{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1969/section-86",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1969/section-86.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1969/48",
  "legislation_title": "Post Office Act 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/post-office-act-1969",
  "path": "section/86",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "86",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part III.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them respectively, that is to say:—\n...\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n“land” includes any interest in land and any right over land;\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3)\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 86(1) repealed (12.11.2003) by The Postal Services Act 2000 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/2908), art. 1(2), Sch. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “banker” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “the British Islands” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “cash on delivery service” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “foreign administration” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “harbour” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “harbour authority” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “hovercraft” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “local authority” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “mail-bag” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “national health service authority” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “statutory provision” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “telecommunication system” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "S. 86(1): definition of “telepost service” repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "S. 86(2) repealed (1.10.2009) by The Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 10)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "S. 86(3) repealed by British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38), Sch. 6 Pt. II"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "S. 86(4) repealed (26.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1149, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 (with art. 4(11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1981 c. 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 86(1): by s. 84(2)(a) of the Local Government Act 1985 it is provided that until 1.4.1986 references to the Inner London Education Authority in any amendment made by Sch. 14 to the said Act shall be construed as references to the Inner London Interim Education Authority"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 86(1) extended (E.W.) by S.I. 1985/1884, art. 4(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 86(1) amended by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 8(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1969/48/section/86",
    "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."
}