http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1996-08-22Post Office Act 1969An Act to abolish the office of master of the Post Office, distribute the business conducted by the holder thereof amongst authorities constituted for the purpose and make provision consequential on the abolition of that office and the distribution of the business so conducted; to amend, replace or repeal certain provisions of the enactments relating to posts, telegraphs and savings banks; to amend the law relating to stamp duty; and to empower the Treasury to dispose of their interest in the shares of Cable and Wireless Limited.1983-01-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2018-06-261996-08-22 Part III The new Authority for the Conduct of postal and telegraphic Business Powers and Duties of the Post Office Powers of the Post Office.71The Post Office shall have power— ato provide postal services (including cash on delivery services) and telepost services;bto provide banking services and such other services by means of which money may be remitted (whether by means of money orders, postal orders or otherwise) as it thinks fit;bbto provide, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public (whether for the transaction of postal business or otherwise), such services provided by means of telecommunication systems as it thinks fit;cto perform any services for any public telecommunications operator or any subsidiary of any such operator;dto perform services for Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland or the government of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;eto perform services for local authorities or national health service authoritieseewith the consent of, or in accordance with the terms of a general authorisation given by, the Secretary of State, to perform, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public for the transaction of postal business, such services for any operator of a public passenger transport service (within the meaning of the Transport Act 1985), or any subsidiary of such an operator, as it thinks fit, being services which are connected with the provision of public passenger transport services; andfwith the consent of, or in accordance with the terms of a general authorisation given by, the Secretary of State, to perform, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public for the transaction of postal business, such services for such bodies falling within subsection (1A) below as it thinks fit.1AAIn subsection (1)(e) above, “local authority” includes a police authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 19961AThe bodies referred to in subsection (1)(f) above are—aany body corporate—iwhich supplies goods or services by way of business;iithe affairs of which are managed by its members; andiiithe members of which hold office as such by virtue of their appointment to that or another office by a Minister of the Crown under any enactment;b. . . any passenger transport executive for the purposes of Part II of the Transport Act 1968;cthe National Rivers Authority or any water undertaker or sewerage undertaker;caa gas supplier (within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986);cba public electricity supplier (within the meaning of Part I of the Electricity Act 1989);cca public electricity supplier (within the meaning of Part II of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992);cda person holding a licence under Article 8(1)(c) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996dthe British Broadcasting Corporation;eany body corporate with a statutory duty to promote and assist the maintenance and development of the efficient supply of any goods or services by a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above; orfany wholly owned subsidiary of a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (e) above . . .;but the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument exclude from this subsection such bodies or bodies of such descriptions as may be specified in the order.2The Post Office shall have power, for the purpose of securing the effective exercise of any of the powers conferred on it by subsection (1) above, or in connection with or in consequence of an exercise thereof, to do anything that appears to the Post Office to be requisite, advantageous or convenient for it to do, including in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words) power—ato construct, manufacture, produce, purchase, take on hire or hire-purchase, install, maintain and repair anything required for the purposes of its business or of the business of a subsidiary of its;bto construct, manufacture, produce or purchase for supply to others any articles of a kind similar to any so required and to install, maintain, repair and test for others articles of such a kind;cto provide others with the services of persons employed by it for the purpose of undertaking for them tasks of a kind which, in the course of the provision or performance by it of any service falling within subsection (1) above, are undertaken by persons so employed;dto provide, for the benefit of others, consultancy and advisory services concerning anything that it does in exercise of its powers or has power to do and facilities for the training of persons for any purpose connected with anything that it so does or has power to do;eto enter into and carry out agreements with any person for the carrying on by him, whether as its agent or otherwise, of any of the activities which itself may carry on or for the carrying on jointly by him and it of any of those activities;fto acquire land which is required by it for, or in connection with, the exercise of its powers or as to which it can reasonably be foreseen that it will be so required;gto dispose (whether absolutely or for a term of years) of any part of its undertaking or any property which in its opinion is not required by it for or in connection with the exercise of its powers, and, in particular, to dispose of an interest in, or right over, any property which, subject to the interest or right, is retained by it;hfor the purposes of its business, to subscribe for or acquire any securities of an incorporated company or other body corporate, to procure its admission to membership of an incorporated company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital, to promote the formation of an incorporated company or participate in the promotion of such a company or to acquire an undertaking or part of an undertaking;ito give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any person with whom it has entered into an agreement by virtue of paragraph (e) above for the purpose of enabling him to carry out the agreement and, for the purposes of its business, to give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any other person for the purposes of an undertaking carried on by him or, where that person is a body corporate, an undertaking carried on by a subsidiary of its;jto do anything for the purpose of advancing the skill of persons employed by it or that of persons who, though not so employed, are engaging themselves, or have it in contemplation to engage themselves, in work of a kind in the case of which it has or may have a direct or indirect concern in the products thereof;kto promote (either by prosecuting it itself or by its promoting it by others) research into matters which affect, or arise out of, the carrying on of its business, or other matters which, though not such as aforesaid, are such as to which it appears to it that advantage will or may accrue to it as a consequence of research’s being prosecuted into them;lto promote the doing of such work as is requisite to enable there to be turned to account—ithe results of research (whether promoted by it or not) into matters affecting, or arising out of, the carrying on of its business;iithe results of research promoted by it into other matters;mto provide assistance (including financial assistance) to any institution or body whose activities (or any of them) are such as, in its opinion, to be of benefit to it;nto carry for hire or reward passengers in vehicles used by it for the purposes of its business;oto enter into, and carry out, agreements with persons who carry on business as carriers of goods, for the carriage by it on their behalf of goods consigned to them for carriage by them;pto provide houses, hostels and other like accommodation for persons engaged in its business;qto make loans to persons employed by it (including, in particular, loans to assist them to acquire housing accommodation) and to guarantee loans made to persons so employed (including, in particular, loans made by building societies and other bodies for housing purposes);rto promote recreational activities for, and activities conducing to the welfare of, persons who are, or have been, engaged in its business or have been officers, servants or agents of the Postmaster General and the families of such persons and to assist the promotion by others of such activities;and may turn its resources to account so far as not required for the purposes of its business.3For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the foregoing provisions of this section relate only to the capacity of the Post Office as a statutory corporation, and nothing in those provisions shall be construed as authorising the disregard by it of any enactment or rule of law.4The Post Office shall not be regarded as a common carrier in respect of any of its activities.5The provisions of this section shall not be construed as limiting any power of the Post Office conferred by or under any subsequent provision of this Act.6Nothing in this section shall be taken to confine the exercise of the powers thereby conferred on the Post Office to the British Islands. Powers of the Post Office.71The Post Office shall have power— ato provide postal services (including cash on delivery services) and telepost services;bto provide banking services and such other services by means of which money may be remitted (whether by means of money orders, postal orders or otherwise) as it thinks fit;bbto provide, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public (whether for the transaction of postal business or otherwise), such services provided by means of telecommunication systems as it thinks fit;cto perform any services for any public telecommunications operator or any subsidiary of any such operator;dto perform services for Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland or the government of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;eto perform services for local authorities or national health service authorities andfwith the consent of, or in accordance with the terms of a general authorisation given by, the Secretary of State, to perform, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public for the transaction of postal business, such services for such bodies falling within subsection (1A) below as it thinks fit.1AAIn subsection (1)(e) above, “local authority” includes apolice authority established under section 3 of the Police Act 19961AThe bodies referred to in subsection (1)(f) above are—aany body corporate—iwhich supplies goods or services by way of business;iithe affairs of which are managed by its members; andiiithe members of which hold office as such by virtue of their appointment to that or another office by a Minister of the Crown under any enactment;bthe London Transport Executive and any passenger transport executive established under section 9(1)(b) of the Transport Act 1968;cany statutory water undertaker within the meaning of the Water Act 1973;cca public electricity supplier (within the meaning of Part II of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992);cda person holding a licence under Article 8(1)(c) of the Gas(northern Ireland) Order 1996;dthe British Broadcasting Corporation;eany body corporate with a statutory duty to promote and assist the maintenance and development of the efficient supply of any goods or services by a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above; orfany wholly owned subsidiary of a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (e) above;but the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument exclude from this subsection such bodies or bodies of such descriptions as may be specified in the order.2The Post Office shall have power, for the purpose of securing the effective exercise of any of the powers conferred on it by subsection (1) above, or in connection with or in consequence of an exercise thereof, to do anything that appears to the Post Office to be requisite, advantageous or convenient for it to do, including in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words) power—ato construct, manufacture, produce, purchase, take on hire or hire-purchase, install, maintain and repair anything required for the purposes of its business or of the business of a subsidiary of its;bto construct, manufacture, produce or purchase for supply to others any articles of a kind similar to any so required and to install, maintain, repair and test for others articles of such a kind;cto provide others with the services of persons employed by it for the purpose of undertaking for them tasks of a kind which, in the course of the provision or performance by it of any service falling within subsection (1) above, are undertaken by persons so employed;dto provide, for the benefit of others, consultancy and advisory services concerning anything that it does in exercise of its powers or has power to do and facilities for the training of persons for any purpose connected with anything that it so does or has power to do;eto enter into and carry out agreements with any person for the carrying on by him, whether as its agent or otherwise, of any of the activities which itself may carry on or for the carrying on jointly by him and it of any of those activities;fto acquire land which is required by it for, or in connection with, the exercise of its powers or as to which it can reasonably be foreseen that it will be so required;gto dispose (whether absolutely or for a term of years) of any part of its undertaking or any property which in its opinion is not required by it for or in connection with the exercise of its powers, and, in particular, to dispose of an interest in, or right over, any property which, subject to the interest or right, is retained by it;hfor the purposes of its business, to subscribe for or acquire any securities of an incorporated company or other body corporate, to procure its admission to membership of an incorporated company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital, to promote the formation of an incorporated company or participate in the promotion of such a company or to acquire an undertaking or part of an undertaking;ito give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any person with whom it has entered into an agreement by virtue of paragraph (e) above for the purpose of enabling him to carry out the agreement and, for the purposes of its business, to give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any other person for the purposes of an undertaking carried on by him or, where that person is a body corporate, an undertaking carried on by a subsidiary of its;jto do anything for the purpose of advancing the skill of persons employed by it or that of persons who, though not so employed, are engaging themselves, or have it in contemplation to engage themselves, in work of a kind in the case of which it has or may have a direct or indirect concern in the products thereof;kto promote (either by prosecuting it itself or by its promoting it by others) research into matters which affect, or arise out of, the carrying on of its business, or other matters which, though not such as aforesaid, are such as to which it appears to it that advantage will or may accrue to it as a consequence of research’s being prosecuted into them;lto promote the doing of such work as is requisite to enable there to be turned to account—ithe results of research (whether promoted by it or not) into matters affecting, or arising out of, the carrying on of its business;iithe results of research promoted by it into other matters;mto provide assistance (including financial assistance) to any institution or body whose activities (or any of them) are such as, in its opinion, to be of benefit to it;nto carry for hire or reward passengers in vehicles used by it for the purposes of its business;oto enter into, and carry out, agreements with persons who carry on business as carriers of goods, for the carriage by it on their behalf of goods