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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2001/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/878",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2001",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Transitional and saving provisions",
  "text": "Section 26 of the 1953 Act (inward bound ships and aircraft) shall apply in respect of a postal packet which was within the exclusive privilege of the Post Office before 26th March 2001 and which was taken on board a ship or aircraft before 26th March 2001; and the references in section 26(2) to the Post Office shall be read as including references to the successor postal services company.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/878/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:56:51.962830+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."
}