Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26)

Part VI U.K. [F1 Postal services: supplementary]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. VI heading substituted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 22; S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

Articles in transit U.K.

98 Mail-bags not to be subject to control by harbour authorities. U.K.

Nothing in a statutory provision (whenever made) with respect to a harbour authority shall extend to regulate or subject to control mail-bags—

(a) carried by [F2 a postal operator in connection with the provision of postal services],

(b) consigned by [F3 a postal operator in connection with the provision of postal services] to another for carriage (whether to a foreign postal administration or not),

(c) consigned by a foreign postal administration to [F4 a postal operator in connection with the provision of postal services] for carriage, or

(d) consigned by one foreign postal administration to another and which, when in the United Kingdom, are in the charge of [F5 a postal operator in connection with the provision of postal services].

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 98(a) substituted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 29(a); S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

F3 Words in s. 98(b) substituted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 29(b); S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

F4 Words in s. 98(c) substituted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 29(c); S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3

F5 Words in s. 98(d) substituted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 29(d); S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3