Paragraph 1 Redirection servicesI1
United Kingdom
One or more services for addressees providing that during a specified reasonable period all postal packets F1... that are to be delivered by a universal service provider F2to a particular addressee should be conveyed to a postal address other than that marked on the postal packet (“the redirection address”) within a reasonable period.
This service is not required—
where the redirection address is outside the United Kingdom and—
the postal packet contains registered items or insured items; or
the postal packet exceeds 100 grams in weight, 240 millimetres in length, 165 millimetres in width or 25 millimetres in thickness;
in relation to postal packets to a particular addressee or from a particular sender or class of sender, where the provision of the service in relation to those postal packets would create a substantial risk of crime;
where the address marked on the postal packet or the redirection address relates to premises in relation to which it is reasonable not to provide the service; or
where the redirection address is a delivery office or a post office.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 omitted (31.12.2013) by virtue of The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 19(a)
- F2
Words in Sch. 3 para. 1 inserted (31.12.2013) by The Postal Services (Universal Postal Service) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3108), arts. 1, 19(b)
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.4.2012, see art. 1