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The Post Office (Abolition of Import Restrictions) Regulations 1993

S.I. 1993/1324 · Made 20 May 1993

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POST OFFICE

Made 20th May 1993

Laid before Parliament 24th May 1993

Coming into force 22nd June 1993

The Secretary of State, being a Minister designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to measures relating to the abolition of restrictions on the importation of goods, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the said section 2(2) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:

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Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1992/2661.

f2

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Regulation 1
  2. 2Regulation 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Post Office (Abolition of Import Restrictions) Regulations 1993 and shall come into force on 22nd June 1993.

2

In section 63(5) of the Post Office Act 1953f1 (which prohibits the importation into the United Kingdom of fictitious postage stamps and dies, plates, instruments and materials for making them) after the words “United Kingdom” there shall be inserted the words “from a place outside the member States”.

Signature

E. Leigh

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Trade and Industry

Department of Trade and Industry

20th May 1993

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend section 63(5) of the Post Office Act 1953 by removing the prohibition on the importation into the United Kingdom of fictitious postage stamps and dies, plates, instruments and materials for making them, where such importation is from a country which is a member State of the European Communities.