{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000/section-123",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000/section-123.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/26",
  "legislation_title": "Postal Services Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000",
  "path": "section/123",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "123",
  "heading": "Directions.",
  "text": "(1) A person to whom a direction is given under this Act shall give effect to it.\n(2) Any power conferred by this Act to give a direction shall include power to vary or revoke the direction.\n(3) Any direction given under this Act shall be in writing.\n(4) OFCOM may give a direction under this Act only if they are satisfied that the direction—\n(a) is objectively justifiable,\n(b) does not discriminate unduly against particular persons or a particular description of persons,\n(c) is proportionate to what it is intended to achieve, and\n(d) is transparent in relation to what it is intended to achieve.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 123(4) inserted (1.10.2011) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 47; S.I. 2011/2329, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/26/section/123",
    "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."
}