Article 14 Transitional and saving provisions
Section 72f1 of the 1953 Act (evidence of a thing being a postal packet and of consent of Postmaster-General to prosecution) shall apply in respect of an offence committed before 26th March 2001 and an offence committed in respect of a postal packet posted before 26th March 2001 and the reference in section 72(1) to the Post Office shall be read as including a reference to the successor postal services company.
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Section 72 of the 1953 Act was amended by paragraph 2(17) of Schedule 4 and Schedule 8 to the 1969 Act and Schedule 2 to the Theft Act 1968.