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Postal Services Act 2000 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/3617 · Made 6 November 2001

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POSTAL SERVICES

Made 6th November 2001

Laid before Parliament 9th November 2001

Coming into force 1st December 2001

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Postal Services Act 2000f1, hereby makes the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2000 c. 26.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and Commencement
  2. 2Modifications to Schedule 7
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and Commencement

This Order may be cited as the Postal Services Act 2000 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1 December 2001.

2Modifications to Schedule 7

(1)

Paragraph 3 (other permitted disclosures) of Schedule 7 to the Postal Services Act 2000 is modified as follows.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)(c), for “the Financial Services Act 1986f1” substitute “the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000f2”.

(3)

In sub-paragraph (2), delete paragraphs (h) and (l) and, at the end, add—

“(s)

the Financial Services Authority,

(t)

the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority,

(u)

the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council.”.

(4)

For sub-paragraph (3), substitute—

“(3)

The enactments and instruments are—

(a)

the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965f3,

(b)

the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1967f4,

(c)

the Trade Descriptions Act 1968f5,

(d)

the Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968f6,

(e)

the Fair Trading Act 1973f7,

(f)

the Consumer Credit Act 1974f8,

(g)

the Friendly Societies Act 1974f9,

(h)

the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1975f10,

(i)

the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1978f11,

(j)

the Estate Agents Act 1979f12,

(k)

the Credit Unions Act 1979f13,

(l)

the Competition Act 1980f14,

(m)

the Telecommunications Act 1984f15,

(n)

the Airports Act 1986f16,

(o)

the Gas Act 1986f17,

(p)

the Insolvency Act 1986f18,

(q)

the Building Societies Act 1986f19,

(r)

the Consumer Protection Act 1987f20,

(s)

the Electricity Act 1989f21,

(t)

the Broadcasting Act 1990f22,

(u)

the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991f23,

(v)

the Water Industry Act 1991f24,

(w)

the Water Resources Act 1991f25,

(x)

the Friendly Societies Act 1992f26,

(y)

the Railways Act 1993f27,

(z)

the Coal Industry Act 1994f28,

(aa)

the Broadcasting Act 1996f29,

(bb)

the Competition Act 1998f30,

(cc)

the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000f31,

(dd)

the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000f32,

(ee)

the Utilities Act 2000f33,

(ff)

Part I of the Transport Act 2000f34,

(gg)

the Insolvency Act 2000f35,

(hh)

the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973f36,

(ii)

the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987f37,

(jj)

the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987f38,

(kk)

the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989f39,

(ll)

the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992f40,

(mm)

Part IV of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994f41,

(nn)

the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996f42,

(oo)

the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999f43,

(pp)

the EC Competition Law (Articles 84 and 85) Enforcement Regulations 2001f44,

(qq)

any subordinate legislation made for the purpose of securing compliance with the Directive of the Council of the European Communities of 10th September 1984 (No. 84/450/EEC) on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the member States concerning misleading advertising.”.

Signature

Douglas Alexander

Minister of E-Commerce and Competitiveness in Europe,

Department of Trade and Industry

6th November 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order modifies paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Postal Services Act 2000. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 prohibits the disclosure of certain information obtained under the Act. Paragraph 2 permits the disclosure of that information with the consent of the person to whom it relates. Paragraph 3 sets out other circumstances in which disclosure is permitted.