consigned to them for carriage by them;pto provide houses, hostels and other like accommodation for persons engaged in its business;qto make loans to persons employed by it (including, in particular, loans to assist them to acquire housing accommodation) and to guarantee loans made to persons so employed (including, in particular, loans made by building societies and other bodies for housing purposes);rto promote recreational activities for, and activities conducing to the welfare of, persons who are, or have been, engaged in its business or have been officers, servants or agents of the Postmaster General and the families of such persons and to assist the promotion by others of such activities;and may turn its resources to account so far as not required for the purposes of its business.3For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the foregoing provisions of this section relate only to the capacity of the Post Office as a statutory corporation, and nothing in those provisions shall be construed as authorising the disregard by it of any enactment or rule of law.4The Post Office shall not be regarded as a common carrier in respect of any of its activities.5The provisions of this section shall not be construed as limiting any power of the Post Office conferred by or under any subsequent provision of this Act.6Nothing in this section shall be taken to confine the exercise of the powers thereby conferred on the Post Office to the British Islands. Powers of the Post Office.71The Post Office shall have power— ato provide postal services (including cash on delivery services) and telepost services;bto provide banking services and such other services by means of which money may be remitted (whether by means of money orders, postal orders or otherwise) as it thinks fit;bbto provide, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public (whether for the transaction of postal business or otherwise), such services provided by means of telecommunication systems as it thinks fit;cto perform any services for any public telecommunications operator or any subsidiary of any such operator;dto perform services for Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland or the government of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;eto perform services for local authorities or national health service authoritieseewith the consent of, or in accordance with the terms of a general authorisation given by, the Secretary of State, to perform, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public for the transaction of postal business, such services for any operator of a public passenger transport service (within the meaning of the Transport Act 1985), or any subsidiary of such an operator, as it thinks fit, being services which are connected with the provision of public passenger transport services; andfwith the consent of, or in accordance with the terms of a general authorisation given by, the Secretary of State, to perform, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public for the transaction of postal business, such services for such bodies falling within subsection (1A) below as it thinks fit.1AAIn subsection (1)(e) above, “local authority” includes a police authority established under section 3 of thePolice Act 1996.1AThe bodies referred to in subsection (1)(f) above are—aany body corporate—iwhich supplies goods or services by way of business;iithe affairs of which are managed by its members; andiiithe members of which hold office as such by virtue of their appointment to that or another office by a Minister of the Crown under any enactment;bthe London Transport Executive and any passenger transport executive for the purposes of Part II of the Transport Act 1968;cany statutory water undertaker within the meaning of the Water Act 1973;caa gas supplier (within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986);cba public electricity supplier (within the meaning of Part I of the Electricity Act 1989);cca public electricity supplier (within the meaning of Part II of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992);cda peson holding a licence under Article 8(1)(c) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;dthe British Broadcasting Corporation;eany body corporate with a statutory duty to promote and assist the maintenance and development of the efficient supply of any goods or services by a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above; orfany wholly owned subsidiary of a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (e) above;but the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument exclude from this subsection such bodies or bodies of such descriptions as may be specified in the order.2The Post Office shall have power, for the purpose of securing the effective exercise of any of the powers conferred on it by subsection (1) above, or in connection with or in consequence of an exercise thereof, to do anything that appears to the Post Office to be requisite, advantageous or convenient for it to do, including in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words) power—ato construct, manufacture, produce, purchase, take on hire or hire-purchase, install, maintain and repair anything required for the purposes of its business or of the business of a subsidiary of its;bto construct, manufacture, produce or purchase for supply to others any articles of a kind similar to any so required and to install, maintain, repair and test for others articles of such a kind;cto provide others with the services of persons employed by it for the purpose of undertaking for them tasks of a kind which, in the course of the provision or performance by it of any service falling within subsection (1) above, are undertaken by persons so employed;dto provide, for the benefit of others, consultancy and advisory services concerning anything that it does in exercise of its powers or has power to do and facilities for the training of persons for any purpose connected with anything that it so does or has power to do;eto enter into and carry out agreements with any person for the carrying on by him, whether as its agent or otherwise, of any of the activities which itself may carry on or for the carrying on jointly by him and it of any of those activities;fto acquire land which is required by it for, or in connection with, the exercise of its powers or as to which it can reasonably be foreseen that it will be so required;gto dispose (whether absolutely or for a term of years) of any part of its undertaking or any property which in its opinion is not required by it for or in connection with the exercise of its powers, and, in particular, to dispose of an interest in, or right over, any property which, subject to the interest or right, is retained by it;hfor the purposes of its business, to subscribe for or acquire any securities of an incorporated company or other body corporate, to procure its admission to membership of an incorporated company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital, to promote the formation of an incorporated company or participate in the promotion of such a company or to acquire an undertaking or part of an undertaking;ito give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any person with whom it has entered into an agreement by virtue of paragraph (e) above for the purpose of enabling him to carry out the agreement and, for the purposes of its business, to give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any other person for the purposes of an undertaking carried on by him or, where that person is a body corporate, an undertaking carried on by a subsidiary of its;jto do anything for the purpose of advancing the skill of persons employed by it or that of persons who, though not so employed, are engaging themselves, or have it in contemplation to engage themselves, in work of a kind in the case of which it has or may have a direct or indirect concern in the products thereof;kto promote (either by prosecuting it itself or by its promoting it by others) research into matters which affect, or arise out of, the carrying on of its business, or other matters which, though not such as aforesaid, are such as to which it appears to it that advantage will or may accrue to it as a consequence of research’s being prosecuted into them;lto promote the doing of such work as is requisite to enable there to be turned to account—ithe results of research (whether promoted by it or not) into matters affecting, or arising out of, the carrying on of its business;iithe results of research promoted by it into other matters;mto provide assistance (including financial assistance) to any institution or body whose activities (or any of them) are such as, in its opinion, to be of benefit to it;nto carry for hire or reward passengers in vehicles used by it for the purposes of its business;oto enter into, and carry out, agreements with persons who carry on business as carriers of goods, for the carriage by it on their behalf of goods consigned to them for carriage by them;pto provide houses, hostels and other like accommodation for persons engaged in its business;qto make loans to persons employed by it (including, in particular, loans to assist them to acquire housing accommodation) and to guarantee loans made to persons so employed (including, in particular, loans made by building societies and other bodies for housing purposes);rto promote recreational activities for, and activities conducing to the welfare of, persons who are, or have been, engaged in its business or have been officers, servants or agents of the Postmaster General and the families of such persons and to assist the promotion by others of such activities;and may turn its resources to account so far as not required for the purposes of its business.3For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the foregoing provisions of this section relate only to the capacity of the Post Office as a statutory corporation, and nothing in those provisions shall be construed as authorising the disregard by it of any enactment or rule of law.4The Post Office shall not be regarded as a common carrier in respect of any of its activities.5The provisions of this section shall not be construed as limiting any power of the Post Office conferred by or under any subsequent provision of this Act.6Nothing in this section shall be taken to confine the exercise of the powers thereby conferred on the Post Office to the British Islands.Pt. III (ss. 6–88) amended by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 57(7), Sch. 13 para. 13(c)S. 7(1)(a)–(e) substituted for s. 7(1)(a)–(d) by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 58(1)Power to modify s. 7(1)(b) conferred by Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), s. 2(1)(f)S. 7(1)(bb) inserted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), ss. 99(1), 109S. 7(1)(c) substituted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 4 para. 50, Sch. 5 para. 45S. 7(1)(f) and word 'and' preceding it inserted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 58(2)S. 7(1)(ee) substituted (E.W.S.) for word “and” by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), Sch. 7 para. 13(a)S. 7(1AA) inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes; otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 49; S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6(1); S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4Words in s. s. 7(1AA) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(f)S. 7(1A) inserted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 58(3)Words repealed (E.W.) by London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), s. 71(3)(a)(b), Sch. 6 para. 6(a), Sch. 7Words in s. 7(1A)(b) substituted (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 57(6), Sch. 3 para. 221968 c. 73. S. 7(1A)(c) substituted (E.W.) by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 para. (39), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58S. 7(1A)(ca) inserted (E.W.S.) by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 10, Sch. 8 para. 33Words in s. 7(1A)(ca) substituted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 9; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2S. 7(1A)(cb) inserted (E.W.S.) by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1)(3), Sch. 16 para. 15, Sch. 17 paras. 33, 35(1)S. 7(1A)(cc) inserted (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1), art. 95(1), Sch. 12 para. 7; S.R. 1992/117, art. 3(1).S. 7(1A)(cd) inserted (10.6.1996) by S.I. 1996/275, art. 71(1), Sch. 6; S.R. 1996/216, art. 2S. 7(1A)(f): words (which were inserted (E.W.) by London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), s. 71(3)(a), Sch. 6 para. 6(b)) repealed by virtue of Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), Sch. 7 para. 13(b), Sch. 8Words substituted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 3 para. 51(1)S. 7(1)(a)–(e) substituted for s. 7(1)(a)–(d) by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 58(1)Power to modify s. 7(1)(b) conferred by Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), s. 2(1)(f)S. 7(1)(bb) inserted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), ss. 99(1), 109S. 7(1)(c) substituted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 4 para. 50, Sch. 5 para. 45S. 7(1)(f) and word 'and' inserted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 58(2)S. 7(1AA) inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes, otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 49; S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6(1); S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4Words in s. 7(1AA) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(f)S. 7(1A) inserted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 58(3)1968 c. 73. 1973 c. 37 S. 7(1)(cc) inserted (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1), art. 95(1), Sch. 12 para. 7; S.R. 1992/117, art. 3(1)S. 7(1A)(cd) inserted (10.6.1996) by S.I. 1996/275, art. 71(1), Sch. 6; S.R. 1996/216, art. 2Words substituted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 3 para. 51(1)S. 7(1)(a)–(e) substituted for s. 7(1)(a)–(d) by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 58(1)Power to modify s. 7(1)(b) conferred by Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80), s. 2(1)(f)S. 7(1)(bb) inserted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), ss. 99(1), 109S. 7(1)(c) substituted by Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 109, Sch. 4 para. 50, Sch. 5 para. 45S. 7(1)(f) and word 'and' preceding it inserted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 58(2)S. 7(1)(ee) substituted (E.W.S.) for word “and” by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), Sch. 7 para. 13(a)S. 7(1AA) inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes; otherwise 1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 43, Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 49; S.I. 1994/2025, art. 6(1); S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4Words in s. 7(1AA) substituted (22.8.1996) by 1996 c. 16, ss. 103, 104(1), Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(f)S. 7(1A) inserted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), s. 58(3)Words in s. 7(1A)(b) substituted (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 57(6), Sch. 3 para. 221968 c. 73. 1973 c. 37 S. 7(1A)(ca) inserted (E.W.S.) by Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2), s. 67(1)(3), Sch. 7 para. 10, Sch. 8 para. 33Words in s. 7(1A)(ca) substituted (1.3.1996) by 1995 c. 45, s. 16(1), Sch. 4 para. 9; S.I. 1996/218, art. 2S. 7(1A)(cb) inserted (E.W.S.) by Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1), s. 112(1)(3), Sch. 16 para. 15, Sch. 17 paras. 33, 35(1)S. 7(1A)(cc) inserted (1.4.1992) by S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1), art. 95(1), Sch. 12 para. 7; S.R. 1992/117, art. 3(1).S. 7(1A)(cd) inserted (10.6.1996) by S.I. 1996/275, art. 71(1), Sch. 6; S.R. 1996/216, art. 2Words substituted by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 3 para. 51(1)
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<dc:title>Post Office Act 1969</dc:title>
<dc:description>An Act to abolish the office of master of the Post Office, distribute the business conducted by the holder thereof amongst authorities constituted for the purpose and make provision consequential on the abolition of that office and the distribution of the business so conducted; to amend, replace or repeal certain provisions of the enactments relating to posts, telegraphs and savings banks; to amend the law relating to stamp duty; and to empower the Treasury to dispose of their interest in the shares of Cable and Wireless Limited.</dc:description>
