or an officer or servant of the Crown or Postmaster General were (or, if the context so requires, included) references to land or premises occupied by the said authority;

(d) as if any reference to the making, under a government provision, of a payment to or in respect of a person in consequence of his becoming ill, being injured or dying, were a reference to the making, to or in respect of him in consequence of his becoming ill, being injured or dying, of a payment falling to be made by virtue of a condition of his service (whether binding in law or not) providing for the making, in consequence of his becoming ill, being injured or dying, of a payment to or in respect of him.

(2) Without prejudice to the foregoing sub-paragraph, any agreement to which the Crown is a party, whether in writing or not, and whether or not of such a nature that rights and liabilities thereunder could be assigned by it, shall, as from the appointed day, have effect, so far as may be necessary for, or in consequence of, the vesting by virtue of Part III of this Act of property, rights or liabilities in the Post Office, as if the Post Office had been a party thereto.

(3) Without prejudice to sub-paragraph (1) above, where, by the operation of the said Part III, a right or liability becomes a right or liability of the Post Office, it and all other persons shall have the same rights, powers and remedies (and, in particular, the same rights, powers and remedies as to taking or resisting legal proceedings or the making or resisting of applications to any authority) for ascertaining, perfecting or enforcing it as they would have had if it had at all times been the right or liability of the Post Office; and legal proceedings or applications by or against the Crown, in so far as they relate to any property, rights or liabilities vested in the Post Office by virtue of sections 16 to 20 of this Act, or to any agreement or document which has effect in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph, shall not abate by reason of the Crown’s ceasing to be interested in the subject-matter thereof but may be continued by or against the Post Office to the exclusion of the Crown.

[F143 (4) With respect to instruments and documents executed or signed before the appointed day—

(a) every instrument or document purporting to be executed or signed by or on behalf of the Postmaster General shall be deemed to be so executed or signed unless the contrary is shown; and

(b) a certificate signed before the appointed day by the Postmaster General that any instrument or document purporting to be executed or signed on his behalf was so executed or signed shall be conclusive evidence of that fact.]

Textual Amendments

F143 Para. 2(4) inserted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 89(2)

Marginal Citations

M86 1953 c. 36.

(1)

3 F144 (2) Subsection (3) of section 10 of the M87 Post Office Act 1953 (consequence of failure to pay sums payable in respect of a cash on delivery packet) shall (unless repealed by virtue of sub-paragraph (4) below), with the omission of the reference to a British postal agency, with the substitution, for the references to the Postmaster General, of references to the Post Office and with the omission of the words “as a debt due to him”, have effect on and after the appointed day as if it were a provision of a scheme made under section 28 of this Act and coming into operation on that day, and may be repealed or amended accordingly; and, as from that day, the expression “cash on delivery packet” in that subsection shall mean a packet on whose delivery a sum falls to be collected by the Post Office for remission to the sender of the packet.

(3)(4)

F144 (5) Any reference in an agreement or licence in force on the appointed day to a provision of any such regulations as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(d) or (e) above (other than a provision relating to evidence or to limitation or exclusion of liability) shall, if during the currency of the agreement or licence that provision is revoked, be construed (unless the context otherwise requires) as referring to the corresponding provision for the time being in force of a scheme made under section 28 of this Act; and any reference in any such agreement or licence to a provision of any such regulations relating to limitation or exclusion of liability shall, as from that day, be construed in like manner as if that provision had not ceased to be in force.

(6)F144

Textual Amendments

F144 Sch. 9 paras. 3(1)(3)(4)(6), 4, 5, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

Marginal Citations

M87 1953 c. 36.

4, 5.F145 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F145 Sch. 9 paras. 3(1)(3)(4)(6), 4, 5, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

6 An authorisation given under section 3(1), 61, 62 or 64 of the M88 Post Office Act 1953 by the Postmaster General which is effective at the appointed day shall have effect as from that day as if given by the Post Office, and a declaration under section 78(1) of that Act by the Postmaster General which is so effective shall so have effect as if made by the Post Office.

Marginal Citations

M88 1953 c. 36

7 An undertaking given under section 51(2) or (3) of the Post Office Act 1953 to the Postmaster General shall, if effective at the appointed day, have effect, as from that day, as if given to the Post Office.

8F146 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F146 Sch. 9 paras. 3(1)(3)(4)(6), 4, 5, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

9 (1) This paragraph applies to the following instruments, namely,— U.K.

(a) the agreement dated 2nd April 1962 whereto the parties are the Postmaster General and the Commercial Cable Company, Incorporated (a company incorporated under the law of the State of New York of the United States of America);

(b) the agreement dated 1st April 1963 whereto the parties are the Postmaster General and the Compagnie Francaise des Câbles Télégraphiques S.A. (a company incorporated under the law of France);

(c) the agreement dated 27th December 1965 whereto the parties are the Postmaster General and Western Union International, Incorporated (a company incorporated under the law of the State of Delaware of the United States of America); and

(d) the licence dated 1st March 1966 whereto the parties are Her Majesty, the Crown Estate Commissioners, the Postmaster General and Det Store Nordiske Telegraf-Selskab Aktieselskab (a company incorporated under the law of the Kingdom of Denmark and commonly known in the United Kingdom, and in that licence referred to, as the Great Northern Telegraph Company Limited).

(2) Nothing done, on or after the appointed day, under, and in accordance with the terms of, an instrument to which this paragraph applies, shall constitute an infringement of the privilege conferred by section 24(1) of this Act.

10 (1) Any licence operating by way of exception from the exclusive privilege conferred by section 4 of the M89 Telegraph Act 1869 on the Postmaster General which is effective at the appointed day (not being a licence under the M90 Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949) shall, as from that day, have effect as if it had been granted under section 27(1) of this Act and— U.K.

(a) as if references to the Crown (except in contexts referring to a Minister of the Crown) or to the Postmaster General or the Post Office (except in cases where they fall to be adapted by head (b) below) were references to the authority established by section 6 of this Act; and

(b) as if—

(i) references in general terms (however worded) to officers of the Postmaster General, to officers of the Post Office (otherwise than as defined by section 87(1) of the M91 Post Office Act 1953), or to servants of the Postmaster General or the Post Office were (or, if the context so requires, included) references to persons employed by the authority established by section 6 of this Act;

(ii) references in general terms (however worded) to officers of the Post Office as so defined were (or, if the context so requires, included) references to persons engaged in the business of the said authority;

(iii) references in general terms (however worded) to agents of the Postmaster General or the Post Office were (or, if the context so requires, included) references to agents of the said authority;

(iv) references (however worded) to an officer of the Postmaster General or the Post Office holding a specified office were references to the person employed by the said authority who corresponds, as nearly as may be, to the first-mentioned officer; and

(v) references (however worded) to a servant of the Postmaster General or the Post Office serving in a specified capacity were references to the person employed by the said authority who corresponds, as nearly as may be, to the first-mentioned servant.

(2) Any instrument issued in pursuance of a licence falling within the foregoing sub-paragraph, being an instrument effective at the appointed day, shall, as from that day, have effect subject to the like modifications as those provided for by heads (a) and (b) of that sub-paragraph in the case of the licence.

Marginal Citations

M89 1869 c.73.

M90 1949 c. 54.

M91 1953 c. 36.

11 U.K. A notice or certificate given, request made or requirement imposed under any provision of the enactments relating to telegraphs by, to or on the Postmaster General which is effective at the appointed day shall, as from that day, have effect as if given, made or imposed by, to or on the Post Office.

12 U.K. An authority granted under section 5(1) of the M92 Telegraph Act 1892 which is effective at the appointed day shall, as from that day, have effect as if it had been granted under that section as amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to this Act.

Marginal Citations

M92 1892 c. 59.

13 U.K. Any such council as is mentioned in the M93 Telegraph Act 1899 which, at the beginning of the appointed day, is licensed by the Postmaster General to provide a system of public telephonic communication, shall, so long as the licence continues in force, be deemed, for the purposes of that Act, to be licensed by the Post Office so to provide.

Marginal Citations

M93 1899 c. 38.

14 (1) A notice given under section 26 of the M94 Electric Lighting Act 1882 by undertakers to the Postmaster General which is effective at the appointed day shall, as from that day, have effect as if given to the Post Office; any requirements made under that section by the Postmaster General which are so effective shall, as from that day, have effect as if made by the Post Office; and any arbitration on a difference under that section which is in progress immediately before that day may be continued with the substitution of the Post Office for the Postmaster General as a party thereto. U.K.

(2) A requirement imposed under section 4(2) of the M95 Electric Lighting Act 1888 by the Postmaster General which is effective at the appointed day shall, as from that day, have effect as if imposed by the Post Office.

(3) An approval given under section 10(c) of the Schedule to the M96 Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 with the concurrence of the Postmaster General which is effective at the appointed day shall, as from that day, have effect as if given with the concurrence of the Post Office; a notice served under section 14 of that Schedule by undertakers on the Postmaster General which is so effective shall, as from that day, have effect as if served on the Post Office; a requirement imposed or approval or disapproval notified under that section by the Postmaster General which is effective at the appointed day shall, as from that day, have effect as if imposed or notified by the Post Office; and a requirement imposed under section 60 of that Schedule which is effective at the appointed day shall, as from that day, have effect as if imposed by the Post Office.

(4) Any notice given under section 20 of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899 to the Postmaster General which is effective at the appointed day shall, as from that day, have effect as if given to the Post Office, any requisition served under that section by the Postmaster General which is effective at that day shall, as from that day, have effect as if served by the Post Office and any arbitration under that section which is in progress immediately before that day, being an arbitration to which the Postmaster General is a party, may be continued with the substitution of the Post Office for the Postmaster General.

Marginal Citations

M94 1882 c. 56.

M95 1888 c. 12.

M96 1899 c. 19.

15, 16F147 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F147 Sch. 9 paras. 3(1)(3)(4)(6), 4, 5, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

17 (1) No steps shall be taken for the enforcement of a building law with respect to works on land that vests in the Post Office by virtue of section 16 of this Act, being works begun before the appointed day, or with respect to works on land begun by the Post Office before the expiration of six months beginning with that day; nor shall any proceedings for the recovery of a fine or other penalty be brought against the Post Office for having carried out or retained any such works as aforesaid which do not comply with a building law. U.K.

(2) In the foregoing sub-paragraph, “building law” means any obligation or restriction as to the construction, nature or situation of works on land or as to any other circumstances of such works (including the use of the land) having effect by virtue of—

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

(b) an enactment contained in Part II or IV of the M97 Public Health Act 1936 or Part II of the M98 Public Health Act 1961 or byelaws or regulations made under an enactment so contained;

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

(d) [F148 the M99 Thermal Insulation (Industrial Buildings) Act 1957 or regulations made thereunder];

(e) section 72, 73, 74, 75, 81 or 159 of the M100 Highways Act 1959;

(f) paragraph 13, 15 or 18 of Part III of Schedule 9 to the M101 London Government Act 1963 or byelaws made under paragraph 6 of that Part of that Schedule; or

(g) any enactment contained in a local Act made for purposes similar to the purposes of any of the aforesaid enactments or any byelaws made under any enactment contained in a local Act so made;

and “works” includes any building, structure, excavation or other work on land.

(3) Any reference in this paragraph to non-compliance with a building law means, in relation to any works on land, that the construction, nature or situation of the works or any other circumstances thereof (including the use of the land) are such either that the works do not comply with the building law in question or that, by virtue of that law, the rejection of plans for the works is expressly required or authorised.

(4) Any reference in this paragraph to the enforcement of a building law shall be construed as a reference to securing (whether by the doing of work on land or the requiring, by injunction or otherwise, that some other person shall do work on land) that works on land not complying with the building law in question shall either be demolished or removed or be altered so as to comply therewith.

(5) In the application of this paragraph to Scotland, the following shall be substituted for heads (a) to (g) of sub-paragraph (2):—

“(a) an enactment contained in the Burgh Police (Scotland) Acts 1892 to 1903 or under the Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 or byelaws made under any such enactment;

(b) the Roads Improvement Act 1925;

F149 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d) section 53 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1946;

(e) the Thermal Insulation (Industrial Buildings) Act 1957 or regulations made thereunder;

(f) the Building (Scotland) Act 1959 or regulations made thereunder;

(g) the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;

(h) any enactment contained in a local Act made for purposes similar to the purposes of any of the aforesaid enactments or any byelaws made under any enactment contained in a local Act so made; or

(i) any enactment or rule of the common law conferring powers on a dean of guild court”

(6) In the application of this paragraph to Northern Ireland, the following shall be substituted for heads (a) to (g) of sub-paragraph (2):—

“(a) section 9 of the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act 1851;

(b) an enactment contained in the Public Health Acts (Northern Ireland) 1878 to 1967 or byelaws made under an enactment so contained;

(c) an enactment contained in the Housing Acts (Northern Ireland) 1890 to 1967;

(d) the Roads Improvement Act (Northern Ireland) 1928; or

(e) any enactment contained in a local Act made for purposes similar to the purposes of any of the aforesaid enactments or any byelaws or orders made under any enactment contained in a local Act so made”

Textual Amendments

F148 Words repealed (E.W.) by S.I. 1985/1936, reg. 3(2), Sch. 4

F149 Sch. 9 para. 17(5)(c) repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 C. 44, s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. VI

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C17 Sch. 9 para. 17(2)(a) repealed (8.11.1995) by 1995 c. 44, s. 1, Sch. 1 Pt. VI

Marginal Citations

M97 1936 c. 49.

M98 1961 c. 64.

M99 1957 c. 40.

M100 1959 c. 25.

M101 1963 c. 33.

18, 19F150 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F150 Sch. 9 paras. 3(1)(3)(4)(6), 4, 5, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

20 (1) Nothing in Part III of this Act shall affect the validity of anything done by, or in relation to, the Postmaster General before the appointed day under or by virtue of the M102 Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950; and anything which, immediately before that day, is in process of being done under, or by virtue of, that Act by or in relation to him (including, in particular, any legal proceedings to which he is a party) may be continued by, or in relation to, the Post Office.

(2) Any notice or direction given or other thing whatsoever done under the said Act of 1950 by the Postmaster General shall, if effective at the appointed day, continue in force and have effect as if similarly given or done by the Post Office.

Marginal Citations

M102 1950 c. 39.

21F151 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F151 Sch. 9 para. 21 repealed by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c. 10), ss. 537(1), 539, Sch. 16

22—26.F152 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F152 Sch. 9 paras. 22–26 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

27 (1) Where, between the passing of this Act and the appointed day, the Postmaster General notifies a local planning authority in writing of a proposal to carry out development of land, and, before that day and the expiration of the relevant period, that authority notifies the Postmaster General in writing that it has no objection to the proposal, planning permission for the development shall be deemed to be granted by that authority on that day subject to the relevant condition as to time.

(2) Where, between the passing of this Act and the appointed day, the Postmaster General notifies a local planning authority in writing of a proposal to carry out development of land, and, before that day and the expiration of the relevant period, that authority notifies the Postmaster General in writing that it has no objection to the proposal provided that conditions specified by it in the notification are complied with (not being conditions containing a stipulation as to the time at which the development must be begun or completed), planning permission for the development shall—

(a) except in a case in which those conditions are subsequently either modified as mentioned in the following provisions of this sub-paragraph or withdrawn as so mentioned, be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to those conditions and to the relevant condition as to time;

(b) in a case in which those conditions are subsequently modified by that authority in writing with the written concurrence of the Postmaster General, be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to those conditions as so modified and to the relevant condition as to time;

(c) in a case in which those conditions are withdrawn by that authority in writing addressed to the Postmaster General, be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to the relevant condition as to time.

(3) Where, between the passing of this Act and the appointed day, the Postmaster General notifies a local planning authority in writing of a proposal to carry out development of land, and before that day and the expiration of the relevant period, that authority notifies the Postmaster General in writing that it has no objection to the proposal provided that conditions specified by it in the notification are complied with (being conditions containing a stipulation as to the time at which the development must be begun or completed), planning permission for the development shall—

(a) except in a case in which those conditions are subsequently either modified as mentioned in the following provisions of this sub-paragraph or withdrawn as so mentioned, be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to those conditions;

(b) in the case in which those conditions are subsequently modified by that authority in writing with the written concurrence of the Postmaster General (otherwise than by withdrawing the stipulation as to time), be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to those conditions as so modified;

(c) in a case in which those conditions (except so far as containing the stipulation as to time) are withdrawn by that authority in writing addressed to the Postmaster General, be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to the condition containing that stipulation.

(4) Where, between the passing of this Act and the appointed day, the Postmaster General notifies a local planning authority in writing of a proposal to carry out development of land, and—

(a) the relevant period expires with the day immediately preceding the appointed day or with an earlier day; and

(b) that authority does not, before the expiration of that period, notify the Postmaster General in writing as mentioned in sub-paragraph (1), (2) or (3) above or that it objects to the proposal;

planning permission for the development shall be deemed to be granted by the authority on the appointed day subject to the relevant condition as to time.

