{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-3.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": "schedule/2/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Domestic services for blind or partially sighted persons",
  "text": "(1) A domestic postal service having a routing time of D + 1, for the conveyance of eligible items weighing up to 7 kilograms in aggregate per postal packet—\n(a) to blind or partially sighted persons;\n(b) from blind or partially sighted persons; or\n(c) from organisations representing blind people or providing a service specifically designed for blind or partially sighted persons.\n(1A) The service required under sub-paragraph (1) includes provision of a Certificate of Posting free of charge on request if the postal packet is deposited at a post office.\n(2) The service required under sub-paragraph (1) does not include the conveyance of registered items or insured items.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3(1A) inserted (31.12.2013) by The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 16(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 3(2) inserted (31.12.2013) by The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 16(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 3 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/schedule/2/paragraph/3",
    "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."
}