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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1969/schedule-4/paragraph-96",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1969/48",
  "legislation_title": "Post Office Act 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1969",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/96",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "96",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Nothing in—\n(a) the London Building Acts 1930 to 1939 or byelaws thereunder; or\n(b) a special enactment passed or made before the appointed day (including such an enactment relating to Scotland or Northern Ireland) for purposes similar to those of an enactment contained in Part V or VII of the Highways Act 1959 (except sections 136 to 138);\nshall affect any powers of the authority under the enactments relating to telegraphs or apply to any telegraphic lines placed or maintained by the Postmaster General or the authority by virtue of those enactments.\n(2) In this paragraph, “special enactment” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1959.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1959 c. 25."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1959 c. 25."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "asc/2026/7",
      "affecting_title": "Planning (Consequential Provisions) (Wales) Act 2026"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/schedule/4/paragraph/96",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:52:01.323747+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "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."
}