(5) The foregoing sub-paragraphs shall, with requisite modifications, apply in a case where, before the passing of this Act, the Postmaster General has notified a local planning authority in writing of a proposal to carry out development of land (but that development has not been carried out before the appointed day) as they apply in a case where he does so between the passing of this Act and that day.

(6) Where, by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above, planning permission for the carrying out of development of land consisting in the erection, extension or alteration of a building is deemed to be granted by a local planning authority subject to a condition that the Postmaster General should consult that authority with respect to any matters relating to the siting, design or external appearance of the building or means of access thereto, then, so far as regards any of those matters as to which, before the appointed day, the Postmaster General has not been notified by that authority in writing that it is satisfied with the way in which that matter is to be dealt with, it shall be deemed, as from that day, to be a matter in the case of which the approval of that authority to the manner in which it is to be dealt with is required under a development order and the planning permission shall be deemed to be granted subject to a condition that application for approval must be made not later than the expiration of three years beginning with that day.

(7) [F153 Part XII of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] shall not have effect in a case in which planning permission is deemed, by virtue of this paragraph, to be granted.

F154 F155 (8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(9) Every local planning authority shall, with respect to each case in which planning permission is deemed, by virtue of this paragraph, to be granted by it, include, in that part of the register kept by it under [F156 section 69 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] that contains entries relating to applications for planning permission that have been finally disposed of, the following particulars, namely,—

(a) the date on which the permission is deemed to be granted;

(b) a general description of the development to which the permission relates and of the land to be developed in accordance with the permission;

(c) in a case in which the authority approves, in relation to the development to which the permission relates, anything which, by virtue of sub-paragraph (6) above, falls to be approved by it, the date on which it does so;

(d) in a case in which, in consequence of the operation of that sub-paragraph, an appeal as to any matter relating to the development to which the permission relates is entertained by the [F157 Secretary of State] or an application is referred to him, the date on which the appeal or reference is disposed of, and the decision on the appeal or reference.

F154 (10) For the purposes of section 99(3) of the M103 Land Commission Act 1967, planning permission which, by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above, is deemed to be granted subject to approval on any matter, shall be deemed to be granted on an outline application.

(11) Section 69 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1968 and section 70 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1969 shall have effect in relation to the Post Office as if, at the end of paragraph (d) of subsection (3) thereof, there were added the following—

“or

(e) deemed to be granted by virtue of paragraph 27 of Schedule 9 to the Post Office Act 1969.”

(12) In this paragraph,—

(a) “development”, “development order”, “local planning authority” and “planning permission” have, in the application of this paragraph to England and Wales, the same meanings as they have [F158 for the purposes of [F159 the Town and Country Planning Act 1990]] and, in the application of this paragraph to Scotland, the same meanings as in [F160 the M104 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972].

(b) “the relevant condition as to time”—

(i) except in a case in which planning permission is, by virtue of sub-paragraph (6) above, deemed to be granted subject to a condition that application for the approval of matters must be made not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the appointed day, means a condition that the development to which the permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of five years beginning with that day;

(ii) in the said excepted case, means a condition that the development must be begun not later than whichever is the later of the following dates, namely, the expiration of five years from the appointed day and the expiration of two years from the final approval of matters which are the subject of the condition subject to which planning permission is, by virtue of that sub-paragraph, deemed to be granted (or, in the case of approval on different dates, the final approval of the last such matter to be approved);

(c) “relevant period”, in relation to a notification to a local planning authority of a proposal to carry out development, means the period of two months from the day on which the notification is received by the authority or such longer period as may, before the expiration of the first-mentioned period, be agreed in writing between the authority and the Postmaster General.

(13) For the purposes of this paragraph, development shall be taken to be begun on the earliest date on which any specified operation (as defined in section 64(3) of the Land Commission Act 1967) comprised in the development begins to be carried out.

(14) [F161 Sections 91 and 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] and [F160 sections 38 and 39 of the M105 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972] (which relate to the duration of planning permission) shall not apply to planning permission deemed, by virtue of this paragraph, to be granted.

(15) [F162 Subsections (2) and (4) of section 93 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] (which respectively define final approval of reserved matters and invalidate development carried out, and applications for approval made, out of time) shall have effect for the purposes of this paragraph with the substitution for any reference to a reserved matter of a reference to such a matter as is referred to in sub-paragraph (12)(b)(ii) above, and, for the reference to planning permission having conditions attached to it by or under provisions of [F162 sections 91 and 92 of that Act of 1990], of a reference to planning permission deemed, by virtue of this paragraph, to be granted.

F154 (16) For the purposes of the general application of this paragraph to Scotland, in sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) the words “and the expiration of the relevant period” and sub-paragraphs (4) and (12)(c) shall be omitted.

(17) This paragraph does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Extent Information

E1 This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only.

Textual Amendments

F153 Words in Sch. 9, para. 27(7) substituted (E.W.)(25.9.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:1), s. 31(4), Sch. 6, para.4 (with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2067, art.3

F154 Words repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), s. 277(2), Sch. 23

F155 Sch. 9 para. 27(8) repealed (E.W.) by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 3, Sch. 1 Pt. II

F156 Words substituted (as they apply in England and Wales) by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(a)(ii)

F157 Words substituted (E.W.) by virtue of S.I. 1970/1681, art. 2, 6(3)

F158 Words substituted by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F159 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(a)(iii)

F160 Words substituted by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F161 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(a)(iv)

F162 Words substituted (as they apply in England and Wales) by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(a)(v)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C18 The text of Sch. 9 para. 27(11) 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

M103 1967 c. 1.

M104 1972 c. 52.

M105 1972 c. 52.

27 (1) Where, between the passing of this Act and the appointed day, the Postmaster General notifies a local planning authority in writing of a proposal to carry out development of land, and, before that day F179 . . ., that authority notifies the Postmaster General in writing that it has no objection to the proposal, planning permission for the development shall be deemed to be granted by that authority on that day subject to the relevant condition as to time.

(2) Where, between the passing of this Act and the appointed day, the Postmaster General notifies a local planning authority in writing of a proposal to carry out development of land, and, before that day F179 . . ., that authority notifies the Postmaster General in writing that it has no objection to the proposal provided that conditions specified by it in the notification are complied with (not being conditions containing a stipulation as to the time at which the development must be begun or completed), planning permission for the development shall—

(a) except in a case in which those conditions are subsequently either modified as mentioned in the following provisions of this sub-paragraph or withdrawn as so mentioned, be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to those conditions and to the relevant condition as to time;

(b) in a case in which those conditions are subsequently modified by that authority in writing with the written concurrence of the Postmaster General, be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to those conditions as so modified and to the relevant condition as to time;

(c) in a case in which those conditions are withdrawn by that authority in writing addressed to the Postmaster General, be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to the relevant condition as to time.

(3) Where, between the passing of this Act and the appointed day, the Postmaster General notifies a local planning authority in writing of a proposal to carry out development of land, and before that day F179 . . ., that authority notifies the Postmaster General in writing that it has no objection to the proposal provided that conditions specified by it in the notification are complied with (being conditions containing a stipulation as to the time at which the development must be begun or completed), planning permission for the development shall—

(a) except in a case in which those conditions are subsequently either modified as mentioned in the following provisions of this sub-paragraph or withdrawn as so mentioned, be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to those conditions;

(b) in the case in which those conditions are subsequently modified by that authority in writing with the written concurrence of the Postmaster General (otherwise than by withdrawing the stipulation as to time), be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to those conditions as so modified;

(c) in a case in which those conditions (except so far as containing the stipulation as to time) are withdrawn by that authority in writing addressed to the Postmaster General, be deemed to be granted by that authority on the appointed day subject to the condition containing that stipulation.

F180 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) The foregoing sub-paragraphs shall, with requisite modifications, apply in a case where, before the passing of this Act, the Postmaster General has notified a local planning authority in writing of a proposal to carry out development of land (but that development has not been carried out before the appointed day) as they apply in a case where he does so between the passing of this Act and that day.

(6) Where, by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above, planning permission for the carrying out of development of land consisting in the erection, extension or alteration of a building is deemed to be granted by a local planning authority subject to a condition that the Postmaster General should consult that authority with respect to any matters relating to the siting, design or external appearance of the building or means of access thereto, then, so far as regards any of those matters as to which, before the appointed day, the Postmaster General has not been notified by that authority in writing that it is satisfied with the way in which that matter is to be dealt with, it shall be deemed, as from that day, to be a matter in the case of which the approval of that authority to the manner in which it is to be dealt with is required under a development order and the planning permission shall be deemed to be granted subject to a condition that application for approval must be made not later than the expiration of three years beginning with that day.

(7) [F181 Part XII of the M129 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972] shall not have effect in a case in which planning permission is deemed, by virtue of this paragraph, to be granted.

F182 (8) [F183 Section 76 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972] shall not have effect in relation to planning permission deemed, by virtue of this paragraph, to be granted.

(9) Every local planning authority shall, with respect to each case in which planning permission is deemed, by virtue of this paragraph, to be granted by it, include, in that part of the register kept by it under [F183 section 31 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972] that contains entries relating to applications for planning permission that have been finally disposed of, the following particulars, namely,—

(a) the date on which the permission is deemed to be granted;

(b) a general description of the development to which the permission relates and of the land to be developed in accordance with the permission;

(c) in a case in which the authority approves, in relation to the development to which the permission relates, anything which, by virtue of sub-paragraph (6) above, falls to be approved by it, the date on which it does so;

(d) in a case in which, in consequence of the operation of that sub-paragraph, an appeal as to any matter relating to the development to which the permission relates is entertained by the [F184 Secretary of State] or an application is referred to him, the date on which the appeal or reference is disposed of, and the decision on the appeal or reference.

F182 (10) For the purposes of section 99(3) of the M130 Land Commission Act 1967, planning permission which, by virtue of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above, is deemed to be granted subject to approval on any matter, shall be deemed to be granted on an outline application.

(11) Section 69 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1968 and section 70 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1969 shall have effect in relation to the Post Office as if, at the end of paragraph (d) of subsection (3) thereof, there were added the following—

“or

(e) deemed to be granted by virtue of paragraph 27 of Schedule 9 to the Post Office Act 1969.”

(12) In this paragraph,—

(a) “development”, “development order”, “local planning authority” and “planning permission” have, in the application of this paragraph to England and Wales, the same meanings as they have [F185 for the purposes of [F186 the Town and Country Planning Act 1990]] and, in the application of this paragraph to Scotland, the same meanings as in [F187 the M131 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972].

(b) “the relevant condition as to time”—

(i) except in a case in which planning permission is, by virtue of sub-paragraph (6) above, deemed to be granted subject to a condition that application for the approval of matters must be made not later than the expiration of three years beginning with the appointed day, means a condition that the development to which the permission relates must be begun not later than the expiration of five years beginning with that day;

(ii) in the said excepted case, means a condition that the development must be begun not later than whichever is the later of the following dates, namely, the expiration of five years from the appointed day and the expiration of two years from the final approval of matters which are the subject of the condition subject to which planning permission is, by virtue of that sub-paragraph, deemed to be granted (or, in the case of approval on different dates, the final approval of the last such matter to be approved);

F180 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(13) For the purposes of this paragraph, development shall be taken to be begun on the earliest date on which any specified operation (as defined in section 64(3) of the Land Commission Act 1967) comprised in the development begins to be carried out.

(14) [F188 Sections 91 and 92 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] and [F187 sections 38 and 39 of the M132 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972] (which relate to the duration of planning permission) shall not apply to planning permission deemed, by virtue of this paragraph, to be granted.

(15) [F183 Subsections (5) and (7) of section 40 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972] (which respectively define final approval of reserved matters and invalidate development carried out, and applications for approval made, out of time) shall have effect for the purposes of this paragraph with the substitution for any reference to a reserved matter of a reference to such a matter as is referred to in sub-paragraph (12)(b)(ii) above, and, for the reference to planning permission having conditions attached to it by or under provisions of [F183 sections 38 and 39 of that Act], of a reference to planning permission deemed, by virtue of this paragraph, to be granted.

F182 (16) For the purposes of the general application of this paragraph to Scotland, in sub-paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) the words “and the expiration of the relevant period” and sub-paragraphs (4) and (12)(c) shall be omitted.

(17) This paragraph does not extend to Northern Ireland.

Extent Information

E2 This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales only.

Textual Amendments

F179 Words in Sch. 9 para. 27(1)(2)(3) omitted for purposes of general application of para. 27 to Scotland pursuant to para. 27(16)

F180 Sch. 9 para. 27(4)(12)(c) omitted for purposes of general application of para. 27 to Scotland pursuant to para. 27(16)

F181 Words in Sch. 9 para. 27(7) substituted (S.) (25.9.1991) by Planning and Compensation Act 1991 (c. 34, SIF 123:2), s. 60(6), Sch. 12 para.4(with s. 84(5)); S.I. 1991/2092, art.3

F182 Words repealed by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), s. 277(2), Sch. 23

F183 Words substituted (S.) by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F184 Words substituted (S.) by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F185 Words substituted by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F186 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(a)(iii)

F187 Words substituted by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F188 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(a)(iv)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C21 The text of Sch. 9 para. 27(11) 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

M129 1972 c. 52.

M130 1967 c. 1.

M131 1972 c. 52.

M132 1972 c. 52.

28 (1) Notwithstanding [F163 section 253 of the M106 Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972] or [F164 section 296 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] (exercise of powers in relation to Crown land), planning permission for the development by the Post Office of land which is Crown land within the meaning of that section by reason only of the subsistence therein of an interest of the Postmaster General may be granted under either Act in pursuance of an application therefor made by the Post Office before the appointed day, and [F163 section 24 of the M107 said Act of 1972] and [F164 sections 66 and 67 of the said Act of 1990] (certificates required to accompany application) shall not apply to an application that may be granted by virtue of this sub-paragraph or to an appeal from a decision to refuse to grant planning permission in pursuance of such an application or to grant it subject to conditions.

(2) Any approval required under a development order (within the meaning of [F165 the said Act of 1972] or of [F166 the said Act of 1990]) in relation to development of such land as is mentioned in the foregoing sub-paragraph, being development proposed to be carried out by the Post Office, may be granted in pursuance of an application therefor made by the Post Office before the appointed day.

Textual Amendments

F163 Words substituted by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F164 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(b)(i)

F165 Words substituted by Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (c. 78), Sch. 23 Pt. II

F166 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(b)(ii)

Marginal Citations

M106 1972 c. 52.

M107 1972 c. 52.

29 No enforcement notice shall be served by virtue of [F167 paragraph 28 of Schedule 22 to the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972] or under [F168 paragraph 34 of Schedule 24 to the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 (as it continues in effect by virtue of Schedule 3 to the Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990)] in respect of works carried out on land that vests in the Post Office by virtue of section 16 of this Act or in respect of use of land that so vests; and no enforcement notice shall be served under [F168 section 172 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990] or [F167 section 84 of the M108 said Act of 1972] in respect of development carried out before the appointed day on land that so vests.

Textual Amendments

F167 Words substituted by Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52), Sch. 21 Pt. II

F168 Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 24(3)(c)

Marginal Citations

M108 1972 c. 52.

30 U.K. Neither an interim development authority, nor, where the [F169 Department of Development for Northern Ireland] is exercising any of the functions of such an authority, that [F169 Department], shall take any action under section 4 of the M109 Planning (Interim Development) Act (Northern Ireland) 1944 (enforcement of interim development control) in respect of any development carried out before the appointed day in or on land that vests in the Post Office by virtue of section 16 of this Act.

Textual Amendments

F169 Words substituted by virtue of Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973 (c. 36), Sch. 5 para. 8(1)

Marginal Citations

M109 1944 c. 3 (N.I.)

31, 32F170 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F170 Sch. 9 paras. 31, 32 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

F171 33 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F171 Sch. 9 para. 33 repealed (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 18, ss. 242, 243, Sch. 3 Pt. I (with ss. 191-195, 202)

F172 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E+W+S

34

Textual Amendments

F172 Sch. 9 para. 34 repealed by Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978 (c. 44), Sch. 17

F173 35 U.K. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F173 S. 35 repealed (24.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/1919, arts. 256, 257, Sch. 3 (with saving in Sch. 2)

36—47.F174 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F174 Sch. 9 paras. 36–47 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

48F175 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F175 Sch. 9 para. 48 repealed by Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38), Sch. 28 Pt. I

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C19 Sch. 9 para. 48: power to continue conferred (1.7.1992) by Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), ss. 5 , 7(2), Sch. 3 Pt. II para.15

49 Where works on land vested in the Post Office by virtue of this Act are executed by it so as injuriously to affect another person who would, had the works been executed by the Postmaster General, have had a right to receive from him compensation in respect of the injurious affection, that person shall have the right to receive from the Post Office compensation in respect of the injurious affection.

50F176 U.K.

Textual Amendments

F176 Sch. 9 para. 50 repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. I

51 U.K. An indemnity given under section 13 of the M110 National Debt Act 1958 to the Postmaster General shall, if effective at the appointed day, have effect, as from that day, as if given to the Director of Savings.

Marginal Citations

M110 1958 c. 6 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2).

