# The Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2001, Article 14: Transitional and saving provisions


Section 72 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/878/article/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2001/article-14
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