<dc:date>1983-01-01</dc:date>
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Part III
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<Title> The new Authority for the Conduct of postal and telegraphic Business</Title>
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<Title> Powers of the Post Office.</Title>
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<Text>
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<Addition ChangeId="d29p30612" CommentaryRef="c11852221">a person holding a licence under Article 8(1)(c) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/d/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/d" id="section-7-cd-d">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30532" CommentaryRef="c11852131">d</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30532" CommentaryRef="c11852131">the British Broadcasting Corporation;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/e/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/e" id="section-7-cd-e">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30532" CommentaryRef="c11852131">e</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30532" CommentaryRef="c11852131">any body corporate with a statutory duty to promote and assist the maintenance and development of the efficient supply of any goods or services by a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above; or</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/f/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/f" id="section-7-cd-f">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30532" CommentaryRef="c11852131">f</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30532" CommentaryRef="c11852131">any wholly owned subsidiary of a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (e) above </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30532" CommentaryRef="c11852131">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c11852231"/>
. . .;
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30532" CommentaryRef="c11852131">but the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument exclude from this subsection such bodies or bodies of such descriptions as may be specified in the order.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2" id="section-7-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
The Post Office shall have power, for the purpose of securing the effective exercise of any of the powers conferred on it by
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30649" CommentaryRef="c11852241">subsection (1) above</Addition>
, or in connection with or in consequence of an exercise thereof, to do anything that appears to the Post Office to be requisite, advantageous or convenient for it to do, including in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words) power—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/a/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/a" id="section-7-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to construct, manufacture, produce, purchase, take on hire or hire-purchase, install, maintain and repair anything required for the purposes of its business or of the business of a subsidiary of its;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/b/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/b" id="section-7-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to construct, manufacture, produce or purchase for supply to others any articles of a kind similar to any so required and to install, maintain, repair and test for others articles of such a kind;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/c/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/c" id="section-7-2-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
to provide others with the services of persons employed by it for the purpose of undertaking for them tasks of a kind which, in the course of the provision or performance by it of any service falling within
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30671" CommentaryRef="c11852241">subsection (1) above</Addition>
, are undertaken by persons so employed;
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/d/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/d" id="section-7-2-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to provide, for the benefit of others, consultancy and advisory services concerning anything that it does in exercise of its powers or has power to do and facilities for the training of persons for any purpose connected with anything that it so does or has power to do;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/e/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/e" id="section-7-2-e">
<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to enter into and carry out agreements with any person for the carrying on by him, whether as its agent or otherwise, of any of the activities which itself may carry on or for the carrying on jointly by him and it of any of those activities;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/f/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/f" id="section-7-2-f">
<Pnumber>f</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to acquire land which is required by it for, or in connection with, the exercise of its powers or as to which it can reasonably be foreseen that it will be so required;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/g/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/g" id="section-7-2-g">
<Pnumber>g</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to dispose (whether absolutely or for a term of years) of any part of its undertaking or any property which in its opinion is not required by it for or in connection with the exercise of its powers, and, in particular, to dispose of an interest in, or right over, any property which, subject to the interest or right, is retained by it;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/h/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/h" id="section-7-2-h">
<Pnumber>h</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>for the purposes of its business, to subscribe for or acquire any securities of an incorporated company or other body corporate, to procure its admission to membership of an incorporated company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital, to promote the formation of an incorporated company or participate in the promotion of such a company or to acquire an undertaking or part of an undertaking;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/i/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/i" id="section-7-2-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any person with whom it has entered into an agreement by virtue of paragraph (e) above for the purpose of enabling him to carry out the agreement and, for the purposes of its business, to give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any other person for the purposes of an undertaking carried on by him or, where that person is a body corporate, an undertaking carried on by a subsidiary of its;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/j/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/j" id="section-7-2-j">
<Pnumber>j</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to do anything for the purpose of advancing the skill of persons employed by it or that of persons who, though not so employed, are engaging themselves, or have it in contemplation to engage themselves, in work of a kind in the case of which it has or may have a direct or indirect concern in the products thereof;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/k/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/k" id="section-7-2-k">
<Pnumber>k</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to promote (either by prosecuting it itself or by its promoting it by others) research into matters which affect, or arise out of, the carrying on of its business, or other matters which, though not such as aforesaid, are such as to which it appears to it that advantage will or may accrue to it as a consequence of research’s being prosecuted into them;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l" id="section-7-2-l">
<Pnumber>l</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to promote the doing of such work as is requisite to enable there to be turned to account—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/i/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/i" id="section-7-2-l-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the results of research (whether promoted by it or not) into matters affecting, or arising out of, the carrying on of its business;</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/ii/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/ii" id="section-7-2-l-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the results of research promoted by it into other matters;</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/m/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/m" id="section-7-2-m">
<Pnumber>m</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to provide assistance (including financial assistance) to any institution or body whose activities (or any of them) are such as, in its opinion, to be of benefit to it;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/n/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/n" id="section-7-2-n">
<Pnumber>n</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to carry for hire or reward passengers in vehicles used by it for the purposes of its business;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/o/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/o" id="section-7-2-o">
<Pnumber>o</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to enter into, and carry out, agreements with persons who carry on business as carriers of goods, for the carriage by it on their behalf of goods consigned to them for carriage by them;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/p/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/p" id="section-7-2-p">
<Pnumber>p</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to provide houses, hostels and other like accommodation for persons engaged in its business;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/q/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/q" id="section-7-2-q">
<Pnumber>q</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to make loans to persons employed by it (including, in particular, loans to assist them to acquire housing accommodation) and to guarantee loans made to persons so employed (including, in particular, loans made by building societies and other bodies for housing purposes);</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/r/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/r" id="section-7-2-r">
<Pnumber>r</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to promote recreational activities for, and activities conducing to the welfare of, persons who are, or have been, engaged in its business or have been officers, servants or agents of the Postmaster General and the families of such persons and to assist the promotion by others of such activities;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>and may turn its resources to account so far as not required for the purposes of its business.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/3/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/3" id="section-7-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the foregoing provisions of this section relate only to the capacity of the Post Office as a statutory corporation, and nothing in those provisions shall be construed as authorising the disregard by it of any enactment or rule of law.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/4/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/4" id="section-7-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Post Office shall not be regarded as a common carrier in respect of any of its activities.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/5/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/5" id="section-7-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The provisions of this section shall not be construed as limiting any power of the Post Office conferred by or under any subsequent provision of this Act.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/6/england+wales/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/6" id="section-7-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Nothing in this section shall be taken to confine the exercise of the powers thereby conferred on the Post Office to the British Islands.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
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<Title> Powers of the Post Office.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7" id="section-7">
<Pnumber>7</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1" id="section-7-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Post Office shall have power— </Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/a/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/a" id="section-7-1-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">to provide postal services (including cash on delivery services) and telepost services;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/b/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/b" id="section-7-1-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c11852271"/>
b
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">to provide banking services and such other services by means of which money may be remitted (whether by means of money orders, postal orders or otherwise) as it thinks fit;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/bb/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/bb" id="section-7-1-bb">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30833" CommentaryRef="c11852281">bb</Addition>
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30833" CommentaryRef="c11852281">to provide, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public (whether for the transaction of postal business or otherwise), such services provided by means of telecommunication systems as it thinks fit;</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/c/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/c" id="section-7-1-c">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30841" CommentaryRef="c11852291">c</Addition>
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30841" CommentaryRef="c11852291">to perform any services for any public telecommunications operator or any subsidiary of any such operator;</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/d/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/d" id="section-7-1-d">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">d</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">to perform services for Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland or the government of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/e/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/e" id="section-7-1-e">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">e</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30819" CommentaryRef="c11852261">to perform services for local authorities or national health service authorities</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30862" CommentaryRef="c11852301"> and</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/f/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/f" id="section-7-1-f">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30862" CommentaryRef="c11852301">f</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30862" CommentaryRef="c11852301">with the consent of, or in accordance with the terms of a general authorisation given by, the Secretary of State, to perform, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public for the transaction of postal business, such services for such bodies falling within subsection (1A) below as it thinks fit.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1AA/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1AA" id="section-7-1AA">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30871" CommentaryRef="c11852311">1AA</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30871" CommentaryRef="c11852311">In subsection (1)(e) above, “local authority” includes apolice authority established under </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30871" CommentaryRef="c11852311">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30878" CommentaryRef="c11852321">section 3 of the Police Act 1996</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A" id="section-7-1A">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">1A</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">The bodies referred to in subsection (1)(f) above are—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a" id="section-7-1A-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">any body corporate—</Addition>