52 U.K. Any reference to the Postmaster General in a prospectus issued with respect to securities issued under the M111 National Loans Act 1939 or the M112 National Loans Act 1968 shall, as from the appointed day, be construed as referring to the Director of Savings.

Marginal Citations

M111 1939 c. 117.

M112 1968 c. 13.

53 U.K. Where the Crown retains possession of any documents of title to any land any part of which is vested by virtue of section 16 of this Act in the Post Office, the Minister shall be assumed to have given to the Post Office an acknowledgment in writing of the right of the Post Office to production of those documents and to delivery of copies thereof, and, so far as relates to land in England or Wales, section 64 of the M113 Law of Property Act 1925 shall have effect accordingly, and on the basis that the acknowledgment did not contain any such expression of contrary intention as is mentioned in that section and, so far as relates to land in Northern Ireland, section 9 of the M114 Conveyancing Act 1881 shall have similar effect.

Marginal Citations

M113 1925 c. 20.

M114 1881 c. 41.

54 U.K. Any legal proceedings or applications pending on the appointed day by or against the Crown, being proceedings or applications instituted or made by or against the Postmaster General or his department (but not being proceedings in the case of which express provision is made by some other provision of this Act with respect to the continuance thereof) may be continued by or against the appropriate government department authorised for the purposes of the M115 Crown Proceedings Act 1947.

Marginal Citations

M115 1947 c. 44.

Section 138.

SCHEDULE 10 U.K. Special transitional Provisions with respect to Patents for Inventions and Registered Designs

Part I U.K. Patents for Inventions

1 For the purposes of so much of section 32(1) of the M116 Patents Act 1949 as provides that a patent may be revoked on the grounds that the invention, so far as claimed in any claim of the complete specification, was secretly used in the United Kingdom before the priority date of that claim, no account shall be taken of any use, on or after the appointed day, of the invention by the Post Office or a person authorised by it, in consequence of the applicant for the patent or any person from whom he derives title having communicated or disclosed the invention directly or indirectly,—

(a) before the appointed day, to a government department or person authorised by a government department; or

(b) on or after the appointed day, in pursuance of an agreement in the case of which rights and liabilities thereunder vest in the Post Office by virtue of sections 16 to 18 of this Act, to the Post Office or a person authorised by it.

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M116 1949 c. 87.

2 (1) Where an agreement in the case of which rights and liabilities thereunder vest in the Post Office by virtue of sections 16 to 18 of this Act contains provision—

(a) conferring authority under section 46(1) of the M117 Patents Act 1949 for the making, use or exercise of an invention for a purpose referable to the functions of the Postmaster General, or

(b) providing for the conferring by the Postmaster General on a person of such an authority under that section,

then, on and after the appointed day,—

(i) the authority conferred by the agreement, and any authority conferred before that day in pursuance of such a provision as is mentioned in head (b) above, shall continue in force and shall have effect so as to authorise the making, use and exercise of the invention for a purpose referable to the functions of the Post Office, being a purpose corresponding to that mentioned in head (a) above; and

(ii) the provision described in head (b) above shall have effect as if it provided for the conferring by the Post Office of an authority having such effect as is mentioned in the last foregoing head.

(2) For the purpose of fulfilling obligations imposed on it by virtue of this paragraph, the Post Office shall, on and after the appointed day, have power to confer such an authority as is mentioned in head (ii) of the foregoing sub-paragraph.

(3) Nothing in the Patents Act 1949 shall be taken to prevent the use by the Post Office, for a purpose referable to its functions, of any articles made and supplied to it in the exercise of an authority continued in force by, or conferred by virtue of, this paragraph.

Marginal Citations

M117 1949 c. 87.

3 Where, by an agreement in force immediately before the appointed day and made in pursuance of subsection (3) of section 46 of the Patents Act 1949, terms are agreed upon which use of an invention may be made by virtue of that section for the manufacture of articles by the department of the Postmaster General, or the manufacture and supply to that department of articles by a person authorised by it,—

(a) the agreement shall (so far as it relates to the use of the invention by, or with the authority of, that department) have effect as from the appointed day as if, for any reference to use by virtue of that section, whether or not it is expressed to be for any purpose referable to functions of the Postmaster General, there were substituted a reference to use by virtue of this paragraph for any purpose referable to functions of the Post Office corresponding to a purpose referable to functions of the Postmaster General, being a purpose in the case of which use of the invention therefor fell within the agreement, and the rights and liabilities of the Postmaster General subsisting immediately before the appointed day under the agreement shall, on that day, vest in the Post Office by virtue of this paragraph, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to this Act shall apply as it does where rights and liabilities so vest by virtue of sections 16 to 18 of this Act;

(b) the Post Office shall have power to use the invention for the manufacture of articles on the terms of the agreement as it has effect by virtue of this paragraph, and any person authorised by the Post Office in writing shall have power to use the invention for manufacture and supply to the Post Office on such terms, and the Post Office shall, accordingly, have power to use, for purposes referable to its functions, articles so manufactured by, or supplied to, it.

4 (1) If an obligation of the department of the Postmaster General incurred under section 46(5) of the M118 Patents Act 1949 to give a notification or furnish information to a person has not been fulfilled before the appointed day, the Post Office shall, on that day, become under obligation to give the notification or furnish the information to that person; and the Post Office shall, on and after that day, be under obligation to furnish to any person who requires it such other information as to the extent of use before that day of an invention as that department could have been required under the said section 46(5) to furnish to that person if this Act had not passed.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, where, on or after the appointed day, use of an invention is begun under an authority continued in force by, or conferred by virtue of, paragraph 2 of this Schedule, the Post Office shall notify the patentee as soon as practicable after the use is begun.

(3) Subject as aforesaid, the Post Office shall furnish the patentee with such information as he may from time to time require as to the extent of use, if any, of the invention after the beginning of the appointed day under such an authority as is mentioned in the last foregoing sub-paragraph or by virtue of paragraph 3 of this Schedule.

(4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall impose on the Post Office an obligation to give notification or furnish information if the Minister notifies it that it is contrary to the public interest to do so.

Marginal Citations

M118 1949 c. 87.

5 Where, in the case of an invention, an authority for its use is continued in force by, or is conferred by virtue of, paragraph 2 of this Schedule, then—

(a) if and so far as the invention has, before the priority date of the relevant claim of the complete specification, been duly recorded by or tried by or on behalf of a government department otherwise than in consequence of the communication thereof, directly or indirectly, by the patentee or a person from whom he derives title, any use of the invention by virtue of the said paragraph 2 may be made free of any royalty or other payment to the patentee;

(b) if and so far as the invention has not been so recorded or tried as aforesaid, any use of the invention by virtue of the said paragraph 2 at any time after the acceptance of the complete specification in respect of the patent or in consequence of any such communication as aforesaid, shall—

(i) except where an agreement as to terms for the use of the invention was made before the appointed day under section 46(3) of the M119 Patents Act 1949 or a determination as to those terms was made by the court under section 48 of that Act, be made upon such terms as may be agreed upon, either before or after the use, between the Post Office and the patentee, or as may, in default of such an agreement, be determined by the court on a reference under paragraph 9 of this Schedule;

(ii) in the said excepted case, be made upon the terms of the said agreement or determination.

Marginal Citations

M119 1949 c. 87.

6 The authority of the Post Office in respect of an invention may be given under paragraph 2 or 3 of this Schedule either before or after the patent is granted and either before or after the acts in respect of which the authority is given are done, but not so as to authorise the doing before the appointed day of any act; and such authority may be given to any person whether or not he is authorised, directly or indirectly, by the patentee to make, use, exercise or vend the invention.

7 (1) The Post Office shall have power to use, for a purpose referable to its functions, any article vested in it and made before the appointed day, in the exercise of the powers conferred by section 46 of the Patents Act 1949, by a government department, or a person authorised by a government department.

(2) In the case of articles described in the foregoing sub-paragraph, and articles vested in the Post Office and made on or after the appointed day under an authority continued in force by, or conferred by virtue of, paragraph 2 of this Schedule, the Post Office, if the circumstances are such that their supply to the government of a country outside the United Kingdom is, by virtue of section 46(6) of the Patents Act 1949 included among the services of the Crown, shall have power to sell them to that government, and if the circumstances are such that their supply to the United Nations is, by virtue of that section, so included, shall have power to sell them to that organisation.

(3) In the case of articles mentioned in the last foregoing sub-paragraph and articles vested in the Post Office and made on or after the appointed day by virtue of paragraph 3 of this Schedule, the Post Office shall have power to sell to any person such, if any, of them as are not required for a purpose referable to functions of the Post Office.

(4) The purchaser of any articles sold in the exercise of powers conferred by this paragraph, and any person claiming through him, shall have power to deal with them in the same manner as if the patent were held by or on behalf of the Post Office.

8 (1) In relation to any use of a patented invention or an invention in respect of which an application for a patent is pending, being a use made on or after the appointed day for purposes referable to functions of the Post Office—

(a) by the Post Office under any power conferred by, or by virtue of, the foregoing provisions of this Act, or by its using articles supplied to it by the patentee or applicant for the patent under an agreement in the case of which rights and liabilities thereunder vest in the Post Office by virtue of sections 16 to 18 of this Act;

(b) by a person authorised by an authority continued in force by paragraph 2 above or conferred by virtue of that paragraph or paragraph 3 above;

(c) by the patentee or applicant for the patent, for the purpose of satisfying a liability under an agreement in the case of which rights and liabilities thereunder vest in the Post Office by virtue of sections 16 to 18 of this Act;

the provisions of any licence, assignment or agreement made—

(i) before the appointed day, between the patentee or applicant for the patent or any person who derives title from him or from whom he derives title, and any person other than a government department; or

(ii) on or after the appointed day, between the patentee or applicant for the patent or any person who derives title from him or from whom he derives title, and any person other than the Post Office;

shall be of no effect so far as those provisions restrict or regulate the use of the invention, or any model, document or information relating thereto, or provide for the making of payments in respect of any such use, or calculated by reference thereto; and the reproduction or publication of any model or document in connection with the said use shall not be deemed to be an infringement of any copyright [F177 or design right] subsisting in the model or document.

(2) Where an exclusive licence granted otherwise than for royalties or other benefits determined by reference to the use of the invention is in force under the patent, then,—

(a) in relation to any use of the invention which, but for the provisions of this paragraph and paragraph 2 of this Schedule would constitute an infringement of the rights of the licensee, paragraph 5 of this Schedule shall have effect as if, for the reference in sub-paragraph (b) thereof to the patentee, there were substituted a reference to the licensee; and

(b) in relation to any use of the invention by the licensee by virtue of an authority continued in force by, or conferred by virtue of, paragraph 2 of this Schedule, paragraph 5 thereof shall have effect as if sub-paragraph (b) were omitted.

(3) Subject to the provisions of the last foregoing sub-paragraph, where the patent, or the right to apply for or obtain the patent, has been assigned to the patentee in consideration of royalties or other benefits determined by reference to the use of the invention, then—

(a) in relation to any use of the invention by virtue of paragraph 2 of this Schedule, paragraph 5 thereof shall have effect as if, in sub-paragraph (b), the reference to the patentee included a reference to the assignor, and any sum payable by virtue of that paragraph or an agreement referred to in paragraph 3 of this Schedule shall—

(i) except where an agreement was made before the appointed day between the patentee and the assignor as to the proportions in which any sum payable in relation to the use of the invention by or under the authority of the department of the Postmaster General by virtue of section 46 of the M120 Patents Act 1949 should be divided or a determination as to those proportions was made by the court under section 48 of that Act before the appointed day, be divided between the patentee and the assignor in such proportions as may be agreed between them or as may in default of agreement be determined by the court on a reference under paragraph 9 of this Schedule;

(ii) in the said excepted case, be divided in such proportions as may be provided for by the said agreement or determination; and

(b) in relation to any use of the invention made after the beginning of the appointed day, being use referable to the functions of the Post Office and made by the patentee for the purpose mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(c) above, paragraph 5(b) of this Schedule shall have effect as if that use were made by virtue of an authority continued in force by paragraph 2 of this Schedule.

(4) Where, under paragraph 5 of this Schedule or such an agreement as is referred to in paragraph 3 thereof, payments are required to be made by the Post Office to a patentee in respect of any use of an invention, any person, being the holder of an exclusive licence under the patent (not being such a licence as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph) authorising him to make that use of the invention, shall—

(a) except where an agreement as to the recovery from the patentee of a part of the payments made under section 46(3) of the Patents Act 1949 by the department of the Postmaster General in respect of the use of the invention was made before the appointed day under section 47(4) of that Act or a determination was made before that day under section 48 of that Act by the court as to such recovery, be entitled to recover from the patentee such part (if any) of those payments as may be agreed upon between that person and the patentee or as may, in default of agreement, be determined by the court on a reference under paragraph 9 of this Schedule to be just having regard to any expenditure incurred by that person—

(i) in developing the said invention, or

(ii) in making payments to the patentee, other than royalties or other payments determined by reference to the use of the invention, in consideration of the licence;

(b) in the said excepted case, be entitled to recover such part, if any, of the payments as may be provided for by the said agreement or determination;

and if that person, at any time before the amount of any such payment has been settled, gives to the Post Office notice in writing of his interest, any agreement as to the amount of that payment shall be of no effect unless it is made with his consent; and, for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, a notice given before the appointed day to the department of the Postmaster General in pursuance of section 47(4) of the M121 Patents Act 1949 shall have effect as if it had been given to the Post Office.

(5) Where any models, documents or information relating to an invention are used in connection with any such use of the invention as is described in sub-paragraph (1) above, paragraph 5 of this Schedule shall, whether or not it applies to the use of the invention, apply to the use of the models, documents or information as if, for the reference therein to the patentee, there were substituted a reference to the person entitled to the benefit of any provision of a licence, assignment or agreement which is rendered inoperative by the said sub-paragraph (1) in relation to that use.

(6) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as authorising the disclosure to the Post Office or any other person of any model, document or information to the use of which this paragraph applies in contravention of any such licence, assignment or agreement as aforesaid.

Textual Amendments

F177 Words inserted by Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303(1), Sch. 7 para. 11

Marginal Citations

M120 1949 c. 87.

M121 1949 c. 87.

9 (1) Any dispute as to the exercise by the Post Office or a person authorised by it of powers subsisting by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this Schedule, or as to terms for use thereunder of an invention or any models, documents or information relating to an invention, or as to the right of any person to receive any part of a payment made in pursuance of paragraph 5 of this Schedule or any such agreement as is referred to in paragraph 3 thereof may be referred to the court by either party to the dispute in such manner as is prescribed by the rules for the time being in force for the purposes of section 48(1) of the Patents Act 1949.

(2) Subsections (2) to (5) of section 48 of the Patents Act 1949 shall have effect in relation to proceedings under the foregoing sub-paragraph and disputes that may be determined thereunder as they do in relation to proceedings and disputes that may be determined under subsection (1) of the said section 48, but subject to the modifications that—

(a) in subsection (2), for references to a government department there shall be substituted references to the Post Office;

(b) in subsection (3), for the references to section 46 of that Act and to the opinion of the government department there shall be substituted respectively references to paragraph 5(a) of this Schedule and to the opinion of the Minister stated in a certificate signed by him; and

(c) in subsection (4), for the first reference to a government department there shall be substituted a reference to the Post Office, for the second such reference there shall be substituted a reference to the department of the Postmaster General or the Post Office, and the reference to the services of the Crown shall include a reference to the purposes of the Post Office.

(3) Any proceedings under the said section 48 which are in progress immediately before the appointed day, being proceedings to which the department of the Postmaster General is a party, may be continued with the substitution of the Post Office for that department; but in relation to such proceedings, subsection (3) of the said section 48 shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the opinion of a government department, of a reference to the opinion of the Minister stated in a certificate signed by him.

10 (1) Where, in pursuance of an agreement made before the appointed day in relation to an invention claimed under a complete specification, between the department of the Postmaster General and the applicant for the patent, or any person from whom he derives title, being an agreement to which the Post Office has become a party by virtue of this Act, communication of the invention is made to the Post Office or a person authorised by it to investigate the invention or its merits, the invention shall not be deemed to have been anticipated by reason only of that communication or of anything done in consequence thereof for the purposes of the investigation.

(2) An authorisation to investigate an invention given under subsection (1) of section 51 of the M122 Patents Act 1949 by the department of the Postmaster General and in force immediately before the appointed day shall remain in force on and after that day as if given by the Post Office and, in relation to that invention, the said subsection (1) shall have effect as if references to a government department included references to the Post Office.

Marginal Citations

M122 1949 c. 87.

11 Expressions to which meanings are assigned by the Patents Act 1949 for the purposes of that Act have those meanings also for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule.

