{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000/schedule-8/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000/schedule-8/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/26",
  "legislation_title": "Postal Services Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 (duty of Post Office to increase pensions of certain former civil servants)—\n(a) for “the Post Office”, where it first appears, there shall be substituted “ the Post Office company ”,\n(b) for “the Post Office are” there shall be substituted “ the Post Office company is ”,\n(c) after “by virtue of” there shall be inserted “ paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Postal Services Act 2000 as it has effect by reference to ”,\n(d) for “that Act” there shall be substituted “ the Post Office Act 1969 or any enactment reproducing its effect ”, and\n(e) for “the Post Office”, where it appears for the last time, there shall be substituted “ the Post Office company ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 12 wholly in force at 26.3.2001, see s. 130 and S.I. 2001/1148, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 3-42)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/26/schedule/8/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:44.870444+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."
}