</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/i/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/i" id="section-7-1A-a-i">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">i</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">which supplies goods or services by way of business;</Addition>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/ii/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/ii" id="section-7-1A-a-ii">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">ii</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">the affairs of which are managed by its members; and</Addition>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/iii/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/iii" id="section-7-1A-a-iii">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">iii</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">the members of which hold office as such by virtue of their appointment to that or another office by a Minister of the Crown under any enactment;</Addition>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/b/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/b" id="section-7-1A-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">the London Transport Executive and any passenger transport executive established under section 9(1)(</Addition>
<Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">b</Addition>
</Emphasis>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">) of the </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c11852341"/>
Transport Act 1968;
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/c/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/c" id="section-7-1A-c">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">c</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">any statutory water undertaker within the meaning of the </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c11852351"/>
Water Act 1973;
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cc/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cc" id="section-7-1A-cc">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30932">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c11852361"/>
cc
</Addition>
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30932">a public electricity supplier (within the meaning of Part II of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992);</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd" id="section-7-cd">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30941" CommentaryRef="c11852371">cd</Addition>
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30941" CommentaryRef="c11852371">a person holding a licence under Article 8(1)(c) of the Gas(northern Ireland) Order 1996;</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/d/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/d" id="section-7-cd-d">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">d</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">the British Broadcasting Corporation;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/e/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/e" id="section-7-cd-e">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">e</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">any body corporate with a statutory duty to promote and assist the maintenance and development of the efficient supply of any goods or services by a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above; or</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/f/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/f" id="section-7-cd-f">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">f</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">any wholly owned subsidiary of a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (e) above;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30882" CommentaryRef="c11852331">but the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument exclude from this subsection such bodies or bodies of such descriptions as may be specified in the order.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2" id="section-7-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
The Post Office shall have power, for the purpose of securing the effective exercise of any of the powers conferred on it by
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30976" CommentaryRef="c11852381">subsection (1) above</Addition>
, or in connection with or in consequence of an exercise thereof, to do anything that appears to the Post Office to be requisite, advantageous or convenient for it to do, including in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words) power—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/a/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/a" id="section-7-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to construct, manufacture, produce, purchase, take on hire or hire-purchase, install, maintain and repair anything required for the purposes of its business or of the business of a subsidiary of its;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/b/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/b" id="section-7-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to construct, manufacture, produce or purchase for supply to others any articles of a kind similar to any so required and to install, maintain, repair and test for others articles of such a kind;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/c/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/c" id="section-7-2-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
to provide others with the services of persons employed by it for the purpose of undertaking for them tasks of a kind which, in the course of the provision or performance by it of any service falling within
<Addition ChangeId="d29p30998" CommentaryRef="c11852381">subsection (1) above</Addition>
, are undertaken by persons so employed;
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/d/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/d" id="section-7-2-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to provide, for the benefit of others, consultancy and advisory services concerning anything that it does in exercise of its powers or has power to do and facilities for the training of persons for any purpose connected with anything that it so does or has power to do;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/e/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/e" id="section-7-2-e">
<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to enter into and carry out agreements with any person for the carrying on by him, whether as its agent or otherwise, of any of the activities which itself may carry on or for the carrying on jointly by him and it of any of those activities;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/f/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/f" id="section-7-2-f">
<Pnumber>f</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to acquire land which is required by it for, or in connection with, the exercise of its powers or as to which it can reasonably be foreseen that it will be so required;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/g/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/g" id="section-7-2-g">
<Pnumber>g</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to dispose (whether absolutely or for a term of years) of any part of its undertaking or any property which in its opinion is not required by it for or in connection with the exercise of its powers, and, in particular, to dispose of an interest in, or right over, any property which, subject to the interest or right, is retained by it;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/h/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/h" id="section-7-2-h">
<Pnumber>h</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>for the purposes of its business, to subscribe for or acquire any securities of an incorporated company or other body corporate, to procure its admission to membership of an incorporated company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital, to promote the formation of an incorporated company or participate in the promotion of such a company or to acquire an undertaking or part of an undertaking;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/i/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/i" id="section-7-2-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any person with whom it has entered into an agreement by virtue of paragraph (e) above for the purpose of enabling him to carry out the agreement and, for the purposes of its business, to give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any other person for the purposes of an undertaking carried on by him or, where that person is a body corporate, an undertaking carried on by a subsidiary of its;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/j/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/j" id="section-7-2-j">
<Pnumber>j</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to do anything for the purpose of advancing the skill of persons employed by it or that of persons who, though not so employed, are engaging themselves, or have it in contemplation to engage themselves, in work of a kind in the case of which it has or may have a direct or indirect concern in the products thereof;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/k/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/k" id="section-7-2-k">
<Pnumber>k</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to promote (either by prosecuting it itself or by its promoting it by others) research into matters which affect, or arise out of, the carrying on of its business, or other matters which, though not such as aforesaid, are such as to which it appears to it that advantage will or may accrue to it as a consequence of research’s being prosecuted into them;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l" id="section-7-2-l">
<Pnumber>l</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to promote the doing of such work as is requisite to enable there to be turned to account—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/i/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/i" id="section-7-2-l-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the results of research (whether promoted by it or not) into matters affecting, or arising out of, the carrying on of its business;</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/ii/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/ii" id="section-7-2-l-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the results of research promoted by it into other matters;</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/m/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/m" id="section-7-2-m">
<Pnumber>m</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to provide assistance (including financial assistance) to any institution or body whose activities (or any of them) are such as, in its opinion, to be of benefit to it;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/n/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/n" id="section-7-2-n">
<Pnumber>n</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to carry for hire or reward passengers in vehicles used by it for the purposes of its business;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/o/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/o" id="section-7-2-o">
<Pnumber>o</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to enter into, and carry out, agreements with persons who carry on business as carriers of goods, for the carriage by it on their behalf of goods consigned to them for carriage by them;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/p/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/p" id="section-7-2-p">
<Pnumber>p</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to provide houses, hostels and other like accommodation for persons engaged in its business;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/q/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/q" id="section-7-2-q">
<Pnumber>q</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to make loans to persons employed by it (including, in particular, loans to assist them to acquire housing accommodation) and to guarantee loans made to persons so employed (including, in particular, loans made by building societies and other bodies for housing purposes);</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/r/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/r" id="section-7-2-r">
<Pnumber>r</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to promote recreational activities for, and activities conducing to the welfare of, persons who are, or have been, engaged in its business or have been officers, servants or agents of the Postmaster General and the families of such persons and to assist the promotion by others of such activities;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>and may turn its resources to account so far as not required for the purposes of its business.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/3/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/3" id="section-7-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the foregoing provisions of this section relate only to the capacity of the Post Office as a statutory corporation, and nothing in those provisions shall be construed as authorising the disregard by it of any enactment or rule of law.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/4/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/4" id="section-7-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Post Office shall not be regarded as a common carrier in respect of any of its activities.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/5/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/5" id="section-7-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The provisions of this section shall not be construed as limiting any power of the Post Office conferred by or under any subsequent provision of this Act.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/6/ni/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/6" id="section-7-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Nothing in this section shall be taken to confine the exercise of the powers thereby conferred on the Post Office to the British Islands.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Version>
<Version id="v00374" Description="S" RestrictOutput="false">
<P1group AltVersionRefs="v00373" RestrictExtent="S" RestrictStartDate="1996-08-22" RestrictEndDate="1998-04-01" Concurrent="true">
<Title> Powers of the Post Office.</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7" id="section-7">
<Pnumber>7</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1" id="section-7-1">
<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Post Office shall have power— </Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/a/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/a" id="section-7-1-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">to provide postal services (including cash on delivery services) and telepost services;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/b/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/b" id="section-7-1-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c11852411"/>
b
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">to provide banking services and such other services by means of which money may be remitted (whether by means of money orders, postal orders or otherwise) as it thinks fit;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/bb/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/bb" id="section-7-1-bb">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31160" CommentaryRef="c11852421">bb</Addition>