Part II U.K. Registered Designs

12 (1) Where an agreement in the case of which rights and liabilities thereunder vest in the Post Office by virtue of sections 16 to 18 of this Act contains provision—

(a) conferring authority under paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 1 to the M123 Registered Designs Act 1949 for the use of a registered design for a purpose referable to the functions of the Postmaster General; or

(b) providing for the conferring by the Postmaster General on a person of such an authority under that paragraph,

then, on and after the appointed day,—

(i) the authority conferred by the agreement, and any authority conferred before that day in pursuance of such a provision as is mentioned in head (b) above, shall continue in force and shall have effect so as to authorise the use of the design for a purpose referable to the functions of the Post Office, being a purpose corresponding to that mentioned in head (a) above; and

(ii) the provision described in head (b) above shall have effect as if it provided for the conferring by the Post Office of an authority having such effect as is mentioned in the last foregoing head.

(2) For the purpose of fulfilling obligations imposed on it by virtue of this paragraph, the Post Office shall, on and after the appointed day, have power to confer such an authority as is mentioned in head (ii) of the foregoing sub-paragraph.

Marginal Citations

M123 1949 c. 88.

13 Where, by an agreement in force immediately before the appointed day and made in pursuance of sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Registered Designs Act 1949, terms are agreed upon which use of a design may be made by virtue of that paragraph for the manufacture of articles by the department of the Postmaster General, or the manufacture and supply to that department of articles by a person authorised by it,—

(a) the agreement shall (so far as it relates to the use of the design by, or with the authority of, that department) have effect as from the appointed day as if, for any reference to use by virtue of that paragraph, whether or not it is expressed to be for any purpose referable to functions of the Postmaster General, there were substituted a reference to use by virtue of this paragraph for any purpose referable to functions of the Post Office corresponding to a purpose referable to functions of the Postmaster General, being a purpose in the case of which use of the design therefor fell within the agreement, and the rights and liabilities of the Postmaster General subsisting immediately before the appointed day under the agreement shall on that day vest in the Post Office by virtue of this paragraph, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 9 to this Act shall apply as it does where rights and liabilities so vest by virtue of sections 16 to 18 of this Act;

(b) the Post Office shall have power to use the design for the manufacture of articles on the terms of the agreement as it has effect by virtue of this paragraph, and any person authorised by the Post Office in writing shall have power to use the design for manufacture and supply to the Post Office on such terms.

14 (1) If an obligation of the department of the Postmaster General , incurred under paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 1 to the M124 Registered Designs Act 1949 to give a notification or furnish information to a person has not been fulfilled before the appointed day, the Post Office shall, on that day, become under obligation to give the notification or furnish the information to that person; and the Post Office shall, on and after that day, be under obligation to furnish to any person who requires it such other information as to the extent of use before that day of a registered design as that department could have been required under this said paragraph 1(5) to furnish to that person if this Act had not passed.

(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, where, on or after the appointed day, use of a registered design is begun under an authority continued in force by, or conferred by virtue of, paragraph 12 of this Schedule the Post Office shall notify the registered proprietor as soon as practicable after the use is begun.

(3) Subject as aforesaid, the Post Office shall furnish the registered proprietor with such information as he may from time to time require as to the extent of use, if any, of the registered design after the beginning of the appointed day under such an authority as is mentioned in the last foregoing sub-paragraph or by virtue of paragraph 13 of this Schedule.

(4) Nothing in the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall impose on the Post Office an obligation to give notification or furnish information if the Minister notifies it that it is contrary to the public interest to do so.

Marginal Citations

M124 1949 c. 88.

15 Where, in the case of a design, an authority for its use is continued in force by, or is conferred by virtue of, paragraph 12 of this Schedule, then—

(a) if and so far as the design has, before the date of registration thereof, been duly recorded by or applied by or on behalf of a government department otherwise then in consequence of the communication of the design, directly or indirectly, by the registered proprietor or a person from whom he derives title, any use of the design by virtue of the said paragraph 12 may be made free of any royalty or other payment to the registered proprietor;

(b) if and so far as the design has not been so recorded or applied as aforesaid, any use of the design by virtue of the said paragraph 12 at any time after the date of registration thereof or in consequence of any such communication as aforesaid, shall—

(i) except in a case where an agreement as to terms for the use of the design was made before the appointed day under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 1 to the M125 Registered Designs Act 1949 or a determination as to those terms was made by the court under paragraph 3 of that Schedule, be made upon such terms as may be agreed upon, either before or after the use, between the Post Office and the registered proprietor or as may, in default of such an agreement, be determined by the court on a reference under paragraph 19 of this Schedule;

(ii) in the said excepted case, be made upon the terms of the said agreement or determination.

Marginal Citations

M125 1949 c. 88.

16 The authority of the Post Office in respect of a design may be given under paragraph 12 or 13 of this Schedule either before or after the design is registered and either before or after the acts in respect of which the authority is given are done, but not so as to authorise the doing before the appointed day of any act; and such authority may be given to any person whether or not he is authorised, directly or indirectly, by the registered proprietor to use the design.

17 (1) In the case of articles vested in the Post Office and made before the appointed day, in the exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Registered Designs Act 1949, and articles so vested and made on or after the appointed day under an authority continued in force by, or conferred by virtue of, paragraph 12 of this Schedule, the Post Office, if the circumstances are such that their supply to the government of a country outside the United Kingdom is, by virtue of paragraph 1(6) of the said Schedule 1 included among the services of the Crown, shall have power to sell them to that government, and if the circumstances are such that their supply to the United Nations is, by virtue of that paragraph, so included, shall have power to sell them to that organisation.

(2) In the case of articles mentioned in the last foregoing sub-paragraph and articles vested in the Post Office and made on or after the appointed day by virtue of paragraph 13 of this Schedule, the Post Office shall have power to sell to any person such, if any, of them as are not required for a purpose referable to functions of the Post Office.

(3) The purchaser of any articles sold in the exercise of powers conferred by this paragraph, and any person claiming through him, shall have power to deal with them in the same manner as if the rights in the registered design were held by or on behalf of the Post Office.

18 (1) In relation to any use of a registered design or a design in respect of which an application for registration is pending, being a use made on or after the appointed day for purposes referable to functions of the Post Office—

(a) by the Post Office under any power conferred by or by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this Act;

(b) by a person authorised by an authority continued in force by paragraph 12 above or conferred by virtue of that paragraph or paragraph 13 above;

(c) by the registered proprietor or applicant for registration for the purpose of satisfying a liability under an agreement in the case of which rights and liabilities thereunder vest in the Post Office by virtue of sections 16 to 18 of this Act;

the provisions of any licence, assignment or agreement made,—

(i) before the appointed day, between the registered proprietor or applicant for registration or any person who derives title from him or from whom he derives title and any person other than a government department; or

(ii) on or after the appointed day, between the registered proprietor or applicant for registration or any person who derives title from him or from whom he derives title and any person other than the Post Office;

shall be of no effect so far as those provisions restrict or regulate the use of the design, or any model, document or information relating thereto, or provide for the making of payments in respect of any such use, or calculated by reference thereto; and the reproduction or publication of any model or document in connection with the said use shall not be deemed to be an infringement of any copyright [F178 or design right] subsisting in the model or document.

(2) Where an exclusive licence granted otherwise than for royalties or other benefits determined by reference to the use of the design is in force under the registered design, then—

(a) in relation to any use of the design which, but for the provisions of this paragraph and paragraph 12 of this Schedule would constitute an infringement of the rights of the licensee, paragraph 15 of this Schedule shall have effect as if, for the reference in sub-paragraph (b) thereof to the registered proprietor, there were substituted a reference to the licensee; and

(b) in relation to any use of the design by the licensee by virtue of an authority continued in force by, or conferred by virtue of, paragraph 12 of this Schedule, paragraph 15 thereof shall have effect as if sub-paragraph (b) were omitted.

(3) Subject to the provisions of the last foregoing sub-paragraph, where the registered design or the right to apply for or obtain registration of the design has been assigned to the registered proprietor in consideration of royalties or other benefits determined by reference to the use of the design, then—

(a) in relation to any use of the design by virtue of paragraph 12 of this Schedule, paragraph 15 thereof shall have effect as if, in sub-paragraph (b), the reference to the registered proprietor included a reference to the assignor, and any sum payable by virtue of that paragraph or an agreement referred to in paragraph 13 of this Schedule shall—

(i) except in a case where an agreement was made before the appointed day between the registered proprietor and the assignor as to the proportions in which any sum payable in relation to the use of the design by or under the authority of the department of the Postmaster General by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the M126 Registered Designes Act 1949 should be divided or a determination as to those proportions was made by the court under paragraph 3 of that Schedule before the appointed day, be divided between them in such proportions as may be agreed between them or as may in default of agreement be determined by the court on a reference under paragraph 19 of this Schedule;

(ii) in the said excepted case, be divided in such proportions as may be provided for by the said agreement or determination; and

(b) in relation to any use of the design made after the beginning of the appointed day, being use referable to the functions of the Post Office and made by the registered proprietor for the purpose mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(c) above, paragraph 15(b) of this Schedule shall have effect as if that use were made by virtue of an authority continued in force by paragraph 12 of this Schedule.

(4) Where, under paragraph 15 of this Schedule or such an agreement as is referred to in paragraph 13 thereof, payments are required to be made by the Post Office to a registered proprietor in respect of any use of a design, any person, being the holder of an exclusive licence under the registered design (not being such a licence as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of this paragraph) authorising him to make that use of the design, shall—

(a) except where an agreement as to the recovery from the registered proprietor of a part of the payments made under paragraph 1(3) of the said Schedule 1 by the department of the Postmaster General in respect of the use of the design was made before the appointed day under paragraph 2(4) of that Schedule or a determination was made before that day under paragraph 3 of that Schedule by the court as to such recovery, be entitled to recover from the registered proprietor such part (if any) of those payments as may be agreed upon between that person and the registered proprietor or as may, in default of agreement be determined by the court on a reference under paragraph 19 of this Schedule, to be just having regard to any expenditure incurred by that person—

(i) in developing the said design; or

(ii) in making payments to the registered proprietor, other than royalties or other payments determined by reference to the use of the design, in consideration of the licence;

(b) in the said excepted case, be entitled to recover such part, if any, of the payments as may be provided for by the said agreement or determination;

and if, at any time before the amount of any such payment has been settled, that person gives to the Post Office notice in writing of his interest, any agreement as to the amount of that payment shall be of no effect unless it is made with his consent; and for the purposes of this sub-paragraph, a notice given before the appointed day to the department of the Postmaster General in pursuance of paragraph 2(4) of the said Schedule 1 shall have effect as if it had been given to the Post Office.

(5) Where any models, documents or information relating to a registered design are used in connection with any such use of the design as is described in sub-paragraph (1) above, paragraph 15 of this Schedule shall, whether or not it applies to the use of the design, apply to the use of the models, documents or information as if, for the reference therein to the registered proprietor, there were substituted a reference to the person entitled to the benefit of any provision of a licence, assignment or agreement which is rendered inoperative by the said sub-paragraph (1) in relation to that use.

(6) Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as authorising the disclosure to the Post Office or any other person of any model, document or information to the use of which this paragraph applies in contravention of any such licence, assignment or agreement as aforesaid.

Textual Amendments

F178 Words inserted by Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 (c. 48, SIF 67A), s. 303(1), Sch. 7 para. 11

Marginal Citations

M126 1949 c. 88.

19 (1) Any dispute as to the exercise by the Post Office or a person authorised by it of powers subsisting by virtue of this Part of this Schedule, or as to terms for use thereunder of a design, or any models, documents or information relating to a design, or as to the right of any person to receive any part of a payment made in pursuance of paragraph 15 of this Schedule or any such agreement as is referred to in paragraph 13 thereof may be referred to the court by either party to the dispute in such manner as is prescribed by the rules for the time being in force for the purposes of paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 1 to the M127 Registered Designs Act 1949.

(2) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) of paragraph 3 of the said Schedule 1 shall have effect in relation to proceedings under the foregoing sub-paragraph and disputes that may be determined thereunder as they do in relation to proceedings and disputes that may be determined under sub-paragraph (1) of the said paragraph 3, but subject to the modifications that—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2), for references to a government department there shall be substituted references to the Post Office;

(b) in sub-paragraph (3), for the references to paragraph 1 of that Schedule and to the opinion of the government department there shall be substituted respectively references to paragraph 15(a) of this Schedule and to the opinion of the Minister stated in a certificate signed by him; and

(c) in sub-paragraph (4), for the first reference to a government department there shall be substituted a reference to the Post Office, for the second such reference there shall be substituted a reference to the department of the Postmaster General or the Post Office, and the reference to the services of the Crown shall include a reference to the purposes of the Post Office.

(3) Any proceedings under the said paragraph 3 which are in progress immediately before the appointed day, being proceedings to which the department of the Postmaster General is a party, may be continued with the substitution of the Post Office for that department; but in relation to such proceedings, sub-paragraph (3) of the said paragraph 3 shall have effect with the substitution, for the reference to the opinion of a government department, of a reference to the opinion of the Minister stated in a certificate signed by him.

Marginal Citations

M127 1949 c. 88.

20 (1) Where, in pursuance of an agreement made before the appointed day in relation to a design between the department of the Postmaster General and the proprietor of the design or any person from whom he derives title, being an agreement to which the Post Office has become a party by virtue of this Act, communication of the design is made to the Post Office or a person authorised by it to consider the merits of the design, an application for the registration of the design shall not be refused and the registration of the design shall not be invalidated by reason only of that communication or of anything done in consequence thereof.

(2) An authorisation to consider the merits of a design given under subsection (3) of section 6 of the M128 Registered Designs Act 1949 by the department of the Postmaster General and in force immediately before the appointed day shall remain in force on and after that day as if given by the Post Office and, in relation to that design, the said subsection (3) shall have effect as if references to a government department included references to the Post Office.

Marginal Citations

M128 1949 c. 88.

21 Expressions to which meanings are assigned by the Registered Designs Act 1949 for the purposes of that Act have those meanings also for the purposes of this Part of this Schedule.

Section 141.

SCHEDULE 11 U.K. Repeals and Revocations

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C20 The text of Sch. 11 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.

Part I U.K. Enactments repealed on the Passing of this Act

Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 36.	The Post Office Act 1953.	Section 66.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 62.	The Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954.	Section 19(3).
		In section 24(1), the words from “and a draft” onwards.
1966, c. 12.	The Post Office Savings Bank Act 1966.	Section 3(4).

The above repeal of section 24(1) of the Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 shall not render section 6(1) of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 inoperative as respects an instrument whereof a draft has been laid before Parliament before the passing of this Act.

Part II U.K. Enactments repealed on the Appointed Day

Enactment of the Parliament of the Great Britain U.K.

Chapter	Title	Extent of Repeal
39 Geo. 3. c. lxxiii.	An Act for making and maintaining a Tunnel or Road under the River Thames, from or near to the Town of Gravesend, in the County of Kent, to or near to Tilbury Fort, in the County of Essex.	In section 43, the words from “or for or in respect of” (where last occurring to “Deputies”.

Enactments of the Parliament of the United Kingdom U.K.

