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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1908/section-86",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1908/section-86.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Edw7/8/48",
  "legislation_title": "Post Office Act 1908",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1908",
  "path": "section/86",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": "Cesser of powers of Postmaster-General in British possession",
  "text": "Where the legislature of a British possession has passed any enactment for establishing, maintaining, and regulating posts in the possession, the powers and privileges of the Treasury and the Postmaster-General in relation to posts within the possession shall cease after the date at which the enactment comes into operation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Edw7/8/48/section/86",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:21:11.523677+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
    "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
  }
}