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31160" CommentaryRef="c11852421">to provide, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public (whether for the transaction of postal business or otherwise), such services provided by means of telecommunication systems as it thinks fit;</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/c/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/c" id="section-7-1-c">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31168" CommentaryRef="c11852431">c</Addition>
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31168" CommentaryRef="c11852431">to perform any services for any public telecommunications operator or any subsidiary of any such operator;</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/d/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/d" id="section-7-1-d">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">d</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">to perform services for Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Government in Northern Ireland or the government of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/e/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/e" id="section-7-1-e">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">e</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31146" CommentaryRef="c11852401">to perform services for local authorities or national health service authorities</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/ee/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/ee" id="section-7-1-ee">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31189" CommentaryRef="c11852441">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31190" CommentaryRef="c11852451">ee</Addition>
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31189" CommentaryRef="c11852441">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31190" CommentaryRef="c11852451">with the consent of, or in accordance with the terms of a general authorisation given by, the Secretary of State, to perform, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public for the transaction of postal business, such services for any operator of a public passenger transport service (within the meaning of the Transport Act 1985), or any subsidiary of such an operator, as it thinks fit, being services which are connected with the provision of public passenger transport services; and</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/f/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/f" id="section-7-1-f">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31189" CommentaryRef="c11852441">f</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31189" CommentaryRef="c11852441">with the consent of, or in accordance with the terms of a general authorisation given by, the Secretary of State, to perform, in such parts of post offices as are open to the public for the transaction of postal business, such services for such bodies falling within subsection (1A) below as it thinks fit.</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1AA/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1AA" id="section-7-1AA">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31206" CommentaryRef="c11852461">1AA</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31206" CommentaryRef="c11852461">In subsection (1)(e) above, “</Addition>
<Term id="term-local-authority">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31206" CommentaryRef="c11852461">local authority</Addition>
</Term>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31206" CommentaryRef="c11852461">” includes a police authority established under </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31206" CommentaryRef="c11852461">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31216" CommentaryRef="c11852471">section 3 of thePolice Act 1996</Addition>
</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31206" CommentaryRef="c11852461">.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A" id="section-7-1A">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">1A</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">The bodies referred to in subsection (1)(f) above are—</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a" id="section-7-1A-a">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">a</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">any body corporate—</Addition>
</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/i/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/i" id="section-7-1A-a-i">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">i</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">which supplies goods or services by way of business;</Addition>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/ii/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/ii" id="section-7-1A-a-ii">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">ii</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">the affairs of which are managed by its members; and</Addition>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/iii/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/a/iii" id="section-7-1A-a-iii">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">iii</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">the members of which hold office as such by virtue of their appointment to that or another office by a Minister of the Crown under any enactment;</Addition>
</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/b/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/b" id="section-7-1A-b">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">b</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">the London Transport Executive and any passenger transport executive </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31258" CommentaryRef="c11852491">for the purposes of Part II</Addition>
</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481"> of the </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c11852501"/>
Transport Act 1968;
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/c/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/c" id="section-7-1A-c">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">c</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">any statutory water undertaker within the meaning of the </Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<CommentaryRef Ref="c11852511"/>
Water Act 1973;
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/ca/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/ca" id="section-7-1A-ca">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31272" CommentaryRef="c11852521">ca</Addition>
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31272" CommentaryRef="c11852521">a </Addition>
</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31272" CommentaryRef="c11852521">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31279" CommentaryRef="c11852531">gas supplier</Addition>
</Addition>
</Addition>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31272" CommentaryRef="c11852521"> (within the meaning of Part I of the Gas Act 1986);</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cb/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cb" id="section-7-1A-cb">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31284" CommentaryRef="c11852541">cb</Addition>
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31284" CommentaryRef="c11852541">a public electricity supplier (within the meaning of Part I of the Electricity Act 1989);</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cc/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cc" id="section-7-1A-cc">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31292" CommentaryRef="c11852551">cc</Addition>
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31292" CommentaryRef="c11852551">a public electricity supplier (within the meaning of Part II of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992);</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd" id="section-7-cd">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31300" CommentaryRef="c11852561">cd</Addition>
</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31300" CommentaryRef="c11852561">a peson holding a licence under Article 8(1)(c) of the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;</Addition>
</Addition>
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/d/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/d" id="section-7-cd-d">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">d</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">the British Broadcasting Corporation;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/e/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/e" id="section-7-cd-e">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">e</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">any body corporate with a statutory duty to promote and assist the maintenance and development of the efficient supply of any goods or services by a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (d) above; or</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/f/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/cd/f" id="section-7-cd-f">
<Pnumber>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">f</Addition>
</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">any wholly owned subsidiary of a body falling within paragraphs (a) to (e) above;</Addition>
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31221" CommentaryRef="c11852481">but the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument exclude from this subsection such bodies or bodies of such descriptions as may be specified in the order.</Addition>
</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2" id="section-7-2">
<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>
The Post Office shall have power, for the purpose of securing the effective exercise of any of the powers conferred on it by
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31335" CommentaryRef="c11852571">subsection (1) above</Addition>
, or in connection with or in consequence of an exercise thereof, to do anything that appears to the Post Office to be requisite, advantageous or convenient for it to do, including in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing words) power—
</Text>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/a/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/a" id="section-7-2-a">
<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to construct, manufacture, produce, purchase, take on hire or hire-purchase, install, maintain and repair anything required for the purposes of its business or of the business of a subsidiary of its;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/b/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/b" id="section-7-2-b">
<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to construct, manufacture, produce or purchase for supply to others any articles of a kind similar to any so required and to install, maintain, repair and test for others articles of such a kind;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/c/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/c" id="section-7-2-c">
<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>
to provide others with the services of persons employed by it for the purpose of undertaking for them tasks of a kind which, in the course of the provision or performance by it of any service falling within
<Addition ChangeId="d29p31357" CommentaryRef="c11852571">subsection (1) above</Addition>
, are undertaken by persons so employed;
</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/d/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/d" id="section-7-2-d">
<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to provide, for the benefit of others, consultancy and advisory services concerning anything that it does in exercise of its powers or has power to do and facilities for the training of persons for any purpose connected with anything that it so does or has power to do;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/e/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/e" id="section-7-2-e">
<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to enter into and carry out agreements with any person for the carrying on by him, whether as its agent or otherwise, of any of the activities which itself may carry on or for the carrying on jointly by him and it of any of those activities;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/f/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/f" id="section-7-2-f">
<Pnumber>f</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to acquire land which is required by it for, or in connection with, the exercise of its powers or as to which it can reasonably be foreseen that it will be so required;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/g/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/g" id="section-7-2-g">
<Pnumber>g</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to dispose (whether absolutely or for a term of years) of any part of its undertaking or any property which in its opinion is not required by it for or in connection with the exercise of its powers, and, in particular, to dispose of an interest in, or right over, any property which, subject to the interest or right, is retained by it;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/h/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/h" id="section-7-2-h">
<Pnumber>h</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>for the purposes of its business, to subscribe for or acquire any securities of an incorporated company or other body corporate, to procure its admission to membership of an incorporated company limited by guarantee and not having a share capital, to promote the formation of an incorporated company or participate in the promotion of such a company or to acquire an undertaking or part of an undertaking;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/i/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/i" id="section-7-2-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any person with whom it has entered into an agreement by virtue of paragraph (e) above for the purpose of enabling him to carry out the agreement and, for the purposes of its business, to give or lend money to, or give a guarantee for the benefit of, any other person for the purposes of an undertaking carried on by him or, where that person is a body corporate, an undertaking carried on by a subsidiary of its;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/j/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/j" id="section-7-2-j">
<Pnumber>j</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to do anything for the purpose of advancing the skill of persons employed by it or that of persons who, though not so employed, are engaging themselves, or have it in contemplation to engage themselves, in work of a kind in the case of which it has or may have a direct or indirect concern in the products thereof;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/k/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/k" id="section-7-2-k">
<Pnumber>k</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to promote (either by prosecuting it itself or by its promoting it by others) research into matters which affect, or arise out of, the carrying on of its business, or other matters which, though not such as aforesaid, are such as to which it appears to it that advantage will or may accrue to it as a consequence of research’s being prosecuted into them;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l" id="section-7-2-l">
<Pnumber>l</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to promote the doing of such work as is requisite to enable there to be turned to account—</Text>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/i/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/i" id="section-7-2-l-i">
<Pnumber>i</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the results of research (whether promoted by it or not) into matters affecting, or arising out of, the carrying on of its business;</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
<P4 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/ii/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/l/ii" id="section-7-2-l-ii">
<Pnumber>ii</Pnumber>
<P4para>
<Text>the results of research promoted by it into other matters;</Text>
</P4para>
</P4>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/m/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/m" id="section-7-2-m">