Chapter	Title or Short Title	Extent of Repeal
39 Geo. 3. c. lxxiii.	An Act for the Improvement of the Town of Bedford, in the County of Bedford, and for rebuilding the Bridge over the River Ouze, in the said Town.	In section 69, the words from “or any Horses or Carriages” (where secondly occurring) to “conveying the same”.
46 Geo. 3. c. xiv.	An Act for taking down and rebuilding the Bridge across the River Severn at Gloucester, called the Westgate Bridge, and for opening convenient Avenues thereto.	In section 24, the words from “for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “conveying the same; or”.
47 Geo. 3. Sess. 2. c. xxxv.	An Act to enable the Reverend Alban Thomas Jones Gwynne, his Heirs and Assigns, to repair and enlarge or rebuild the Quay or Pier within the Harbour or Port of Aberayron, in the County of Cardigan; and to improve the said Harbour, and to regulate the Moorings of Ships and Vessels therein.	In section 14, the words from “nor any Ship” (where first occurring) to “Postmaster General”.
49 Geo. 3. c. cxliii.	An Act for taking down and rebuilding the Whole or Part of a certain Bridge called Wallingford Bridge, in the Borough of Wallingford, in the County of Berks; and for opening, widening and improving the Avenues or Approaches to the said Bridge.	In section 23, the words from “nor for any Horse” (where secondly occurring) to “conveying the same”.
49 Geo. 3. c.cxliv.	An Act for taking down and rebuilding certain Parts of North Bridge and Tickford Bridge, in the Parishes of Newport Pagnell and Lathbury in the County of Buckingham; and for widening and making more commodious the said Bridge, and the Approaches thereto.	In section 21, the words from “or any Horses” (where secondly occurring) to “conveying the same”.
53 Geo. 3. c.cxxv.	An Act for further improving the Communication between the County of Edinburgh and the County of Fife, by the Ferries cross the Firth of Forth, between Leith and Newhaven, in the County of Edinburgh, and Kinghorn and Bruntisland in the County of Fife.	In section 41, the words from “for Horses” (where first occurring) to “conveying the same, nor”.
57 Geo. 3. c. lxx.	An Act for improving the Harbour of Blakeney, within the Port of Blakeney and Clay, in the County of Norfolk.	In section 35, the words “Post Office”.
60 Geo. 3 & 1 Geo. 4. c. iii.	An Act to continue and amend several Acts for building a Bridge over the River Lea, at Jeremy’s Ferry, and for repairing Roads from there into the great Roads at Snaresbrooke, in the County of Essex, and at Clapton, in the County of Middlesex.	In section 13, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
1 Geo. 4. c. v.	An Act for repealing an Act of His late Majesty’s Reign, for making a Harbour in the Cove of Beer, in the County of Devon, and for granting more effectual powers for effecting the Purpose aforesaid.	In section 14, the words “or Post Office”.
1 Geo. 4. c. xl.	An Act for repairing or taking down and rebuilding the Bridge within the Borough and Town of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, in the County of Dorset.	In section 26, the words from “or for any Horses” (where secondly occurring) to “guarding the same”.
1 Geo. 4. c. li.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Wensum, in the City of Norwich, at or near the Duke’s Palace in the said City.	In section 55, the words from “for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same; or”.
1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. xcviii.	An Act for more effectually enlarging, deepening, improving, and maintaining the Harbour of Saltcoats, in the County of Ayr.	In section 21, the words “of His Majesty’s Postmaster or Postmasters General”.
1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. xcix.	An Act for improving and maintaining the Harbour, Pier or Cobb, at the Port and Borough of Lyme Regis, in the County of Dorset.	In section 21, the words “or Post-Office”.
1 & 2 Geo. 4. c. cxv.	An Act to alter and amend an Act of His late Majesty’s Reign, intituled An Act to enable His Majesty to vest the Sands of Traeth Mawr, dividing the Counties of Carnarvon and Merioneth, in William Alexander Madocks Esquire, and for building Quays and other Works, and for the Purpose of facilitating the landing, loading, and unloading of Ships and Vessels frequenting the Harbour of Port Madoc, in the said County of Carnarvon.	In section 20, the words “or Post Office”.
3 Geo. 4. c. cii.	An Act for erecting and maintaining a Chain Pier and other Works connected therewith, at the Town of Brighthelmston, in the County of Sussex.	In section 36, the words “or the Postmaster General for the time being”, the words “or Postmaster respectively” and the words “nor the Master only of the Vessel employed in carrying the Mail to and from Brighthelmston aforesaid”.
4 Geo. 4. c. i.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Severn, at or near the Haw Passage, in the County of Gloucester, and for making convenient Roads thereto.	In section 62, the words from “for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same, or”.
4 Geo. 4. c. ix.	An Act for building a Bridge and making a Causeway from Langstone in the Parish of Havant in the County of Southampton, to Hayling Island in the Parish of Hayling North in the said County, at or near a certain House there, called the Ferry House; and for forming and making proper Roads, Approaches, or Avenues thereto.	In section 74, the words from “nor for any Horse” to “guarding the same”.
4 Geo. 4. c. xix.	An Act for the Improvement, more effectual Security, and Maintenance of the Harbour of Bridport, in the County of Dorset.	In section 37, the words “or Post Office”.
4 Geo. 4. c. xxxii.	An Act for altering and enlarging the Powers of Two Acts of the Ninth and Nineteenth Years of His late Majesty King George the Third, for building and completing a Bridge at Worcester over the River Severn, and for opening convenient Avenues thereto.	In section 12, the words from “for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same; or”.
5 Geo. 4. c. xciii.	An Act for maintaining the Harbour of the Burgh of Dingwall, and regulating the Police of the said Burgh.	In section 26, the words “or Post Office”.
5 Geo. 4. c. xciv.	An Act for establishing a Ferry over the River Arun at Littlehampton in the County of Sussex, and making Roads to communicate therewith.	In section 62, the words from “for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same; or”.
5 Geo. 4. c. cxiv.	An Act for building over the River Teign at Teignmouth in the County of Devon; and for making Approaches to the same.	In section 79, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
6 Geo. 4. c. lix.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Don, near the village of Balgownie or Polgownie, in the Parish of Old Machar and County of Aberdeen.	In section 25, the words from “nor for any Horses” to “such tolls”.
6 Geo. 4. c. cxxiv.	An Act for erecting an additional Bridge over the River Dee, in the City of Chester; for opening and making convenient Roads and Approaches thereto; and for taking down and rebuilding the Parish Church of Saint Bridget within the said City; and for repairing the present Bridge over the River Dee.	In section 48, the words from “or for any Horses” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
7 Geo. 4. c. xliii.	An Act for erecting and maintaining a Harbour, and Works connected therewith, in the Frith of Cromarty, at or near the Village of Invergordon in the County of Ross.	In section 22, the words “or Post Office”.
7 Geo. 4. c. lix.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Severn, at or near Holt Fleet, in the Parishes of Holt and Ombersley in the County of Worcester; and for making approaches to such Bridge.	In section 86, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
7 & 8 Geo. 4. c. xix.	An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Road from Shillingford in the County of Oxford, through Wallingford and Pangborne, to Reading in the County of Berks; and for repairing and maintaining a Bridge over the River Thames at or near Shillingford Ferry.	In section 25, the words from “or for any Horses” to “guarding the same”.
9 Geo. 4. c. xxxix.	An Act for regulating and fixing the Rates to be paid for Goods imported at and exported from the Quay of Bideford in the County of Devon, and for Keyage and Keelage of Ships and Vessels in the Harbour of Bideford, and for more easily levying and collecting the same; and also for regulating Ships and Vessels in the said Harbour.	In section 10, the words “or of the Post Office”.
9 Geo. 4. c. lviii.	An Act for maintaining, enlarging, improving, and regulating the Harbour of the Burgh of Kirkwall in Orkney.	In section 11, the words “or any of His Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
9 Geo. 4. c. lxxxv.	An Act for more effectually repairing the Road from the Town and Port of Sandwich in the County of Kent, to the Towns of Margate and Ramsgate in the Isle of Thanet in the said County; and for reducing for a limited Time the Tolls and Duties payable at Sandwich Bridge.	In section 25, the words “or for any Horses” to “guarding the same”.
10 Geo. 4. c. xxxiv.	An Act for the Improvement of the Harbour of Aberdeen.	In section 35, the words from “or any Ship” to “Postmaster General”.
10 Geo. 4. c. xliii.	An Act for erecting a Bridge over the River Dee, at the Craiglug, in the Parish of Old Machar in the County of Aberdeen, and of Nigg in the County of Kincardine; and for making a Road from Cairnrobin, by the said Bridge, toward the City of Aberdeen.	In section 31, the words from “or for any Horses” (where secondly occurring) to “such Tolls”.
10 Geo. 4. c. xlix.	An Act for making and maintaining a Pier at or near Southend in the Parish of Prittlewell in the County of Essex, and for making convenient Approaches to and from the same.	In section 93, the words from “nor of any Ship” to “Postmaster General”.
10 Geo. 4. c. 1.	An Act to regulate, repair and maintain the Ferry of Kincardine across the Firth of Forth, and Accesses connected therewith.	In section 29, the words “or wholly in the Service of the Post Office” and the words “or for any Carriage carrying the Mails”.
10 Geo. 4. c. xcviii.	An Act for establishing a Ferry across the River Tyne, between North Shields in the County of Northumberland and South Shields in the County of Durham, and for opening and making proper Roads, Avenues, Ways, and Passages to communicate therewith.	In section 79, the words from “for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same; or”.
10 Geo. 4. c. xcix.	An Act for the Improvement, Maintenance and Regulation of the Harbour of Kirkcaldy in the County of Fife.	In section 33, the words “or Post Office”.
10 Geo. 4. c. c.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Wansbeck at the Town of Morpeth in the County of Northumberland.	In section 61, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. xlix.	An Act for the Improvement and Preservation of the River Wear, and Port and Haven of Sunderland, in the County Palatine of Durham.	In section 85, the words “or of His Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. lxi.	An Act for making a Railway from the Cowley Hill Colliery in the Parish of Prescot to Runcorn Gap in the same parish (with several Branches therefrom), all in the County Palatine of Lancaster; and for constructing a Wet Dock at the Termination of the said Railway at Runcorn Gap aforesaid.	In section 122, the words “or of His Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. lxiii.	An Act for more effectually repairing and improving the Road from Brighton to Shoreham, for building a Bridge over the River Adur at New Shoreham, and for making a Road to Lancing and a Branch Road therefrom, all in the County of Sussex.	In section 51, the words from “or for any Beast” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. lxvi.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Trent, from Dunham in the County of Nottingham to the opposite Shore in the County of Lincoln.	In section 81, the words from “for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same; or”.
11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. lxvii.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Wensum, in the Hamlet of Heigham and the Parish of Saint Clement, in the County of the City of Norwich.	In section 63, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. lxviii.	An Act for erecting and maintaining a Bridge over Stonehouse Mill Pool, at or near Stonehouse MIlls in the County of Devon.	In section 13, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
11 Geo. 4 & 1 Will. 4. c. lxix.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Avon, from Clifton in the County of Gloucester to the opposite Side of the River in the County of Somerset, and for making convenient Roads and Approaches to communicate therewith.	In section 67, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
2 & 3 Will. 4. c. xliv.	An Act for constructing and maintaining a pier or Harbour at Largs in the County of Ayr.	In section 65, the words “or Post Office”.
3 & 4 Will. 4. c. lxvii.	An Act to alter and amend the Powers of several Acts passed relating to the Harbour of Rye in the County of Sussex, and for granting further Powers for improving and completing the said Harbour and the Navigation thereof.	In section 75, the words from “or any Ship” to “Postmaster General”.
4 & 5 Will. 4. c. xliii.	An Act for improving the Port and Harbour of Aberavon in the County of Glamorgan.	In section 59, the words from “or of His Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
4 & 5 Will. 4. c. lxxxv.	An Act for establishing a Floating Bridge over the River Itchen from or near a place called Cross House, within the Liberties of the Town of Southampton, to the Opposite Shore in the County of Southampton, with proper Approaches thereto, and for making Roads to communicate therewith.	In section 89, the words from “for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same; or”.
5 & 6 Will. 4. c. xii.	An Act for constructing and maintaining a Harbour at New Quay in the County of Cardigan.	In section 73, the words “or of His Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
5 & 6 Will. 4. c. xiii.	An Act for making and maintaining a Pier and other Works at Deptford in the County of Kent.	In section 89, the words “or of His Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
5 & 6 Will. 4. c. lxxviii.	An Act for erecting and maintaining a Pier or Harbour at Gourock in the County of Renfrew.	In section 71, the words “or Post Office”.
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. 28.	The Government Offices Security Act 1836.	In the preamble, the words “Revenues of the Post Office”.
		In section 1, the words “of the postmaster general or”.
		In section 2, the words “for the said postmaster general upon the certificate of the accountant general of the post office and”.
		In section 3, the words “his Majesty’s postmaster general or” and the words “as the case may be”.
		In section 5, the words “by the postmaster general or” and the words “with the said postmaster general or”.
		In section 7, the words “nor the said postmaster general”.
		In section 8, the words “the said postmaster general or of”, the word “respectively” and the words “in the postmaster general and”.
		In section 10, the words “for the said postmaster general and”, the word “respectively” and the words “of the accountant general of the post office or”.
		In the Schedule, in the Form of Certificate, the words “His Majesty’s Postmaster General or”, and the words “as the case may be”.
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. xxxix.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Aire at Leeds, and for making convenient Roads, Avenues, and Approaches thereto.	In section 82, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. lxvi.	An Act for regulating, preserving and improving the Port or Harbour at Newport in the County of Monmouth.	In section 73, the words “or Post Office”.
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. cxiii.	An Act for making and maintaining a Harbour and other Works at Sidmouth in the County of Devon.	In section 77, the words “or of His Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
6 & 7 Will. 4. c. cxxviii.	An Act for making and maintaining a Pier Wharf and other Works at Greenwich in the County of Kent.	In section 57, the words “or of His Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. lx.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Tweed, at or near to Mertoun Mill in the County of Berkwick, and for making Avenues and Approaches thereto.	In section 34, the words from “or for any Horse” to “such Tolls”.
7 Will. 4. & 1 Vict. c. xcix.	An Act for improving the Harbour of the Burgh of Montrose in the County of Forfar.	In section 87, the words from “nor in respect” to “Postmaster General”.
1 & 2 Vict. c. 61.	The Government Offices Security Act 1838.	In the preamble, the words “of the Postmaster General or”, the words “Postmaster General or” (where secondly occurring), the words “His said Majesty’s Postmaster General” and the words “the Postmaster General, or” (where secondly occurring).
		In section 1, the words “of the said Postmaster General, or” and the words “of such Postmaster general, or”.
		In section 2, the words “for the said postmaster general, upon the certificate of the accountant general of the Post Office and”, the words “postmaster general or” (in the first place in which they occur), the words “as the case may be”, and the words “postmaster general, or” (in the second place in which they occur).
1 & 2 Vict. c. i.	An Act for making and maintaining a Harbour and other Works at Paington in the County of Devon.	In section 80, the words “or of Her Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
1 & 2 Vict. c. x.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Thames from Cookham in the County of Berks to the opposite Shore in the County of Berks.	In section 75, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
1 & 2 Vict. c. xxxi.	An Act for building a Bridge over the River Wye at a Place called Boughrood Ferry in the Counties of Brecon and Radnor, and for making convenient Approaches thereto.	In section 78, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
2 & 3 Vict. c. xvi.	An Act for extending, improving, regulating, and managing the Harbour of the Royal Burgh of Aberbrothwick in the County of Forfar.	In section 78, the words “or Post Office”.
2 & 3 Vict. c. lxv.	An Act for further improving and maintaining the Harbour of the Burgh of the Regality of Fraserburgh in the County of Aberdeen.	In section 56, the words from “or employed” to “Postmaster General”.
2 & 3 Vict. c. lxxii.	An Act for enlarging the Town Quay of the Borough of Portsmouth, and for improving that Portion of the Harbour of Portsmouth called the Camber.	In section 68, the words “in Her Majesty’s Service in carrying the Mails of Letters or Express under the Authority of Her Majesty’s Postmaster General or”.
3 & 4 Vict. c. xxvi.	An Act for making and maintaining a new Bridge over the River Aire at Leeds, at or near the place called Crown Point, with suitable Approaches thereto; and for making certain Drains or Watercourses under the Road leading to such Bridge, and through the adjoining Lands, to communicate with the River Aire below the Leeds Locks.	In section 69, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
3 & 4 Vict. c. xliv.	An Act for regulating and preserving the Harbour of Workington in the County of Cumberland, and for other purposes relating thereto.	In section 28, the words “or of Her Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
3 & 4 Vict. c. lxxiii.	An Act for improving, enlarging and maintaining the Harbour of Fisherrow in the County of Edinburgh.	In section 31, the words from “or employed” to “Postmaster General”.
3 & 4 Vict. c. cxi.	An Act for erecting and maintaining a Pier and other Works in Mill Bay in the Port of Plymouth in the County of Devon.	In section 22, the words “or of Her Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
4 & 5 Vict. c. xlix.	An Act for maintaining Gourdon Harbour in the County of Kincardine.	In section 55, the words “or of Her Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
4 & 5 Vict. c. 1.	An Act for making and maintaining a Harbour at Scrabster Roads, in the Bay of Thurso and County of Caithness, and Road thereto.	In section 79, the words from “nor in respect” to “Postmaster General”.
6 & 7 Vict. c. xlii.	The Pile Pier 1843.	In section 194, the words “or of Her Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
6 & 7 Vict. c. lxxi.	An Act for improving and maintaining the Port or Harbour of Neath in the County of Glamorgan.	In section 234, the words “or of Her Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
7 & 8 Vict. c. lxxvii.	An Act for making a Landing Place at or near Hythe in the Parish of Fawley, and extra-parochial Places adjoining thereto in the County of Southampton.	In section 207, the words “or Post Office”.
7 & 8 Vict. c. xciii.	An Act for improving the Harbour and Quay at Wells in the County of Norfolk; and for extending and altering some of the Provisions of the Act relating to the said Harbour and Quay.	In section 127, the words “or of Her Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
8 & 9 Vict. c. xxv.	An Act for improving and maintaining Harbour or Port of Boddam in the County of Aberdeen.	In section 84, the words “or of Her Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
9 & 10 Vict. c. xvi.	An Act for improving and maintaining the Port and Harbour of Helensburgh in the county of Dumbarton.	In section 110, the words “or of Her Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
9 & 10 Vict. c. xciv.	An Act for improving and maintaining the Harbour of Port Ellen in the County of Aygyll.	In section 82, the words “or Post Office”.
9 & 10 Vict. c. cviii.	The Portsmouth Harbour Pier Act 1846.	In section 38, the words “and for all Persons in charge of Her Majesty’s Mail Bags”.
9 & 10 Vict. c. cxivi.	The Herculaneum Dock Act 1846.	In section 83, the words “or Post Office”.
9 & 10 Vict. c. cccxliv.	The Portbury Pier and Railway Act 1846.	Section 35.
9 & 10 Vict. c. ccclxiv.	The Campbeltown Harbour and Burgh Act 1846.	In section 50, the words “Post Office”.
10 & 11 Vict. c. 27.	The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act 1847.	In section 28, the words from “or any packet” to “whatsoever” and the words “or Post Office”.
10 & 11 Vict. c. vi.	The Pile Pier Act 1847.	In section 12, the words “or Post Office”.
10 & 11 Vict. c. ix.	The Newhaven Harbour and Ouse Lower Navigation Act 1847.	Section 75.
10 & 11 Vict. c. ccix.	The Inverness harbour Act 1847.	In section 59, the words “or Post Office”.
12 & 13 Vict. c. 45.	The Quarter Sessions Act 1849.	In sections 2, 12 and 13, the words “or Post Office”.
14 & 15 Vict. c. xlix.	The Briton Ferry Dock and Railway Act 1851.	In section 46, the words “or belonging to or in the Service of Her Majesty’s Postmaster General”.
16 & 17 Vict. c. cxxvi.	The Llynvi Valley Railway Act 1854.	In section 21, the words from “or any Packet Boat” to “whatsoever” and the words “or Post Office”.
17 & 18 Vict. c. cxxvi.	The Swansea Harbour Act 1854.	In section 144, the words from “or any Beast” to “Employment; or” (where first occurring).
18 & 19 Vict. c. v.	The Hoarwithy Bridge Act 1855.	In section 34, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
20 & 21 Vict. c. 44.	The Crown Suits (Scotland) Act 1857.	In section 4, the words “the Post Office”.
20 & 21 Vict. c. xlviii.	The Fownhope and Holme Lacy Bridge Act 1857.	In section 48, from “Secondly” to “guarding the same”.
21 & 22 Vict. c. 40.	The New General Post Office, Edinburgh, Act 1858.	The Whole Act.
22 Vict. c. vii.	The Londonderry Bridge Act 1859.	In section 64, the words from “or for any Mail Carriage” to “guarding the same”.
24 & 25 Vict. c. cxii.	The Clifton Suspension Bridge Act 1861.	In section 31, the words from “or for any Horse or Carriage” to “guarding the same; or”.
26 & 27 Vict. c. 112.	The Telegraph Act 1863.	Section 5(2), so far as relating to service of notices on the company.
26 & 27 Vict. c. lxiii.	The Rixton and Warburton Bridge Act 1863.	In section 56, the words from “Secondly” to “guarding the same”.
27 & 28 Vict. c. lxviii.	The Scarborough Valley Bridge Company’s Act 1864.	In section 42, the words from “or for any Horse” (where first occurring) to “guarding the same”.
31 & 32 Vict. c. 72.	The Promissory Oaths Act 1868.	In the Schedule, in Part 1, the words “Postmaster General”.
31 & 32 Vict. c. 110.	The Telegraph Act 1868.	Section 22.
31 & 32 Vict. c. cxxviii.	The Portsmouth Camber Quays Act 1868.	In section 23, the words from “nor of any ship” to “Postmaster General”.
32 & 33 Vict. c. 73.	The Telegraph Act 1869.	The whole Act.
32 & 33 Vict. c. lxv.	The Cricksea Bridge Act 1869.	In section 32, the words from “or for any Horse or carriage” to “guarding the same”.
33 & 34 Vict. c. lxv.	The Cawood Bridge Act 1870.	In section 53, the words from “or for any horse or carriage” to “guarding the same”.
34 & 35 Vict. c. 65.	The Juries Act (Ireland) 1871.	In section 22, the word “registration” (where last occurring).
34 & 35 Vict. c. xxxii.	The Clayhithe Bridge Act 1871.	In section 42, the words from “or for any horse or carriage” to “guarding the same”.
36 & 37 Vict. c. xii.	The Shrewsbury (Kingsland) Bridge Act 1873.	In section 31, the words from “or for any horse, beast” to “guarding the same”.
41 & 42 Vict. c. 76.	The Telegraph Act 1878.	In section 12, the words from “A notice required to be given under this Act to the Postmaster General” to “usual place of abode”.
44 & 45 Vict. c. clxxiv.	The Medway Conservancy Act 1881.	In section 122, in the second proviso, paragraph (b).
45 & 46 Vict. c. 56.	The Electric Lighting Act 1882.	In section 32, the definition of “telegram”.
		Section 35.
47 & 48 Vict. c. 76.	The Post Office (Protection) Act 1884.	In section 11, the words “the post office, or”.
48 & 49 Vict. c. clxxxviii.	The Manchester Ship Canal Act 1885.	Section 210.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 29.	Lloyd’s Signal Stations Act 1888.	In section 6, the words from “to acquire” to “land, or”.
