{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012/article-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012/article-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/936",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Delivery",
  "text": "Where a service described in this Order requires delivery of a postal packet, delivery shall be effected if—\n(a) the postal packet has been delivered to the postal address marked on the postal packet;\n(b) the postal packet has been delivered to a person named as an addressee on the postal packet;\n(c) the postal packet has been delivered to another delivery point requested by the addressee or approved by OFCOM for the purposes of this paragraph; or\n(d) an unsuccessful attempt has been made to deliver the postal packet in accordance with sub-paragraph (a), (b), or (c) and a universal service provider offers the addressee a choice of redelivery within a reasonable period and an opportunity to collect the postal packet from any of the following places—\n(i) a post office;\n(ii) a delivery office; or\n(iii) another collection point approved by OFCOM for the purposes of this paragraph.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 4 in force at 1.4.2012, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/936/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:28.959238+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."
}