{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2001/article-10",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1148",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Services Act 2000 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2001",
  "path": "article/10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "The 1969 Act",
  "text": "(1) Section 30 of the 1969 Act (the Post Office to be subject to limited liability in respect of registered inland packets) shall apply in respect of a postal packet posted before 26th March 2001.\n(2) A reference to the Post Office in section 30 of the 1969 Act shall be read as including a reference to the successor postal services company.\n(3) A reference in section 30 of the 1969 Act to an officer, servant or agent of the Post Office shall be read as including a reference to an employee or agent of the successor postal services company.\n(4) A reference in section 30 of the 1969 Act to a scheme made under section 28 of the 1969 Act includes a reference to a scheme treated, by virtue of this Order, as made under section 89 of the Act (schemes as to terms and conditions for the provision of a universal postal service).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1148/article/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:53:33.173074+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."
}