29 Exclusion of liability of the Post Office its officers and servants, in relation to posts and telecommunications.U.K.
(1)Save as provided by the next following section, no proceedings in tort shall lie against the Post Office in respect of any loss or damage suffered by any person by reason of—
(a)anything done or omitted to be done in relation to anything in the post or omission to carry out arrangements for the collection of anything to be conveyed by post;
(b)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)
F2(d)F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2)No officer or servant of the Post Office or person who, not being such an officer or servant, is a sub-postmaster F3 shall be subject, except at the suit of the Post Office, to any civil liability for any loss or damage in the case of which liability of the Post Office therefor is excluded by the foregoing subsection [F4or any loss of, or damage to, a packet to which the next following section applies].
(3)No person engaged in or about the carriage of mail and no officer, servant, agent or sub-contractor of such person shall be subject except at the suit of the Post Office to any civil liability for any loss or damage in the case of which liability of the Post Office therefor is excluded by subsection (1) of this section [F4or any loss of, or damage to, a packet to which the next following section applies].
(4)In the application of subsection (1) above to Scotland, the reference to proceedings in tort shall be construed in the same way as in section 43(b) of the M1Crown Proceedings Act 1947.
Textual Amendments
F2S. 29(1)(c) repealed by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), ss. 99(2), 109, Sch. 7 Pt. I
F3Words repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II
F4Words inserted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 70(7)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 29 applied (with modifications) (22.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1148, art. 9 (with art. 34)
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