		Section 7.
54 & 55 Vict. c. 39.	The Stamp Act 1891.	Section 7.
55 & 56 Vict. c. 55.	The Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892.	In section 288, the words “post office or other” (in both places where they occur).
55 & 56 Vict. c. cxxxii.	The Bradford Corporation Waterworks Act 1892.	Section 10.
56 & 57 Vict. c. xlvii.	The Ilkley Local Board Act 1893.	In section 16, the proviso.
56 & 57 Vict. c. clxxviii.	The Fleetwood Improvement Act 1893.	Section 44.
57 & 58 Vict. c. lviii.	The Fulwood Local Board (Water) Act 1894.	In section 5, the proviso.
57 & 58 Vict. c. lxi.	The Southend Waterworks Act 1894.	In section 6, the proviso.
57 & 58 Vict. c. lxxviii.	The Kendal Corporation Gas and Water Act 1894.	In section 37, the proviso.
57 & 58 Vict. c. xci.	The Gloucester Corporation Act 1894.	In section 8, the proviso.
58 & 59 Vict. c. xxvii.	The Edinburgh and District Waterworks (Additional Supply) Act 1895.	In section 40, the words “or in contravention of any exclusive privilege by law vested for the time being in the Postmaster General”.
58 & 59 Vict. c. xxxvii.	The Whitby Water Act 1895.	In section 10, the proviso.
58 &59 Vict. c. clvi.	The Merthyr Tydfil District Council Waterworks Act 1895.	In section 8, the proviso.
59 & 60 Vict. c. lxxii.	The Malvern Link (Extension and Water) Act 1896.	In section 40, the proviso.
59 & 60 Vict. c. cxc.	The Sheffield Corporation Water Act 1896.	In section 15, the proviso.
59 & 60 Vict. c. ccxiv.	The Barry Urban District Council Act 1896.	In section 21, the words from “Provided that” to “1869”.
60 & 61. Vict. c. 53.	The Congested Districts (Scotland) Act 1897.	In section 4(1)(f), the words “and saving bank”.
60 & 61 Vict. c. xxviii.	The Loughborough Corporation Act 1897.	In section 6, the proviso.
60 & 61 Vict. c. cix	The Carnarvon Corporation Act 1897.	Section 33(1)(b)
60 & 61 Vict. c. cxxiv.	The Crowborough District Water Act 1897.	In section 25, the proviso.
60 & 61 Vict. c. cxxiv.	The Eastbourne Waterworks Act 1897.	In section 4, the proviso.
60 & 61 Vict. c. clxviii.	The Newport Corporation Act 1897.	In section 8, the proviso.
60 & 61 Vict. c. clxxxix.	The Belfast Water Act 1897.	In section 23, the proviso.
60 & 61 Vict. c. cc.	The Nottingham Corporation Water Act 1897.	In section 6, the first proviso.
60 & 61 Vict. c. ccv.	The Pwllheli Corporation Act 1897.	In section 37, the proviso.
61 & 62 Vict. c. 46.	The Revenue Act 1898.	Section 10(3).
61 & 62 Vict. c. lxx.	The Ilkeston Corporation Act 1898.	In section 5, the proviso.
61 & 62 Vict. c. cviii.	The Carmarthen Improvement Act 1898.	In section 20, the proviso.
61 & 62 Vict. c. cxxiii.	The Crawley and District Water Act 1898.	In section 24, the second proviso.
61 & 62 Vict. c. cxivii.	The Folkestone Water Act 1898.	In section 6, the proviso.
61 & 62 Vict. c. civi.	The Bacup Corporation Water Act 1898.	In section 15, the proviso.
61 & 62 Vict. c. ccxxv.	The Carlisle Corporation (Water) Act 1898.	Section 48, from the beginning to “1869”.
61 & 62 Vict. c. ccix.	The Wey Valley, Frimley, and Farnham Water Act 1898.	In section 40, the proviso.
62 & 63 Vict. c. xxi.	The Nuneaton and Chilvers Coton Urban District Council Waterworks Act 1899.	In section 5, the proviso.
62 & 63 Vict. c. xxiv.	The Glastonbury Water Act 1899.	In section 11, the proviso.
62 & 63 Vict. c. lxx.	The Lanarkshire (Middle Ward District) Water Act 1899.	In section 24, the words “or in contravention of any exclusive privilege by law vested for the time being in the Postmaster General”.
62 & 63 Vict. c. clxxi.	The Ayr Burgh Act 1899.	In section 5, the proviso.
62 & 63 Vict. c. clxxi.	The Woking Water and Gas Act 1899.	In section 19, the proviso.
62 & 63 Vict. c. ccxxv.	The Warrington Corporation Act 1899.	In section 7, the proviso.
62 & 63 Vict. c. cclxix.	The Derwent Valley Water Act 1899.	In section 47, in the proviso, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
63 & 64 Vict. c. xcvi.	The Mountain Ash Water and Gas Act 1900.	In section 7, the proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c. lxxxiv.	The Burgess Hill Water Act 1901.	In section 4, the proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c. lxxxv.	The Kettering Urban District Water Act 1901.	In section 5, the second proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c. xciii.	The Faversham Water Act 1901.	In section 46, the proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c. xcvi.	The Llandrindod Wells Water Act 1901.	In section 21, the proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c. cxxv.	The Swanage Gas and Water Act 1901.	In section 59, the proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c. cxcviii.	The Stockport Corporation Water Act 1901.	In section 14, the proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c. ccvii.	The South Essex Waterworks Act 1901.	In section 6, in the proviso, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
1 Edw. 7. c. ccxviii.	The Barrow-in-Furness Corporation Act 1901.	In section 6, the proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c. ccxlii.	The Cromer Water Act 1901.	In section 64, the proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c. ccl.	The Ilkrston and Heanor Water Act 1901.	In section 30, the proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c. ccivi.	The Leeds Corporation Water Act 1901.	In section 5, the Proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c.	The Derby Corporation Act 1901.	In section 97, the proviso.
1 Edw. 7. c. ccixx.	The Loch Leven Water Power Act 1901.	In section 10, the proviso.
2 Edw. 7. c. v.	The Finedon Urban District Water Act.	In section 7, the proviso.
2 Edw. 7. c. ix.	The Wrexham Waterworks Act 1902.	In section 23, the proviso.
2 Edw. 7. c. xi.	The Darley Dale Water Act 1902.	In section 6, the words from “any telegraphs” to “1869 and”.
2 Edw. 7. c. xxxii.	The Street Urban District Water Act 1902.	In section 9, the proviso.
2 Edw. 7. c. xiviii.	The Abertillery Urban District Council Act 1902.	In section 4, the proviso.
2 Edw. 7. c. cxxv.	The Buxton Urban District Council Water Act 1902.	In section 7, the proviso.
2 Edw. 7. c. cxxx.	The Bristol Waterworks Act 1902.	In section 5, the proviso.
2 Edw. 7. c. clxi.	The Consett Waterworks Act 1902.	In section 60, the proviso.
2 Edw. 7. c. clxii.	The Rhondda Urban District Council (Tramways &c.) Act 1902.	In section 60, the proviso.
2 Edw. 7. c. clxxiv.	The Weardale Water Act 1902.	In section 6, the proviso.
3 Edw. 7. c. xviii.	The Sutton District Waterworks Act 1903.	In section 5, the proviso.
3 Edw. 7. c. xciii.	The Scunthorpe Urban District Water Act 1903.	In section 6, the second proviso.
3 Edw. 7. c. xcvi.	The New Hunstanton Improvement Act 1903.	In section 9, the proviso.
3 Edw. 7. c. cxiv.	The Merthyr Tydfil Urban District Council Act 1903.	In section 6, the proviso.
3 Edw. 7. c. ccvii.	The Bath Corporation Water Act 1903.	Section 22(2).
4 Edw. 7. c. xxiv.	The Gosport Water Act 1904.	In section 5, the proviso.
4 Edw. 7. c. xiv.	The Chesterfield Gas and Water Board Act 1904.	In section 13, the proviso.
4 Edw. 7. c. cl.	The Thurles Urban District Council Water Act 1904.	In section 6, the proviso.
4 Edw. 7. c. cli.	The Ebbw Vale Water Act 1904.	In section 6, in the proviso, the words from “no telegraph” to “and that”.
4 Edw. 7. c. cxcvi.	The Derwent Valley Water Act 1904.	In section 11, the first proviso.
4 Edw. 7. c. ccxxxiv.	The Swindon Corporation Act 1904.	In section 5, the proviso.
4 Edw. 7. c. ccxxxv.	The Manchester Corporation (General Powers) Act 1904.	In section 11, the first proviso.
4 Edw. 7. c. ccxli.	The Loch Leven Water Power (Amendment) Act 1904.	In section 9, the proviso.
5 Edw. 7. c. xiii.	The Truro Water Act 1905.	In section 5, the proviso.
5 Edw. 7. c. xl.	The Accrington District Gas and Water Board Act 1905.	In section 7, the proviso.
5 Edw. 7. c. lxiii.	The Morley Corporation Act 1905.	Section 14(2).
5 Edw. 7. c. xcvi.	The Hythe Corporation Act 1905.	In section 20, the proviso.
5 Edw. 7. c. ci.	The Mansfield Corporation Act 1905.	In section 6, the proviso.
5 Edw. 7. c. clxii.	The Skegness Water Act 1905.	Section 29.
5 Edw. 7. c. clxxxiv.	The Malvern Water Act 1905.	In section 11, the first proviso.
5 Edw. 7. c. cxcvi.	The Bangor (County Down) Water and Improvement Act 1905.	In section 6, the proviso.
6 Edw. 7. c. xxxvi.	The North East Lincolnshire Water Act 1906.	Section 53.
6 Edw. 7. c. xci.	The Manchester Corporation Act 1906.	In section 13, the proviso.
7 Edw. 7. c. lxxxi.	The Leeds Corporation Act 1907.	Section 20.
7 Edw. 7. c. lxxxiv.	The Great Yarmouth Waterworks and Lowestoft Water and Gas Act 1907.	Section 8.
7 Edw. 7. c. lxxxviii.	The Penrith Urban District Council Act 1907.	In section 6, the proviso.
7 Edw. 7. c. clxxiv.	The Metropolitan Water Board (Various Powers) Act 1907.	In section 5, the words from “Any telegraphic” onwards.
		In section 58, the words “or in contravention of any exclusive privilege by law vested for the time being in the Postmaster General”.
8 Edw. 7. c. 62.	The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1908.	In section 11(7), the words “or of any postal” to the end.
8 Edw. 7. c. xxxiii.	The Lincoln Corporation (Water &c) Act 1908.	In section 9, the proviso.
8 Edw. 7. c. lxix.	The Pontypridd Waterworks and Tramroad Act 1908.	In section 4, the proviso.
8 Edw. 7. c. lxxxix.	The Burnley Corporation Act 1908.	In section 5, in the proviso, the words from “and that” onwards.
8 Edw. 7. c. xcix.	The Holderness Water Act 1908.	Section 84(1).
8 Edw. 7. c. ciii.	The Criccieth Water and Improvement Act 1908.	In section 15, the proviso.
9 Edw. 7. c. xxv.	The Clevedon Water Act 1909.	Section 46.
9 Edw. 7. c. xlix.	The South Staffordshire Waterworks Act 1909.	Section 13.
9 Edw. 7. c. lxv.	The Pontypridd Waterworks (Amendment) Act 1909.	In section 4, in the proviso, the words from “and shall” onwards.
9 Edw. 7. c. lxxxiii.	The Llanelly Waterworks Act 1909.	In section 6, the words from “Provided always” onwards.
9 Edw. 7. c. lxxxiii.	The Northallerton Waterworks Act 1909.	In section 4, the proviso.
9 Edw. 7. c. xci.	The Stourbridge and District Water Board Act 1909.	Section 39.
9 Edw. 7. c. clxi.	The Cardiff Corporation Act 1909.	In section 5, in the proviso, the words from “and shall” onwards.
9 Edw. 7. c. cxlii.	The Gas and Water Orders Confirmation Act 1909.	In the Gravesend and Milton Water Order 1909 set out in the Schedule, in section 8, in the proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1908 and”.
10 Edw. 7. & 1 Geo. 5. c. xxxix.	The Exmouth Urban District Water Act 1910.	In section 6, the proviso.
10 Edw. 7. & 1 Geo. 5. c. cvii.	The Exmouth Urban District Water Act 1910.	Section 40.
10 Edw. 7. & 1 Geo. 5. c. cxx.	The Pontypridd and Rhondda Water Act 1910.	Section 43.
10 Edw. 7. & 1 Geo. 5. c. cxxii.	The Fylde Water Board Act 1910.	Section 23.
10 Edw. 7. & 1 Geo. 5. c. cxxv.	The Abertillery and District Water Board Act 1910.	Section 32.
10 Edw. 7. & 1 Geo. 5. c. cxxvi.	The Slough Waterworks Act 1910.	In section 10, the proviso.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. 48.	The Finance Act 1911.	Section 20.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. ix.	The Felixstowe and Walton Waterworks Act 1911.	In section 5, the proviso.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. xxxix.	The Hastings Corporation (Water and Finance) Act 1911.	In section 7, the proviso.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. xiv.	The Chesterfield Gas and Water Board Act 1911.	In section 5, the proviso.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. lxxxvi.	The Kingston upon Hull Corporation Act 1911.	In section 23, the words from “shall not” to “1909 and”.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. xcii.	The Gloucester Corporation Act 1911.	In section 20, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. xcvii.	The Merthyr Tydfil Corporation Water Act 1911.	Section 9.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. cv.	The Ipswich Corporation Act 1911.	Section 20.
1 & 2 Geo. 5. c. cxviii.	The Metropolitan Water Board (New Works) Act 1911.	Section 7, from “Any telegraphic” onwards.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. xvi.	The Egremont Urban District Water Act 1912.	Section 11.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. xxxiv.	The Windermere District Gas and Water Act 1912.	In section 30, the proviso.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. lvi.	The Shipley Urban District Council Act 1912.	In section 59, the proviso.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. lx.	The Hove Corporation Act 1912.	Section 26.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. lxx.	The Swanage Gas and Water Act 1912.	In section 5, the proviso.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. xcvii.	The Fylde Water Board Act 1912.	Section 34.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. cvii.	The Keighley Corporation Act 1912.	Section 25.
2 & 3 Geo. 5. c. cix.	The Blyth Harbour Act 1912.	In section 73, the words from “or of any mail bag as defined by the Post Office Act 1908”.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 27.	The Forgery Act 1913.	In section 18(1), in the definition of “revenue paper”, the words “Post Office money orders, or postal orders”.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xv.	The Northampton Corporation Water Act 1913.	Section 18.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xvii.	The South Staffordshire Waterworks Act 1913.	In section 4, in the proviso, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xxxv.	The Chesterfield Corporation Railless Traction Act 1913.	Section 32(1).
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xliii.	The Leeds Corporation Act 1913.	Section 12.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xlvi,	The Brighton Corporation Act 1913.	Section 11(3).
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. lxxxv.	The Ebbw Vale Water Act 1913.	In section 4, in the proviso, the words from “that no” to “1869 and”.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xcviii.	The Metropolitan Water Board Act 1913.	In section 8, the words from “Any telegraphic or” to “1869 and”.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. xcix.	The Barry Urban District Council Act 1913.	Section 16.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. cxxvi.	The Gas and Water Orders Confirmation (No. 2) Act 1913.	In the Wey Valley Water Order 1913 set out in the Schedule, in section 6, the words from “Provided that” to “1869”.
4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. cl.	The Northwich Urban District Council Act 1914.	Section 26.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. 24.	The Injuries in War (Compensation) Act 1915.	The whole Act.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. xiv.	The Blyth Harbbour Act 1915.	In section 44, the words “or for any mail bag as defined by the Post Office Act 1908”.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lxii.	The Ashington Urban District Council Act 1915.	Section 12.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lxiv.	The Wolverhampton Corporation Water Act 1915.	Section 23.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lxv.	The Barnoldswick Urban District Council Water Act 1915.	Section 12.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lxxii.	The Weardale and Consett Water Act 1915.	In section 7, the proviso.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lxxiii.	The Metropolitan Water Board Act 1915.	In section 7, the proviso.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. lxxiii.	The Metropolitan Water Board Act 1915.	In section 6, the words from “Any telegraphic” to “1869 and”.
6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. xx.	The Wakefield Corporation Act 1916.	Section 24.
6 & 7 Geo. 5. c. xli.	The Tynemouth Corporation Act 1916.	Section 34.
5 & 6 Geo. 5. c. xx.	The Bristol Waterworks Act 1917.	In section 40(1), the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. xiv.	The Chepstow Water Act 1917.	Section 42.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. 15.	The Finance Act 1918.	Section 43.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. x.	The Pontypool Gas and Water Act 1918.	Section 50.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. xxi.	The Londonderry Corporation Act 1918.	Section 14.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. xxiv.	The Nelson Corporation Water Act 1918.	Section 45.
8 & 9 Geo. 5. c. lx.	The Lancaster Corporation Act 1918.	Section 23.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 75.	The Ferries (Acquisition by Local Authorities) Act 1919.	In section 4, the words “or for any mail bag as defined by the Post Office Act 1908”.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. xlix.	The Sheffield Corporation Act 1919.	Section 13.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. cxiii.	The Glasgow Water Order Confirmation Act 1919.	In the order contained in the Schedule, section 13.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. cxix.	The Manchester Corporation Act 1919.	Section 47.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. cxxii.	The Gosport and Alverstoke Urban District Act 1919.	In section 52, the words “or for any mail bag as defined by the Post Office Act 1908”.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 67.	The Government of Ireland Act 1920.	In section 74, in the definition of “postal service”, the words from “but” onwards.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 75.	The Official Secrets Act 1920.	In section 5(6), the words “or the Telegraph Acts 1863 to 1920”.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. lvii.	The Newport Corporation Act 1920.	In section 44(1), the words from “shall be used” to “1869 or”.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. lviii.	The Liverpool Corporation Waterworks Act 1920.	In section 9, the words “the exclusive privilege conferred upon the Postmaster General by the Telegraph Act 1869 or of”.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. xcv.	The Norwich Corporation Act 1920.	Section 27.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. xxii.	The Cambridge University and Town Waterworks Act 1921.	In section 12, the proviso.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. lxxiv.	The Liverpool Corporation Act 1921.	In section 60, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. lxxix.	The Southampton Corporation Water Act 1921.	In section 26, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. lxxxii.	The Rhymney Valley Water Act 1921.	Section 69(1).
11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. cxiii.	The Batley Corporation Aact 1921.	In section 8, the words from “and shall” onwards.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 43.	The Post Office (Pneumatic Tubes Acquisition) Act 1922.	The whole Act.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. xix.	The Newhaven and Seaford Water Act 1922.	In section 15, the proviso.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. xxxiii.	The Colne Valley Water Act 1922.	In section 17, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. liv.	The Worthing Corporation Act 1922.	In section 30, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. lxviii.	The Staffordshire Potteries Waterworks Act 1922.	In section 46, the first proviso.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. lxxxii.	The South Staffordshire Waterworks Act 1922.	In section 11, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. liv.	The Worthing Corporation Act 1922.	In section 30, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. xciii.	The Bolton Corporation Act 1922.	In section 10, the words from “and shall not” onwards.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. lxxx.	The Felixstowe Dock and Railway Act 1923.	In section 18, the words “or for any mail bag as defined by the Post Office Act 1908”.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. lxxxviii.	The Bournemouth Swanage Motor Road and Ferry Act 1923.	In section 88(1), the words “or for any mail bag as defined by the Post Office Act 1908”.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. lxxxix.	The Barnsley Corporation Act 1923.	In section 9, the words from “and shall” onwards.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. xci.	The Chelmsford Corporation Water Act 1923.	In section 29, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. xcix.	The Chesterfield Corporation Act 1923.	In section 46, the words from “shall not be used”to “1869 and”.
13 & 14 Geo. 5. c. cvi.	The Macclesfield Corporation Act 1923.	Section 30.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. lxxxviii.	The Hastings Corporation Act 1924.	In section 16, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
14 & 15 Geo. 5. c. xciv.	The Tynemouth Corporation Act 1924.	In section 12, the words “Section 34 (For protection of Postmaster General)”.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 71.	The Public Health Act 1925.	In section 10, the words “any privilege of the Postmaster General under the Telegraph Act 1869 or”.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. civ.	The Leek Urban District Council Water Act 1925.	In section 16(2), the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. cx.	The Mersey Tunnel Act 1925.	In section 72, the words “or for any mail bag as defined by the Post Office Act 1908”.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. cxxi.	The Bradford Corporation Act 1925.	In section 14, the words from “and shall” onwards.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 51.	The Electricity (Supply) Act 1926.	Section 24(2).
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. lxxi.	The Teignmouth and Shaldon Bridge Act 1926.	In section 62(1), the words “or for any mail bag as defined by the Post Office Act 1908”.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. lxiv.	The Bristol Waterworks Act 1927.	Section 5.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. lxxvii.	The Grimsby Corporation Act 1927.	In section 103, the first proviso.
17 & 18 Geo. 5. c. lxxxiii.	The Chepping Wycombe Corporation Act 1927.	In section 85, the proviso.
18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. xivi.	The Lewes Water Act 1928.	In section 23, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. lxx.	The Windermere District Gas and Water Act 1928.	In section 13, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 29.	The Government Annuities Act 1929.	Section 51(1).
		In section 52, in subsection (2), the words “or by the Postmaster General with the consent of the Commissioners”, and subsection (3).
		In section 54(4), the words “other than a post office savings bank”.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. xiii.	The Llanelly Corporation Act 1929.	In section 82, the proviso.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. xxxvii.	The Blackburn Corporation Act 1929.	In section 71(1), the proviso.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. xiv.	The Llanfrechfa Upper and Llantarnam Water Board Act 1929.	In section 24, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. lxiii.	The Lewes Corporation Act 1929.	In section 23, in the proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. lxxxix.	The Werrington Corporation Water Act 1929.	In section 28, from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. lxxx.	The Galloway Water Power Act 1929.	Section 77(3).
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. xcvi.	The Chester Corporation Act 1929.	In section 131, the proviso.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. lvii.	The Chester Waterworks Act 1930.	In section 9, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. lviii.	The Milford Haven Urban District Council Act 1930.	In section 5(2), in the proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. lxvii.	The Portsmouth Water Act 1930.	In section 12, in the second proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. lxix.	The Tees Valley Water Act 1930.	In section 13, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. lxix.	The Leeds Corporation Act 1930.	In section 36(1), the proviso.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. cixxi.	The Falmouth Corporation Water Act 1930.	In section 20, in the proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. clxxvi.	The Rotherham Corporation Act 1930.	In section 64, the first proviso.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. clxxviii.	The Manchester Corporation (General Powers) Act 1930.	In section 51(1), the words from “but nothing” to “1869”.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. clxxxi.	The Bournmouth Corporation Act 1930.	In section 146, the proviso.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. clxxxviii.	The Southport Corporation Act 1930.	In section 49, the proviso.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. xvii.	The Gillingham Corporation act 1931.	In section 32, the first proviso.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. xxvii.	The Lowestoft Water and Gas Act 1931.	In section 13, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. xliii.	The Portsmouth Corporation Act 1931.	In section 38, the proviso.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. lvii.	The Doncaster Corporation Act 1931.	In section 84, the first proviso.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. lxxiii.	The Public Works Facilities Scheme (Swindon Corporation) Confirmation Act 1931.	In the scheme set out in the Schedule, in section 9, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. xci.	The Bacup Corporation Act 1931.	In section 19, in the proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. xcvi.	The Seaton Urban District Council Act 1931.	In section 14, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
21 & 228 Geo. 5. c. xcix.	The Southampton Corporation Act 1931.	In section 26, in the second proviso, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
