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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2957",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2000",
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  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 26 MARCH 2001",
  "text": "Provision\nSubject matter of provision\nSection 6\nRestriction on provision of postal services\nSection 7\nExceptions from section 6\nSection 8\nPower to modify section 7 by order\nSection 9\nGeneral power to suspend the restriction\nSection 10\nEmergency power to suspend the restriction\nSection 14\nModification of licences by agreement\nSection 15\nReferences to the Competition Commission\nSection 16\nReports on references\nSection 17\nModification following report\nSection 18\nPower of intervention of the Competition Commission\nSection 19\nProcedural requirements in relation to modifications\nSection 20\nApplication of competition legislation to references etc.\nSection 21\nModification by order under other enactments\nSection 22\nFinal orders\nSection 23\nProvisional orders\nSection 24\nConfirmation of provisional orders\nSection 25\nExceptions from duty to make or confirm enforcement orders\nSection 26\nEnforcement orders: main procedural requirements\nSection 27\nEnforcement orders: further procedural requirements\nSection 28\nValidity of enforcement orders\nSection 29\nEffect of enforcement orders\nSection 30, in so far as it is not already in force\nFinancial penalties\nSection 32\nImposition of penalties: main procedural requirements\nSection 33\nPenalties: further procedural requirements\nSection 34\nTime-limits on the imposition of penalties\nSection 35\nInterest and payments by instalment\nSection 36\nAppeals\nSection 37\nRecovery of penalties\nSection 40\nDirectors' remuneration\nSection 47, in so far as it is not already in force\nPower of the Commission to require information\nSection 49\nPowers of entry and seizure\nSection 95\nPower to acquire land etc.\nSection 97\nHarbour charges on mail-bags\nSection 98\nMail-bags not to be subject to control by harbour authorities\nSection 99\nCommon carriers\nSection 100\nCertain exemptions from postage etc.\nSection 116\nThe Postcode Address File\nSection 119, in so far as it is not already in force\nGeneral restrictions on disclosure of information\nSection 127(4), in so far as it is not already in force\nGeneral amendments and repeals\nSection 127(6), in so far as it relates to the repeals and revocations specified in the table below\nSchedule 5\nAcquisition of land\nSchedule 6, in so far as it is not already in force\nFurther provisions relating to land\nSchedule 7, in so far as it is not already in force\nDisclosure of information\nSchedule 8, paragraphs 11, 12, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26\nAmendments of enactments\nIn Schedule 9, the repeals and revocations specified in the table below\nRepeals and revocations\nTable\nReference\nShort Title\nExtent of Repeal\n10 & 11 Geo 5 c. 75\nOfficial Secrets Act 1920\nSection 5\n1969 c. 48\nPost Office Act 1969\nSection 33\nSections 40 and 41\nSections 43 and 44\nSections 46 to 48\nSections 55 to 63\nSections 66 and 67\nSections 72 and 73\nSection 84\nSection 87\nSection 119\nSection 129\nIn section 135, subsection (1)(b) and the word “or” immediately preceding it and subsections (2) and (3)\nSchedules 2 and 3\nIn Schedule 4, paragraph 21\nS.I. 1973/2163\nNorthern Ireland (Modification of Enactments—No. 1) Order 1973\nIn Schedule 5, paragraph 20(a)\n1981 c. 38\nBritish Telecommunications Act 1981\nSections 58(1) to (3)\nSections 59 to 61\nSections 63 and 64\nSections 66 to 69\nSections 71 to 74\nSection 76\n1987 c. 22\nBanking Act 1987\nIn Schedule 6, paragraph 10\nS.I. 1999/1042\nScotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No. 1) Order 1999\nIn Schedule 1, paragraph 6\nS.I. 1999/2107\nPostal Services Regulations 1999\nIn Regulation 1(3), the definitions of “the 1969 Act” and “the 1981 Act”\nRegulations 4 to 6.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/1148",
      "affecting_title": "The Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2001"
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      "type": "words omitted",
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      "affecting_title": "The Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2001"
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