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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/5",
  "legislation_title": "Postal Services Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Removal of restrictions on ownership of Royal Mail Holdings plc etc",
  "text": "(1) Sections 65 to 67 of the Postal Services Act 2000 (which contain restrictions on the issue and transfer of shares and share rights in Royal Mail Holdings plc and its relevant subsidiaries) are repealed.\n(2) But see section 4 of this Act (which imposes restrictions on the issue and transfer of shares and share rights in a Post Office company etc).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 1 in force at 20.12.2011 by S.I. 2011/3044, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:38.627296+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."
  }
}