<Pnumber>m</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to provide assistance (including financial assistance) to any institution or body whose activities (or any of them) are such as, in its opinion, to be of benefit to it;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/n/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/n" id="section-7-2-n">
<Pnumber>n</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to carry for hire or reward passengers in vehicles used by it for the purposes of its business;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/o/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/o" id="section-7-2-o">
<Pnumber>o</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to enter into, and carry out, agreements with persons who carry on business as carriers of goods, for the carriage by it on their behalf of goods consigned to them for carriage by them;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/p/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/p" id="section-7-2-p">
<Pnumber>p</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to provide houses, hostels and other like accommodation for persons engaged in its business;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/q/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/q" id="section-7-2-q">
<Pnumber>q</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to make loans to persons employed by it (including, in particular, loans to assist them to acquire housing accommodation) and to guarantee loans made to persons so employed (including, in particular, loans made by building societies and other bodies for housing purposes);</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/r/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/2/r" id="section-7-2-r">
<Pnumber>r</Pnumber>
<P3para>
<Text>to promote recreational activities for, and activities conducing to the welfare of, persons who are, or have been, engaged in its business or have been officers, servants or agents of the Postmaster General and the families of such persons and to assist the promotion by others of such activities;</Text>
</P3para>
</P3>
<Text>and may turn its resources to account so far as not required for the purposes of its business.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/3/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/3" id="section-7-3">
<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>For the avoidance of doubt, it is hereby declared that the foregoing provisions of this section relate only to the capacity of the Post Office as a statutory corporation, and nothing in those provisions shall be construed as authorising the disregard by it of any enactment or rule of law.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/4/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/4" id="section-7-4">
<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The Post Office shall not be regarded as a common carrier in respect of any of its activities.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/5/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/5" id="section-7-5">
<Pnumber>5</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>The provisions of this section shall not be construed as limiting any power of the Post Office conferred by or under any subsequent provision of this Act.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
<P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/6/scotland/1996-08-22" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/6" id="section-7-6">
<Pnumber>6</Pnumber>
<P2para>
<Text>Nothing in this section shall be taken to confine the exercise of the powers thereby conferred on the Post Office to the British Islands.</Text>
</P2para>
</P2>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</Version>
</Versions>
<Commentaries>
<Commentary id="c11849951" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c00682" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/part/III" SectionRef="part-III">Pt. III</CitationSubRef>
(ss. 6–88) amended by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/51" id="c00683" Year="1985" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="51" Title="Local Government Act 1985">Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00684" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/51/section/57/7" CitationRef="c00683" SectionRef="section-57-7">s. 57(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c00685" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/51/schedule/13/paragraph/13" Operative="true" CitationRef="c00683" SectionRef="schedule-13-paragraph-13">Sch. 13 para. 13</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>c</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852051" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02624" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/a" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/e" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-7-1-a" EndSectionRef="section-7-1-e">S. 7(1)(a)–(e)</CitationSubRef>
substituted for s. 7(1)(a)–(d) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02625" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02626" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/section/58/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02625" SectionRef="section-58-1">s. 58(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852061" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
Power to modify s. 7(1)(b) conferred by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/80" id="c02627" Year="1971" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="80" Title="Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971">Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02628" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/80/section/2/1/f" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02627" SectionRef="section-2-1-f">s. 2(1)(f)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852071" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02629" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1" SectionRef="section-7-1">S. 7(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>bb</Emphasis>
) inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12" id="c02630" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="12" Title="Telecommunications Act 1984">Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02631" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/99/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02630" SectionRef="section-99-1">ss. 99(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02632" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/109" CitationRef="c02630" SectionRef="section-109">109</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852081" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02633" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1" SectionRef="section-7-1">S. 7(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>c</Emphasis>
) substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12" id="c02634" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="12" Title="Telecommunications Act 1984">Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02635" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/109" CitationRef="c02634" SectionRef="section-109">s. 109</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02636" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/schedule/4/paragraph/50" CitationRef="c02634" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-50">Sch. 4 para. 50</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02637" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/schedule/5/paragraph/45" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02634" SectionRef="schedule-5-paragraph-45">Sch. 5 para. 45</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852091" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02638" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/f" SectionRef="section-7-1-f">S. 7(1)(f)</CitationSubRef>
and word 'and' preceding it inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02639" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02640" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/section/58/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02639" SectionRef="section-58-2">s. 58(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852101" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02641" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1" SectionRef="section-7-1">S. 7(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>ee</Emphasis>
) substituted (E.W.S.) for word “and” by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67" id="c02642" Year="1985" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="67" Title="Transport Act 1985">Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02643" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67/schedule/7/paragraph/13" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02642" SectionRef="schedule-7-paragraph-13">Sch. 7 para. 13</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852111" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02644" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1AA" SectionRef="section-7-1AA">S. 7(1AA)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes; otherwise 1.4.1995) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/29" id="c02645" Year="1994" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29">1994 c. 29</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02646" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/29/section/43" CitationRef="c02645" SectionRef="section-43">s. 43</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02647" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/29/schedule/4/part/II/paragraph/49" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02645" SectionRef="schedule-4-part-II-paragraph-49">Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 49</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2025" id="c02648" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="2025">S.I. 1994/2025</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02649" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2025/article/6/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02648" SectionRef="article-6-1">art. 6(1)</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3262" id="c02650" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="3262">S.I. 1994/3262</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02651" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3262/article/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02650" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852121" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in s. s. 7(1AA) substituted (22.8.1996) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16" id="c02652" Year="1996" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="16">1996 c. 16</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02653" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/section/103" CitationRef="c02652" SectionRef="section-103">ss. 103</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02654" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/section/104/1" CitationRef="c02652" SectionRef="section-104-1">104(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02655" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/schedule/7/part/I/paragraph/1/2/f" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02652" SectionRef="schedule-7-part-I-paragraph-1-2-f">Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(f)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852131" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02656" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A" SectionRef="section-7-1A">S. 7(1A)</CitationSubRef>
inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02657" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02658" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/section/58/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02657" SectionRef="section-58-3">s. 58(3)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852141" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words repealed (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/32" id="c02659" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="London Regional Transport Act 1984">London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02660" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/32/section/71/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02659" SectionRef="section-71-3">s. 71(3)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
)(
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
), Sch. 6 para. 6(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
), Sch. 7
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852151" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c02661" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/b" SectionRef="section-7-1A-b">s. 7(1A)(b)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (E.W.S.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67" id="c02662" Year="1985" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="67" Title="Transport Act 1985">Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02663" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67/section/57/6" CitationRef="c02662" SectionRef="section-57-6">s. 57(6)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02664" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67/schedule/3/paragraph/22" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02662" SectionRef="schedule-3-paragraph-22">Sch. 3 para. 22</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852161" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/73" id="c02665" Year="1968" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="73">1968 c. 73</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852171" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02666" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/c" SectionRef="section-7-1A-c">S. 7(1A)(c)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15" id="c02667" Year="1989" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="15" Title="Water Act 1989">Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02668" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/58/7" CitationRef="c02667" SectionRef="section-58-7">ss. 58(7)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02669" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/101/1" CitationRef="c02667" SectionRef="section-101-1">101(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02670" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/141/6" CitationRef="c02667" SectionRef="section-141-6">141(6)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02671" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/160/1/2/4" CitationRef="c02667" SectionRef="section-160-1-2-4">160(1)(2)(4)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02672" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/163" CitationRef="c02667" SectionRef="section-163">163</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02673" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/189/4" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/189/10" CitationRef="c02667" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-189-4" EndSectionRef="section-189-10">189(4)–(10)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02674" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/190" CitationRef="c02667" SectionRef="section-190">190</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02675" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/section/193/1" CitationRef="c02667" SectionRef="section-193-1">193(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02676" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/15/schedule/25" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02667" SectionRef="schedule-25">Sch. 25</CitationSubRef>