		In section 101(1), the proviso.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. civ.	The Corby (Northants) and District Water Act 1931.	In section 32, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. cv.	The Felixstowe and District Water Act 1931.	In section 32, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
21 & 22 Geo. 5. c. cvi.	The Scarborough Corporation Act 1931.	In section 16, in the proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. xxxi.	The Rhyl Urban District Council Act 1932.	In section 18, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. xl.	The Public Works Facilities Scheme (Shrewsbury Corporation) Confirmation Act 1932.	In the scheme set out in the Schedule, in section 20, the words from, “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. lxviii.	The Sidmouth Water Act 1932.	In section 21, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. lxxxvii.	The Chesterfield and Bolsover Water Act 1932.	In section 46, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. xxiv.	The Lyme Regis District Water Act 1933.	In section 38, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. xl.	The Sidmouth Urban District Council Act 1933.	In section 24(2), in the proviso, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. xlii.	The Worksop Corporation Act 1933.	In section 25, in the second proviso, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. lxxxiii.	The Middlesbrough Corporation Act 1933.	In section 424, the words “or for any mail bag as defined by the Post Office Act 1908”.
23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. i.	The Public Works Facilities Scheme (Witney Urban District Council) Confirmation Act 1933.	In the Scheme set out in the Schedule, in section 14, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. viii.	The Public Works Facilities Scheme (Boston Corporation) Confirmation Act 1934.	In section 21 of the scheme set out in the Schedule, in the proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. xviii.	The East Worcestershire Water Act 1934.	In section 10, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. xxvi.	The Wokington Corporation Act 1934.	In section 11, in the second proviso, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. xxxvi.	The South West Surburban Water Act 1934.	In section 20, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. xxxvi.	The Chailey Rural District Council Act 1934.	In section 27, in the proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. lxxvi.	The Tynemouth Corporation Act 1934.	In section 208(1), the words “Section 34 (For protection of Postmaster General)”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. xci.	The North Lindsey Water Act 1934.	In section 109, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. xciv.	The Weston-super-Mare Urban District Council 1934.	In section 15, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. xcvii.	The Manchester Corporation Act 1934.	In section 18, the words “and section 47 (For protection of Postmaster-General)”.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. xl.	The Baildon Urban District Council Act 1935.	In section 17, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. li.	The West Hampshire Water Act 1935.	In section 14, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. lxxxix.	The Maidstone Corporation Act 1935.	In section 26(1), the first proviso.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. xci.	The Fylde Water Board Act 1935.	In section 8, the words “Section 34 (For protection of Postmaster General)”.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. xciii.	The Chichester Corporation Act 1935.	In section 29, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. cvii.	The Harrogate Corporation Act 1935.	In section 30, the first proviso.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. cx.	The London Passenger Transport Act 1935.	Section 67(1).
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. cxxv.	The Sunderland Corporation Act 1935.	In section 220, the first proviso.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. v.	The Dundee Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1935.	In the Order contained in the Schedule, in section 8, the proviso.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. xxx.	The South East Cornwall Water Board Act 1936.	In section 45, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. xxxviii.	The Winchester Corporation Act 1936.	In section 21, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. lvi.	The Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Act 1936.	In section 17(1), the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. lviii.	The Fishguard and Goodwick Urban District Council Act 1936.	In section 45(2), the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. cvii.	The Wrexham and East Denbighshire Water Act 1936.	In section 11, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 or”.
26 Geo. 5. & 1 Edw. 8. c. cxiii.	The Hereford Corporation Act 1936.	In section 8, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. liv.	The Newquay and District Water Act 1937.	In section 11, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. lxvi.	The Pontypool Gas and Water Act 1936.	In section 31, in the proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. lxix.	The Huddersfield Corporation Act 1937.	In section 33, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. lxxxvii.	The Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Tonbridge Water) Act 1937.	In the order set out in the Schedule, in section 10, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. lxxxviii.	The Banbury Waterworks Act 1937.	In section 26, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. xcv.	The Bucks Water Act 1937.	In section 63, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. cii.	The Aberdeen Corporation (Water Gas Electricity and Transport) Order Confirmation Act 1937.	In the order contained in the Schedule, in section 17, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. civ.	The Paisley Corporation Order Confirmation Act 1937.	In the order contained in the Schedule, in section 30(1), the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. cxx.	The North Cotswold Rural District Council Act 1937.	In section 14, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6. c. cxxiii.	The Staffordshire Potteries Water Board Act 1937.	In section 10, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. xxxiv.	The Irwell Valley Water Board Act 1937.	In section 19, the proviso.
		In section 24, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. xxxvii.	The Rickmansworth and Uxbridge Valley Water Act 1938.	In section 19, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. xl.	The Wakefield Corporation Act 1938.	In section 121, the first proviso.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. liv.	The Redcar Corporation Act 1938.	In section 175, the words from “Provided that nothing” to “1869”.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. lxxxii.	The Newcastle and Gateshead Water Act 1938.	In section 6, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
1 & 2 Geo. 6. c. xcviii.	The Warrington Corporation Water Act 1938.	In section 13, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xivi.	The Ministry of Health Provisional Order Confirmation (Heywood and Middleton Water Board) Act 1939.	In section 40, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxii.	The South Staffordshire Waterworks Act 1939.	In section 40, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxv.	The Tiverton Corporation Act 1939.	In section 15, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
		In section 88(1), the first proviso.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxvii.	The Stroud District Water Board &c. Act 1939.	In section 70, in the first proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxviii.	The Colne Valley Water Act 1939.	In section 94, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxxii.	The Walsall Corporation Act 1939.	In section 136, the first proviso.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. lxxxvii.	The Macclesfield Corporation Act 1939.	In section 19, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xcii.	The Lanarkshire County Council Order Confirmation Act 1939.	In the order contained in the Schedule, in section 97(1), the words “or in contravention of any exclusive privilege by law vested for the time being in the Postmaster General”.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. xcii.	The Folkestone Water Act 1939.	In section 18, in the second proviso, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. ciii.	The Sheffield Corporation Act 1939.	In section 73(3), the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. xxviii.	The Bournemouth Gas and Water Act 1940.	In section 16, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. xxxi.	The Gasport Water Act 1940.	In section 12, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
4 & 5 Geo. 6. c. xiii.	The Ebbw Vale Urban District Council Act 1941.	In section 21, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
5 & 6 Geo. 6. c. x.	The Pembrokeshire County Council Act 1942.	In section 12, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
5 & 6 Geo. 6. c. xv.	The Bilston Corporation Act 1942.	In section 12, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
6 & 7 Geo. 6. c. xv.	The Northampton Corporation Act 1943.	In section 125, the words from “shall not” (where first occurring) to “1869 and”.
7 & 8 Geo. 6. c. xx.	The Anglesey County Council (Water &c.) Act 1944.	In section 50, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 42.	The Water Act 1945.	In Schedule 3, in section 5(3), the words from “be used” to “1869, or”.
8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 43	The Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945.	In section 4, the words “the Postmaster General”.
		In section 32, the words “the Postmaster General”.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. vi.	The North Devon Water Board Act 1945.	In section 83, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. viii.	The Colne Valley Water Act 1945.	In section 64, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. xii.	The East Grinstead Gas and Water Act 1945.	In section 61, the words from “shall not be used” to “1869 and”.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. xiv.	The Plympton St. Mary Rural District Council Act 1945.	In section 30, the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 42.	The Water (Scotland) Act 1946.	In Schedule 4, in paragraph 5(3), the words from “be used” to “1869, or”.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. xvii.	The Metropolitan Water Board Act 1946.	Section 83(2).
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. xxxviii.	The Manchester Corporation act 1946.	Section 6(5), from the beginning to “1869 and”.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. liii.	The Tees Conservancy Act 1946.	In section 46(1), the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 41.	The Fire Services Act 1947.	Section 3(2)(c).
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 44.	The Crown Proceedings Act 1947.	Section 9.
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 54.	The Electricity Act 1947.	In Schedule 4, in Part 1 in the entry relating to section 24 of the Electricity (Supply) Act 1926, the words “in both places where they occur”.
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. xxxiii.	The Southend-on-Sea Corporation Act 1947.	In section 219, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. xiv.	The Preston Corporation Act 1947.	In section 153, the first proviso.
11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. xli.	The Ipswich Corporation Act 1948.	In section 172(1), the proviso.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 39.	The Commonwealth Telegraphs Act 1949.	Section 9.
12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. li.	The Barnsley Corporation Act 1949.	In section 88(1), the proviso.
14 Geo. 6. c. 39.	The Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950.	In section 33(2)(b), the words from “other than” onwards.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 52.	The Telephone Act 1951.	The whole Act.
14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. xxxix.	The British Transport Commission Act 1951.	Section 16.
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 47.	The Rating and Valuation (Scotland) Act 1952.	Section 2.
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. xx.	The Dundee Harbour and Tay Ferries Order Confirmation Act 1952.	In the order contained in the Schedule, in section 91, the words from “be used” to “1869 or” and in section 213(1), the words “or for any mail bag as defined by the Post Office Act 1908”.
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. xli.	The Clifton Suspension Bridge Act 1952.	Section 44(1)(e).
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. xlvi.	The North Wales Hydro-Electric Power Act 1952.	Section 35(2).
1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 36.	The Post Office Act 1953.	Sections 1 and 2.
		Sections 1 and 2.
		Sections 5 to 7.
		Section 8(1), (2) and (4).
		Section 9.
		Section 10 (except subsection (3)).
		Section 11(3).
		Section 12 to 15.
		Section 16(3).
		Section 18.
		In section 19(1), the words from “and the sum” onwards.
		Section 20.
		Section 21 (except subsection (3)).
		Section 31.
		Sections 46 to 49.
		In section 76, the words from “and any such” onwards.
		Section 81.
		Section 84.
		In section 87(1), the definitions of “British postal agency”, “mandated territory”, “postage”, “prescribed”, “regulations” and “trust territory” and, in the definition of “mail bag”, the words “a parcel, an envelope and”.
		Schedule 1.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 36.	The Law Reform (Limitation of Actions, &c.) Act 1954.	In section 5, subsection (3), and, in subsection (4), the words “and subsection (2) of section nine”.
2 & 3 Eliz. 2. c. 62.	The Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954.	In section 25, the definitions of “post office savings bank” and “Post Office Savings Banks Fund”.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xi.	The Kent Water Act 1955.	In section 165(1)(d), the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xxv.	The North Wales Hydro-Electric Power Act 1955.	Section 40(2).
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. xlix.	The Leicester Corporation Act 1956.	Section 95(2).
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxix.	The Millport Piers (Amendment) Order Confirmation Act 1956.	In the order contained in the Schedule, section 5.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. lxxiii.	The Huddersfield Corporation Act 1955.	Section 25(2).
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. 20.	The House of Commons Disqualification Act 1957.	In Schedule 2, the words “Postmaster General” and the words “Assistant Postmaster General”.
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. xxix.	The B P Trading Act 1957.	Section 5(8).
5 & 6 Eliz. 2. c. xxxviii.	The Esso Petroleum Company Act 1957.	Section 6(7).
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. xix.	The Seaham Harbour Dock Act 1958.	Section 27.
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. xlviii.	The Shell (Stanlow to Partington Pipeline) Act 1958.	Section 4(7).
6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. l.	The Wallasey Corporation Act 1958.	Section 115(2).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 6.	The National Debt Act 1958.	In section 1(1), the words “by the name of the Post Office register”.
		Section 13.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 6.	The Kent County Council Act 1958.	Section 59(2).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 25.	The Highways Act 1959.	In section 152(4), the words “or the Postmaster General”.
		In section 236(1)(c), the words from “other than” onwards.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 50.	The Pensions (Increase) Act 1959.	In the Schedule, in Part 1, paragraph 22.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 55.	The Dog Licences Act 1959.	Section 7(3) to (8).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. viii.	The Angle Ore and Transport Company Act 1959.	Section 5(7).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. xxxii.	The Bucks Water Board Act 1959.	In section 38(2), the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. xxxiii.	The Reading and Berkshire Water &c. Act 1959.	In section 52(ii), the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. xliv.	The British Transport Commission Act 1959.	Section 13(4)(b).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. xivi.	The Humber Bridge Act 1959.	Section 68(2)(e).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. xlvii.	The Shell- Mex and B.P. (London-Airport Pipeline) Act 1959.	Section 4(7).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2 c. li.	The Lee Valley Water Act 1959.	In section 83(1)(d), the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
8 amp; 9 Eliz. 2. c. xxxix.	The Tyne Tunnel Act 1960.	Section 41(2)(e).
8 amp; 9 Eliz. 2. c. lii.	The Oldham Corporation Act 1960.	Section 59(2).
9 amp; 10 Eliz. 2. c. i.	The Aberdeen Harbour Order Confirmation Act 1960.	In the order contained in the Schedule, in section 141, the words from “and for” onwards.
9 amp; 10 Eliz. 2. c. 15.	The Post Office Act 1961.	Section 1.
		Section 2(1) and (2).
		Sections 3 to 7.
		Section 8(1) and (3).
		Sections 9, 10 and 11.
		Section 13.
		Section 15(2) and (3).
		Sections 16 and 17.
		Section 19.
		Sections 21 and 22.
		Section 23(3).
		Section 25.
		Section 26(1).
		Section 27(3) and (4).
		Section 28(2).
		Section 29.
		In the Schedule, the entries relating to section 4 of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act 1921, the Government Annuities Act 1929, the Bank of England Act 1946, the Crown Proceedings Act 1947, Schedule 1 to the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949, the Telephone Act 1951, and sections 5 to 10 of the Post Office Act 1953 and the words in column 2 against them; in the entry relating to section 11 of the last mentioned Act, the words from “in subsection (3)” to “by regulations and”; and the entries relating to sections 12, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 24, 47, 48, 49, 77, 81 and 87 of the last mentioned Act and sections 16 and 22 of the Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954 and the words in column 2 against them.
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 36.	The Finance Act 1961.	Section 35(2).
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. vi.	The Esso Petroleum Company Act 1961.	Section 16(8).
9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. xlv.	The Devon County Council Act 1961.	Section 29(2).
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 13.	The Vehicles (Excise) Act 1962.	In section 22(1)(b), the words “other than the Postmaster General”.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 14.	The Telegraph Act 1962.	The whole Act.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 38.	The Town and County Planning Act 1962.	In section 193(3), the proviso.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 58.	The Pipe-lines Act 1962.	In section 68(2), the words “other than the Postmaster General”.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. xxxiii.	The Tay Road Bridge Order Confirmation Act 1962.	In the order contained in the Schedule, section 98(2)(f).
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. xliv.	The Regent Refining Company Act 1962.	Section 5(7).
1963, c. 11.	The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1963.	In section 27(a), the words from “other than” onwards.
1963, c. 31.	The Weights and Measures Act 1963.	In section 64(1)(a), the words “other than expenses incurred by the Postmaster General”.
1964, c. 21.	The Television Act 1964.	In section 2(6), the words “or section 5 of the Telegraph Act 1869” and the word “respectively”.
		Section 29(2).
1964, c. 98.	The Ministers of the Crown Act 1964.	In Schedule 2, in Part II, the words “Postmaster General” and the words “Assistant Postmaster General”.
1964, c. xliii.	The Glasgow Corporation Consolidation (Water, Transport and Markets) Order Confirmation Act 1964.	In the order contained in the Schedule, in section 45, the words from “shall not” to “1869 and”.
1965, c. 51.	The National Insurance Act 1965.	In section 52(1), the words from “and regulations” onwards.
		In section 85(1), the words “except the Postmaster General”, and paragraph (a).
1965, c. 52.	The National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Act 1965.	In section 27(1), the words from “and regulations” onwards.
		In section 85(1), the words “except the Postmaster General”.
1965, c. 53.	The Family Allowances Act 1965.	In section 7(1), the words “whether through the Post Office or otherwise”.
		In section 13(1), the words “and in conjunction with the Postmaster General so far as relates to the Post Office”.
		In section 16, in subsection (1)(b), the words “other than expenses incurred by the Postmaster General”, and subsection (2)(b).
1965, c. 54.	The National Health Service Contributions Act 1965.	In section 3(1), the words “except the Postmaster General”.
		In section 4, the words “except the Postmaster General”.
1965, c. 58.	The Ministerial Salaries Consolidation Act 1965.	In section 8(1), in the definition of “Parliamentary Secretary”, the words “and the Assistant Postmaster General”.
		In Schedule 1, the entries relating to the Postmaster General and the Assistant Postmaster General.
1965, c. 62.	The Redundancy Payments Act 1965.	In section 29, in subsection (1), the words “except the Postmaster General”, and, in subsection (3), the words “of section 19(2)(b) of the Post Office Act 1961”.
		Section 41(6)(b).
		In section 55, in subsection (1), the words “other than the Postmaster General”, in subsection (2)(a), the words “other than the Postmaster General”, subsection (4), and, in subsection (6), the words “and the Postmaster General”.
1965, c. 78.	The Pensions (Increase) Act 1965.	In schedule 1, in Part 1, paragraph 22.
1965, c. xxiv.	The Gulf Oil Refining Act 1965.	Section 16(7).
1965, c. xxviii.	The Crude Oil Terminals (Humber) Act 1965.	Section 15(7).
1965, c. xxxvi.	The Pembrokshire County Council Act 1965.	Section 46(2)(b).
1965, c. xlv.	The Clyde Port Authority Order Confirmation Act 1965.	In the order set out in the Schedule, in section 80, in subsection (1), in paragraph (a)(iii), the words “the Postmaster General or” and paragraph (c).
1966, c. 12.	The Post Office Savings Bank Act 1966.	Section 1(3)(c).
		Section 3(3)(a) and (c).
		Section 7(4) and (5).
		Section 8(1) and (3).
1966, c. 18.	The Finance Act 1966.	In section 44, in subsection (4), the words “except the Postmaster General”, and subsection (5).
		Section 48.
1966, c. 20.	The Ministry of Social Security Act 1966.	Section 17(2).
		In Schedule 6, paragraph 17.
1966, c. 32.	The Selective Employment Payments Act 1966.	Section 3(1)(b).
		In Schedule 1, in Part II, the words “The Post Office Savings Bank”.
1966, c. 34.	The Industrial Development Act 1966.	Section 13(2).
		Section 30(2).
1966, c. 42.	The Local Government Act 1966.	Section 35(3) and (4).
1966, c. 51.	The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966.	In section 43, in subsection (1)(b), the words “and to the Minister of Housing and Local Government” and the words “and to the Secretary of State”, and subsection (2).
		Section 44(2)(b) and (c).
1966, c. xv.	The Exeter Corporation Act 1966.	Section 28(2).
1966, c. xxv.	The Tees and Hartlepools Port Authority Act 1966.	In section 81(1), in paragraph (a)(iii), the words “the Postmaster General or” and paragraph (c).
1967, c. 1.	The Land Commission Act 1967.	In section 2(3), the words “except the Postmaster General”.
		In section 4(4), the words “except the Postmaster General”.
		Section 84.
1967, c. 13.	The Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967.	In Schedule 2, the words “Post Office” (where first occurring), and Note 3.
1967, c. 15.	The Post Office (Borrowing Powers) Act 1967.	The whole Act.
1967, c. 32.	The Development of Inventions Act 1967.	In section 11(1), the words “other than the Post Office”.
1967, c. 62.	The Post Office (Data Processing Service) Act 1967.	Sections 1 and 3(2).
1967, c. 72.	The Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967.	Section 14(1).
1967, c. 80.	The Criminal Justice Act 1967.	In Schedule 3, the entry relating to section 66 of the Post Office Act 1953.
1967, c. xxxiii.	The Kingston upon Hull Corporation Act 1967.	In section 77(1), the words “under licence from the Postmaster General”.
1968, c. 13.	The National Loans Act 1968.	In section 16(7), the words “and into the Post Office Fund”, and the words “and the Postmaster General”.
		In Schedule 1, the entries relating to the Post Office Act 1961.
		In Schedule 5, the entry relating to section 35(2) of the Finance Act 1961.
1968, c. 18.	The Consular Relations Act 1968.	Section 9.
1968, c. 34.	The Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1968.	In section 53(a), the words “(except the Postmaster General)”.
1968, c. 47.	The Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968.	In section 55(3), the words “or the Postmaster General”.
1968, c. 59.	The Hovercraft Act 1968.	In section 6(1), the words “(except the Postmaster General)”.
1968, c. 61.	The Civil Aviation act 1968.	Section 27(3).
1968, c. 72.	The Town and Country Planning Act 1968.	In section 29, subsection (2), and, in subsection (4), the words “or the Postmaster General”.
1968, c. xxiv.	The Crosby Corporation Act 1968.	Section 14(7).
1968, c. xxxi.	The Mid-Glamorgan Water Act 1968.	In section 18(1), the words from “be used” to “1869 or”.
1968, c. xxxii.	The Port of London Act 1968.	In section 28, in paragraph (a)(iii), the words “the Postmaster General or”, and paragraph (c).
1968, c. xxxiii.	The Medway Water (Bewl Bridge Reservoir) Act 1968.	In section 41(4), the words from “be used” to “1869 and”.
1969, c. 30.	The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1969.	In section 30, subsection (2), and, in subsection (4), the words “or the Postmaster General”.

