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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": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "PROVISIONS COMING INTO FORCE ON 26TH MARCH 2001",
  "text": "Provision\nSubject matter of provision\nSection 89, subsection (7)\nSchemes as to terms and conditions for provision of a universal postal service\nSection 90\nExclusion of liability\nSection 91, in so far as it is not already in force\nLimited liability for registered inland packets\nSection 92, in so far as it is not already in force\nSection 91: supplementary\nSection 96\nImmunity from prosecutions\nSection 104\nInviolability of mails\nSection 105, subsections (1) and (3) to (5)\nApplication of customs and excise enactments to certain postal packets\nSection 106\nPower to detain postal packets containing contraband\nSection 107\nConditions of transit of postal packets\nSection 108\nEvidence of amount of postage etc.\nSection 110\nCertificates in relation to universal postal service letterboxes\nSection 111\nExclusion of liability in relation to postal and money orders\nSection 112, subsections (1) and (8)\nSchemes in relation to postal and money orders\nSection 113\nRecoupment of losses\nSection 114, in so far as it is not already in force\nSpecial arrangements with other countries or territories\nSection 127(4), in so far as it is not already in force\nGeneral amendments and repeals\nSection 127(6), in so far as it relates to the repeals and revocations specified in the table below\nSchedule 8, in so far as it is not already in force\nAmendments of enactments\nIn Schedule 9, the repeals and revocations specified in the table below\nRepeals and revocations\nTable\nReference\nShort Title\nExtent of Repeal\n1 & 2 Eliz. 2 c.36\nPost Office Act 1953\nThe whole Act (other than sections 11, 25 to 29, 32, 44 and 45, 52 to 65, 68 to 70, 72 and 79)\n1969 c. 48\nPost Office Act 1969\nSections 7 and 8\nSections 10 to 12\nSections 28 to 30\nSections 37 to 39\nSection 64\nSections 69 to 71\nSection 75(2)\nSection 80 (except in so far as it extends to the Bailiwick of Guernsey)\nSection 81\nIn Schedule 9, paragraph 3(2)\n1972 c. 70\nLocal Government Act 1972\nIn Schedule 29, paragraph 36\n1981 c. 38\nBritish Telecommunications Act 1981\nSection 75\nIn Schedule 3, paragraph 51(1) and (3)\n1983 c. 20\nMental Health Act 1983\nIn section 134(9), the words from “and the provisions” to the end\n1983 c. 29\nMiscellaneous Financial Provisions Act 1983\nIn Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Post Office Act 1969\n1984 c. 12\nTelecommunications Act 1984\nSection 99(1)\nIn Schedule 4, paragraphs 50 and 78\n1985 c. 67\nTransport Act 1985\nIn Schedule 3, paragraph 22\nIn Schedule 7, paragraph 13\n1986 c. 44\nGas Act 1986\nIn Schedule 7, paragraph 10\n1989 c. 15\nWater Act 1989\nIn Schedule 25, paragraph 39\n1989 c. 29\nElectricity Act 1989\nIn Schedule 16, paragraph 15\n1989 c. 40\nCompanies Act 1989\nIn Schedule 10, paragraph 30\nS.I. 1992/231 (N.I.1)\nElectricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992\nIn Schedule 12, paragraph 7\n1994 c. 29\nPolice and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994\nIn Schedule 4, paragraph 49\n1995 c. 45\nGas Act 1995\nIn Schedule 4, paragraph 9\n1996 c. 16\nPolice Act 1996\nIn Schedule 7, paragraph 1(2)(f)\nS.I. 1996/275 (N.I.2)\nGas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996\nIn Schedule 6, the entry relating to the Post Office Act 1969",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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