{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-universal-postal-service-order-2012/schedule-2/paragraph-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": "schedule/2/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "International services for blind or partially sighted persons",
  "text": "(1) The services described in sub-paragraph (1A) for the conveyance of eligible items to EU offices of exchange and ROW offices of exchange for onward conveyance to any country in the world other than the United Kingdom—\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) One or more services for the conveyance of postal packets weighing no more than 7 kilograms, where the postal packet is conveyed to the EU office of exchange or the ROW office of exchange (as the case may be) within a period that is—\n(a) reasonable; and\n(b) compatible with a routing time for the provision of the end-to-end service of D + 7.\n(1B) The services required under sub-paragraph (1) include provision of a Certificate of Posting free of charge on request if the postal packet is deposited at a post office.\n(2) The services required under sub-paragraph (1) do not include the conveyance of registered items or insured items.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(1) substituted (31.12.2013) by The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 17(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4(1A)(1B) inserted (31.12.2013) by The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 17(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 4(2) inserted (31.12.2013) by The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 17(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4(3)-(8) omitted (31.12.2013) by virtue of The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 17(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 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/schedule/2/paragraph/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."
}