The Postal Privilege (Suspension) Order 1999

• Citation: S.I. 1999/1933
• Sections: 2

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Postal Privilege (Suspension) Order 1999 and shall come into force on 1st April 2000.

(2) The Postal Privilege (Suspension) Order 1981 is hereby revoked.

Section 2

(1) In paragraph (2) below, the “postal privilege” means the privilege conferred on the Post office by section 66(1) of the British Telecommunications Act 1981, namely, the exclusive privilege of conveying letters from one place to another and of performing all the incidental services of receiving, collecting and delivering letters. Any reference to the conveyance of a letter in this instrument includes the performance of such incidental services as are mentioned in this paragraph.

(2) The postal privilege is hereby suspended until the end of the year 2006 in relation to the conveyance of a letter which either

(a) is conveyed in consideration of a payment of more than 50 pence made by or on behalf of the person for whom it is conveyed; or

(b) weighs more than 150 grams.