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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011-disclosure-of-information-order-2012/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1128",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Services Act 2011 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011-disclosure-of-information-order-2012",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Prescription of enactments",
  "text": "Each of the following is a prescribed enactment for the purposes of section 56(2)(d) or (f) of the Act—\nthe Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965;\nthe Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1967;\nthe Trade Descriptions Act 1968;\nthe Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968;\nthe Fair Trading Act 1973;\nthe Health and Safety at Work etc. Act;\nthe Consumer Credit Act 1974;\nthe Friendly Societies Act 1974;\nthe Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1975;\nthe Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1978;\nthe Credit Unions Act 1979;\nthe Estate Agents Act 1979;\nthe Competition Act 1980;\nthe Solicitors (Scotland) Act 1980;\nthe Telecommunications Act 1984;\nthe Companies Act 1985;\nthe Airports Act 1986;\nthe Gas Act 1986;\nthe Insolvency Act 1986;\nthe Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986;\nthe Building Societies Act 1986;\nthe Consumer Protection Act 1987;\nthe Water Act 1989;\nthe Electricity Act 1989;\nthe Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990;\nthe Courts and Legal Services Act 1990;\nthe Broadcasting Act 1990;\n...\nthe Water Industry Act 1991;\nthe Water Resources Act 1991;\nthe Friendly Societies Act 1992;\nthe Railways Act 1993;\nthe Coal Industry Act 1994;\nthe Employment Rights Act 1996;\nthe Competition Act 1998;\nthe Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;\nthe Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000;\nthe Postal Services Act 2000;\nthe Utilities Act 2000;\nPart I of the Transport Act 2000 ;\nthe Insolvency Act 2000;\nthe Transport (Scotland) Act 2001;\nthe Industrial and Provident Societies Act 2002;\nthe Enterprise Act 2002;\nthe Communications Act 2003;\nthe Water Act 2003;\nthe Consumer Credit Act 2006;\nthe Companies Act 2006;\nthe Consumers, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007;\nthe Legal Services Act 2007;\nSchedule 7 to the Counter-Terrorism Act 2008;\nParts 3 and 4 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013;\nthe Energy Act 2013;\nthe Water Act 2014;\nParts 1 and 2 and Chapter 5 of Part 3 of the Consumer Rights Act 2015;\nthe following provisions of the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024—\n(a)Part 1;\n(b)Part 3;\n(c)... Part 4;\n(d)Chapter 2 of Part 5.\nthe Health and Safety at Work (Northern Ireland) Order 1978;\nthe Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987;\nthe Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;\nthe EEC Merger Control (Distinct Market Investigations) Regulations 1990;\nthe Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992;\nPart IV of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994;\nthe Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;\nthe Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999;\n...\n...\n...\nthe Energy (Northern Ireland) Order 2003;\nthe Competition Act 1998 (Concurrency) Regulations 2004;\nthe Financial Services (Distance Marketing) Regulations 2004;\nthe Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005;\nthe Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006;\nthe Money Laundering Regulations 2007;\nthe Business Protection from Misleading Marketing Regulations 2008;\n...\nthe Payment Services Regulations 2017.\nthe Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013, so far as they apply to distance contracts;",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 omitted (1.10.2013) by virtue of The Property Misdescriptions Act 1991 (Repeal) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1575), art. 1, Sch. para. 25"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 inserted (1.4.2014) by The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 (Competition) (Consequential, Transitional and Saving Provisions) (No. 2) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/549), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 46(3) (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 inserted (1.4.2014) by The Energy Act 2013 (Office for Nuclear Regulation) (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/469), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 205(3) (with Sch. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 inserted (31.3.2017) by The Water Act 2014 (Consequential Amendments etc.) Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/506), arts. 1(1), 29"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 inserted (1.10.2015) by The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1630), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 6(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 inserted (1.1.2025) by Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 30 para. 45(b); S.I. 2024/1226, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 omitted (6.4.2025 for specified purposes) by virtue of The Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/381), reg. 1(2)(4), Sch. para. 34; S.I. 2025/272, reg. 3; S.I. 2026/284, regs. 1(2), 2(1)(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 omitted (1.10.2015) by virtue of The Consumer Rights Act 2015 (Commencement No. 3, Transitional Provisions, Savings and Consequential Amendments) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1630), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 6(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4 omitted (13.6.2014 in relation to contracts entered into on or after that date) by virtue of The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3134), reg. 1(1)(2), Sch. 4 para. 14(a) (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in art. 4 omitted (6.4.2025) by virtue of Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024 (c. 13), s. 339(1), Sch. 30 para. 45(a); S.I. 2025/272, reg. 2(1)(14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Word in art. 4 substituted (13.1.2018) by The Payment Services Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/752), reg. 1(6), Sch. 8 para. 13 (with reg. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4 inserted (13.6.2014 in relation to contracts entered into on or after that date) by The Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/3134), reg. 1(1)(2), Sch. 4 para. 14(b) (with reg. 6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 20.4.2012, see art. 1(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1965 c.12. The Act will be re-named the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 1965 upon commencement of section 2 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (c.7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1967 c.48. The Act will be re-named the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 1967 upon commencement of section 2 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1968 c.29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1968 c.55. The Act will be re-named the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 1968 upon commencement of section 2 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "1973 c.41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1974 c.37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1974 c.39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "1974 c.46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "1975 c.41. The Act will be re-named the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 1975 upon commencement of section 2 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "1978 c.34. The Act will be re-named the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 1978 upon commencement of section 2 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "1979 c.34."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "1979 c.38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "1980 c.21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "1980 c.46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "1984 c.12."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "1985 c.6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f17",
      "text": "1986 c.31."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f18",
      "text": "1986 c.44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f19",
      "text": "1986 c.45."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f20",
      "text": "1986 c.46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f21",
      "text": "1986 c.53."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f22",
      "text": "1987 c.43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f23",
      "text": "1989 c.15."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f24",
      "text": "1989 c.29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f25",
      "text": "1990 c.40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f26",
      "text": "1990 c.41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f27",
      "text": "1990 c.42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f28",
      "text": "1991 c.56."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f29",
      "text": "1991 c.57."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f30",
      "text": "1992 c.40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f31",
      "text": "1993 c.43."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f32",
      "text": "1994 c.21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f33",
      "text": "1996 c.18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f34",
      "text": "1998 c.41."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f35",
      "text": "2000 c.8."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f36",
      "text": "2000 c.23."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f37",
      "text": "2000 c.26."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f38",
      "text": "2000 c.27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f39",
      "text": "2000 c.38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f40",
      "text": "2000 c.39."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f41",
      "text": "2001 asp 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f42",
      "text": "2002 c.20. The Act will be renamed the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2002 upon commencement of section 2 of the Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies and Credit Unions Act 2010 (c.7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f43",
      "text": "2002 c.40."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f44",
      "text": "2003 c.21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f45",
      "text": "2003 c.37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f46",
      "text": "2006 c.14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f47",
      "text": "2006 c.46."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f48",
      "text": "2007 c.17."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f49",
      "text": "2007 c.29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f50",
      "text": "2008 c.28."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f51",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1039 (N.I. 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f52",
      "text": "S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f53",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f54",
      "text": "S.I. 1990/1715."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f55",
      "text": "S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f56",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/426 (N.I. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f57",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f58",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/662 (N.I. 6)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f59",
      "text": "S.I. 2003/419 (N.I. 6)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f60",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/1077."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f61",
      "text": "S.I. 2004/2095."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f62",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/3172."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f63",
      "text": "S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f64",
      "text": "S.I. 2007/2157."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f65",
      "text": "S.I. 2008/1276."
    }
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  "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."
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