{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000/section-88",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000/section-88.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/26",
  "legislation_title": "Postal Services Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2000",
  "path": "section/88",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "88",
  "heading": "Obstruction of business of universal service providers.",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he—\n(a) obstructs a person engaged in the business of a universal service provider in the execution of his duty in connection with the provision of a universal postal service, or\n(b) obstructs, while in any universal postal service post office or related premises, the course of business of a universal service provider.\n(2) A person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.\n(3) A person commits an offence if, without reasonable excuse, he fails to leave a universal postal service post office or related premises when required to do so by a person who—\n(a) is engaged in the business of a universal service provider, and\n(b) reasonably suspects him of committing an offence under subsection (1).\n(4) A person who commits an offence under subsection (3)—\n(a) shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale, and\n(b) may be removed by any person engaged in the business of a universal service provider.\n(5) Any constable shall on demand remove, or assist in removing, any such person.\n(6) In this section “related premises” means any premises belonging to a universal postal service post office or used together with any such post office.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 88 wholly in force at 26.3.2001, see s. 130 and S.I. 2001/878, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 3-17)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/26/section/88",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:44.870444+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}