Enactments of the Parliament of Northern Ireland U.K.

Chapter	Short Title	Extent of Repeal
18 & 19 Geo. 5. c. 10.	The Roads Improvement Act (Northern Ireland) 1928.	In section 18, the words from “and in particular” onwards.
1946, c. 7.	The Shops Act (Northern Ireland) 1946.	Section 33(1)(b.
1948, c. 28.	The Roads Act (Northern Ireland) 1948.	In section 41(3), the words from “Except” to “section”.
1956, c. 19.	The Criminal Injuries Act (Northern Ireland) 1956.	In section 10, in the definition of “property”, the words “includes the property of the Postmaster General but”, and the word “other” (in both places where it occurs).
1956, c. v.	The River Bann Navigation Act (Northern Ireland) 1956.	Section 13.
1966, c. 32.	The Selective Employment Payments Act (Northern Ireland) 1966.	Section 4(1)(b).
1966, c. 41.	The Industrial Investment (General Assistance) Act (Northern Ireland) 1966.	Section 14(4).

Part III U.K. Orders In Council Revoked On The Appointed Day

Number	Title or Short Title	Extent of Revocation
S.R. & O. 1908/844.	Order in Council fixing date of transfer of certain local taxation licence duties to county councils and county boroughs under section 6 of the Finance Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7. c. 16), and making provisions thereof.	Articles IV and V.
S.R. & O. 1908/844.	The Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Order 1921.	In Article 2(f), the words from “Provided that” onwards.
S.R. & O. 1922/213.	The Local Taxation (Licence Officers) Order 1922.	The whole Order.