para. (39), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852181" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02677" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/ca" SectionRef="section-7-1A-ca">S. 7(1A)(ca)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (E.W.S.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/44" id="c02678" Year="1986" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="44" Title="Gas Act 1986">Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02679" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/44/section/67/1/3" CitationRef="c02678" SectionRef="section-67-1-3">s. 67(1)(3)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02680" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/44/schedule/7/paragraph/10" CitationRef="c02678" SectionRef="schedule-7-paragraph-10">Sch. 7 para. 10</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02681" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/44/schedule/8/paragraph/33" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02678" SectionRef="schedule-8-paragraph-33">Sch. 8 para. 33</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852191" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c02682" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/ca" SectionRef="section-7-1A-ca">s. 7(1A)(ca)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (1.3.1996) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/45" id="c02683" Year="1995" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="45">1995 c. 45</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02684" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/45/section/16/1" CitationRef="c02683" SectionRef="section-16-1">s. 16(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02685" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/45/schedule/4/paragraph/9" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02683" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-9">Sch. 4 para. 9</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/218" id="c02686" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="218">S.I. 1996/218</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02687" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/218/article/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02686" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852201" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02688" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cb" SectionRef="section-7-1A-cb">S. 7(1A)(cb)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (E.W.S.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29" id="c02689" Year="1989" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29" Title="Electricity Act 1989">Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02690" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29/section/112/1/3" CitationRef="c02689" SectionRef="section-112-1-3">s. 112(1)(3)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02691" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/16/paragraph/15" CitationRef="c02689" SectionRef="schedule-16-paragraph-15">Sch. 16 para. 15</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02692" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/17/paragraph/33" CitationRef="c02689" SectionRef="schedule-17-paragraph-33">Sch. 17 paras. 33</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02693" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/17/paragraph/35/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02689" SectionRef="schedule-17-paragraph-35-1">35(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852211" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02694" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cc" SectionRef="section-7-1A-cc">S. 7(1A)(cc)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (1.4.1992) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1992/231" id="c02695" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" Year="1992" Number="231">S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02696" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1992/231/article/95/1" CitationRef="c02695" SectionRef="article-95-1">art. 95(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02697" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1992/231/schedule/12/paragraph/7" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02695" SectionRef="schedule-12-paragraph-7">Sch. 12 para. 7</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1992/117" id="c02698" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="1992" Number="117">S.R. 1992/117</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02699" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1992/117/article/3/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02698" SectionRef="article-3-1">art. 3(1)</CitationSubRef>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852221" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02700" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cd" SectionRef="section-7-1A-cd">S. 7(1A)(cd)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (10.6.1996) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/275" id="c02701" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="275">S.I. 1996/275</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02702" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/275/article/71/1" CitationRef="c02701" SectionRef="article-71-1">art. 71(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02703" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/275/schedule/6" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02701" SectionRef="schedule-6">Sch. 6</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1996/216" id="c02704" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="1996" Number="216">S.R. 1996/216</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02705" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1996/216/article/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02704" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852231" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02706" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/f" SectionRef="section-7-1A-f">S. 7(1A)(f)</CitationSubRef>
: words (which were inserted (E.W.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/32" id="c02707" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="32" Title="London Regional Transport Act 1984">London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02708" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/32/section/71/3/a" CitationRef="c02707" SectionRef="section-71-3-a">s. 71(3)(a)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02709" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/32/schedule/6/paragraph/6" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02707" SectionRef="schedule-6-paragraph-6">Sch. 6 para. 6</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
)) repealed by virtue of
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67" id="c02710" Year="1985" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="67" Title="Transport Act 1985">Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02711" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67/schedule/7/paragraph/13" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02710" SectionRef="schedule-7-paragraph-13">Sch. 7 para. 13</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>b</Emphasis>
), Sch. 8
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852241" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02712" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02713" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/schedule/3/paragraph/51/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02712" SectionRef="schedule-3-paragraph-51-1">Sch. 3 para. 51(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852261" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02714" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/a" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/e" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-7-1-a" EndSectionRef="section-7-1-e">S. 7(1)(a)–(e)</CitationSubRef>
substituted for s. 7(1)(a)–(d) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02715" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02716" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/section/58/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02715" SectionRef="section-58-1">s. 58(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852271" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
Power to modify s. 7(1)(b) conferred by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/80" id="c02717" Year="1971" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="80" Title="Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971">Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02718" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/80/section/2/1/f" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02717" SectionRef="section-2-1-f">s. 2(1)(f)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852281" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02719" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1" SectionRef="section-7-1">S. 7(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>bb</Emphasis>
) inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12" id="c02720" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="12" Title="Telecommunications Act 1984">Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02721" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/99/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02720" SectionRef="section-99-1">ss. 99(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02722" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/109" CitationRef="c02720" SectionRef="section-109">109</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852291" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02723" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1" SectionRef="section-7-1">S. 7(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>c</Emphasis>
) substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12" id="c02724" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="12" Title="Telecommunications Act 1984">Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02725" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/109" CitationRef="c02724" SectionRef="section-109">s. 109</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02726" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/schedule/4/paragraph/50" CitationRef="c02724" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-50">Sch. 4 para. 50</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02727" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/schedule/5/paragraph/45" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02724" SectionRef="schedule-5-paragraph-45">Sch. 5 para. 45</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852301" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02728" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/f" SectionRef="section-7-1-f">S. 7(1)(f)</CitationSubRef>
and word 'and' inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02729" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02730" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/section/58/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02729" SectionRef="section-58-2">s. 58(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852311" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02731" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1AA" SectionRef="section-7-1AA">S. 7(1AA)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes, otherwise 1.4.1995) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/29" id="c02732" Year="1994" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29">1994 c. 29</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02733" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/29/section/43" CitationRef="c02732" SectionRef="section-43">s. 43</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02734" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/29/schedule/4/part/II/paragraph/49" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02732" SectionRef="schedule-4-part-II-paragraph-49">Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 49</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2025" id="c02735" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="2025">S.I. 1994/2025</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02736" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2025/article/6/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02735" SectionRef="article-6-1">art. 6(1)</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3262" id="c02737" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="3262">S.I. 1994/3262</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02738" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3262/article/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02737" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852321" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c02739" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1AA" SectionRef="section-7-1AA">s. 7(1AA)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (22.8.1996) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16" id="c02740" Year="1996" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="16">1996 c. 16</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02741" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/section/103" CitationRef="c02740" SectionRef="section-103">ss. 103</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02742" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/section/104/1" CitationRef="c02740" SectionRef="section-104-1">104(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02743" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/schedule/7/part/I/paragraph/1/2/f" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02740" SectionRef="schedule-7-part-I-paragraph-1-2-f">Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(f)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852331" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02744" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A" SectionRef="section-7-1A">S. 7(1A)</CitationSubRef>
inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02745" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02746" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/section/58/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02745" SectionRef="section-58-3">s. 58(3)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852341" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/73" id="c02747" Year="1968" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="73">1968 c. 73</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852351" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/37" id="c02748" Year="1973" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="37">1973 c. 37</Citation>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852361" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02749" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/cc" SectionRef="section-7-1-cc">S. 7(1)(cc)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (1.4.1992) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1992/231" id="c02750" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" Year="1992" Number="231">S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02751" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1992/231/article/95/1" CitationRef="c02750" SectionRef="article-95-1">art. 95(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02752" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1992/231/schedule/12/paragraph/7" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02750" SectionRef="schedule-12-paragraph-7">Sch. 12 para. 7</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1992/117" id="c02753" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="1992" Number="117">S.R. 1992/117</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02754" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1992/117/article/3/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02753" SectionRef="article-3-1">art. 3(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852371" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02755" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cd" SectionRef="section-7-1A-cd">S. 7(1A)(cd)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (10.6.1996) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/275" id="c02756" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="275">S.I. 1996/275</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02757" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/275/article/71/1" CitationRef="c02756" SectionRef="article-71-1">art. 71(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02758" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/275/schedule/6" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02756" SectionRef="schedule-6">Sch. 6</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1996/216" id="c02759" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="1996" Number="216">S.R. 1996/216</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02760" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1996/216/article/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02759" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852381" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02761" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02762" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/schedule/3/paragraph/51/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02761" SectionRef="schedule-3-paragraph-51-1">Sch. 3 para. 51(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852401" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02763" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/a" UpTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/e" Type="group" StartSectionRef="section-7-1-a" EndSectionRef="section-7-1-e">S. 7(1)(a)–(e)</CitationSubRef>
