{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2001/article-7",
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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/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "The 1953 Act",
  "text": "Section 78(2) of the 1953 Act (provision as to post office letter boxes) shall apply on and after 26th March 2001 in respect of a box or receptacle provided by the permission or under the authority of the Postmaster General or the Post Office before 26th March 2001 and the reference to a certificate signed by or on behalf of the Postmaster General or the Post Office shall be read as including a reference to a certificate given by the successor postal services company.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 78(2) of the 1953 Act was amended by the Schedule to the 1961 Act and by paragraph 2(19) of Schedule 4 to the 1969 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/1148/article/7",
    "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."
}