substituted for s. 7(1)(a)–(d) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02764" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02765" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/section/58/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02764" SectionRef="section-58-1">s. 58(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852411" Type="C">
<Para>
<Text>
Power to modify s. 7(1)(b) conferred by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/80" id="c02766" Year="1971" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="80" Title="Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971">Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02767" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1971/80/section/2/1/f" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02766" SectionRef="section-2-1-f">s. 2(1)(f)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852421" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02768" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1" SectionRef="section-7-1">S. 7(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>bb</Emphasis>
) inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12" id="c02769" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="12" Title="Telecommunications Act 1984">Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02770" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/99/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02769" SectionRef="section-99-1">ss. 99(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02771" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/109" CitationRef="c02769" SectionRef="section-109">109</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852431" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02772" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1" SectionRef="section-7-1">S. 7(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>c</Emphasis>
) substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12" id="c02773" Year="1984" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="12" Title="Telecommunications Act 1984">Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02774" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/section/109" CitationRef="c02773" SectionRef="section-109">s. 109</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02775" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/schedule/4/paragraph/50" CitationRef="c02773" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-50">Sch. 4 para. 50</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02776" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1984/12/schedule/5/paragraph/45" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02773" SectionRef="schedule-5-paragraph-45">Sch. 5 para. 45</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852441" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02777" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1/f" SectionRef="section-7-1-f">S. 7(1)(f)</CitationSubRef>
and word 'and' preceding it inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02778" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02779" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/section/58/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02778" SectionRef="section-58-2">s. 58(2)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852451" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02780" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1" SectionRef="section-7-1">S. 7(1)</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>ee</Emphasis>
) substituted (E.W.S.) for word “and” by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67" id="c02781" Year="1985" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="67" Title="Transport Act 1985">Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02782" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67/schedule/7/paragraph/13" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02781" SectionRef="schedule-7-paragraph-13">Sch. 7 para. 13</CitationSubRef>
(
<Emphasis>a</Emphasis>
)
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852461" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02783" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1AA" SectionRef="section-7-1AA">S. 7(1AA)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (1.10.1994 for specified purposes; otherwise 1.4.1995) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/29" id="c02784" Year="1994" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29">1994 c. 29</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02785" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/29/section/43" CitationRef="c02784" SectionRef="section-43">s. 43</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02786" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1994/29/schedule/4/part/II/paragraph/49" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02784" SectionRef="schedule-4-part-II-paragraph-49">Sch. 4 Pt. II para. 49</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2025" id="c02787" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="2025">S.I. 1994/2025</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02788" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/2025/article/6/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02787" SectionRef="article-6-1">art. 6(1)</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3262" id="c02789" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1994" Number="3262">S.I. 1994/3262</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02790" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1994/3262/article/4" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02789" SectionRef="article-4">art. 4</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852471" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c02791" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1AA" SectionRef="section-7-1AA">s. 7(1AA)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (22.8.1996) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16" id="c02792" Year="1996" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="16">1996 c. 16</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02793" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/section/103" CitationRef="c02792" SectionRef="section-103">ss. 103</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02794" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/section/104/1" CitationRef="c02792" SectionRef="section-104-1">104(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02795" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1996/16/schedule/7/part/I/paragraph/1/2/f" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02792" SectionRef="schedule-7-part-I-paragraph-1-2-f">Sch. 7 Pt. I para. 1(2)(f)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852481" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02796" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A" SectionRef="section-7-1A">S. 7(1A)</CitationSubRef>
inserted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02797" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02798" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/section/58/3" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02797" SectionRef="section-58-3">s. 58(3)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852491" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c02799" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/b" SectionRef="section-7-1A-b">s. 7(1A)(b)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (E.W.S.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67" id="c02800" Year="1985" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="67" Title="Transport Act 1985">Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02801" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67/section/57/6" CitationRef="c02800" SectionRef="section-57-6">s. 57(6)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02802" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1985/67/schedule/3/paragraph/22" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02800" SectionRef="schedule-3-paragraph-22">Sch. 3 para. 22</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852501" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1968/73" id="c02803" Year="1968" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="73">1968 c. 73</Citation>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852511" Type="M">
<Para>
<Text>
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1973/37" id="c02804" Year="1973" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="37">1973 c. 37</Citation>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852521" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02805" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/ca" SectionRef="section-7-1A-ca">S. 7(1A)(ca)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (E.W.S.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/44" id="c02806" Year="1986" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="44" Title="Gas Act 1986">Gas Act 1986 (c. 44, SIF 44:2)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02807" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/44/section/67/1/3" CitationRef="c02806" SectionRef="section-67-1-3">s. 67(1)(3)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02808" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/44/schedule/7/paragraph/10" CitationRef="c02806" SectionRef="schedule-7-paragraph-10">Sch. 7 para. 10</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02809" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1986/44/schedule/8/paragraph/33" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02806" SectionRef="schedule-8-paragraph-33">Sch. 8 para. 33</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852531" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words in
<CitationSubRef id="c02810" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/ca" SectionRef="section-7-1A-ca">s. 7(1A)(ca)</CitationSubRef>
substituted (1.3.1996) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/45" id="c02811" Year="1995" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="45">1995 c. 45</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02812" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/45/section/16/1" CitationRef="c02811" SectionRef="section-16-1">s. 16(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02813" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1995/45/schedule/4/paragraph/9" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02811" SectionRef="schedule-4-paragraph-9">Sch. 4 para. 9</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/218" id="c02814" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="218">S.I. 1996/218</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02815" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/218/article/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02814" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852541" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02816" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cb" SectionRef="section-7-1A-cb">S. 7(1A)(cb)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (E.W.S.) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29" id="c02817" Year="1989" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="29" Title="Electricity Act 1989">Electricity Act 1989 (c. 29, SIF 44:1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02818" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29/section/112/1/3" CitationRef="c02817" SectionRef="section-112-1-3">s. 112(1)(3)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02819" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/16/paragraph/15" CitationRef="c02817" SectionRef="schedule-16-paragraph-15">Sch. 16 para. 15</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02820" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/17/paragraph/33" CitationRef="c02817" SectionRef="schedule-17-paragraph-33">Sch. 17 paras. 33</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02821" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1989/29/schedule/17/paragraph/35/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02817" SectionRef="schedule-17-paragraph-35-1">35(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852551" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02822" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cc" SectionRef="section-7-1A-cc">S. 7(1A)(cc)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (1.4.1992) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1992/231" id="c02823" Class="NorthernIrelandOrderInCouncil" Year="1992" Number="231">S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02824" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1992/231/article/95/1" CitationRef="c02823" SectionRef="article-95-1">art. 95(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02825" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisi/1992/231/schedule/12/paragraph/7" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02823" SectionRef="schedule-12-paragraph-7">Sch. 12 para. 7</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1992/117" id="c02826" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="1992" Number="117">S.R. 1992/117</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02827" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1992/117/article/3/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02826" SectionRef="article-3-1">art. 3(1)</CitationSubRef>
.
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852561" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
<CitationSubRef id="c02828" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1969/48/section/7/1A/cd" SectionRef="section-7-1A-cd">S. 7(1A)(cd)</CitationSubRef>
inserted (10.6.1996) by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/275" id="c02829" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1996" Number="275">S.I. 1996/275</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02830" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/275/article/71/1" CitationRef="c02829" SectionRef="article-71-1">art. 71(1)</CitationSubRef>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02831" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1996/275/schedule/6" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02829" SectionRef="schedule-6">Sch. 6</CitationSubRef>
;
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1996/216" id="c02832" Class="NorthernIrelandStatutoryRule" Year="1996" Number="216">S.R. 1996/216</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02833" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/1996/216/article/2" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02832" SectionRef="article-2">art. 2</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
<Commentary id="c11852571" Type="F">
<Para>
<Text>
Words substituted by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38" id="c02834" Year="1981" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="38" Title="British Telecommunications Act 1981">British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38)</Citation>
,
<CitationSubRef id="c02835" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1981/38/schedule/3/paragraph/51/1" Operative="true" CitationRef="c02834" SectionRef="schedule-3-paragraph-51-1">Sch. 3 para. 51(1)</CitationSubRef>
</Text>
</Para>
</Commentary>
</Commentaries>
</Legislation>