The Post Office Act 1953 (1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 36) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that consolidated enactments relating to the Post Office in the United Kingdom.
Provisions Repealed enactments Section 91(1) of the act repealed 19 enactments, listed in the third schedule to the act.
CitationShort titleExtent of repeal1 & 2 Vict. c. 98Railways (Conveyance of Mails) Act 1838The whole act.7 & 8 Vict. c. 85Railway Regulation Act 1844Section eleven.10 & 11 Vict. c. 85Post Office (Duties) Act 1847The whole act.31 & 32 Vict. c. 119Regulation of Railways Act 1868Sections thirty-six and thirty-seven.36 & 37 Vict. c. 48Regulation of Railways Act 1873Sections eighteen to twenty.45 & 46 Vict. c. 74Post Office (Parcels) Act 1882The whole act.54 & 55 Vict. c. 38Stamp Duties Management Act 1891Section seven.56 & 57 Vict. c. 38Conveyance of Mails Act 1893The whole act.61 & 62 Vict. c. 46Revenue Act 1898Paragraph (i) of section one.8 Edw. 7. c. 48Post Office Act 1908The whole act.3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 11Post Office Act 1913The whole act.10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 40Post Office and Telegraph Act 1920The whole act.12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 17Finance Act 1922Section forty-eight.12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 49Post Office (Parcels) Act 1922The whole act.16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 9Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1926Section seventeen.20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 43Road Traffic Act 1930Section one hundred and four, subsection (3).25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 15Post Office (Amendment) Act 1935The whole act.10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 49Transport Act 1947Section sixty-five, subsection (2).15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 36Post Office (Amendment) Act 1952The whole act.
Subsequent developments Sections 3 and 4 of the act were repealed by section 89(1) of, and part I of schedule 6 to, the British Telecommunications Act 1981, which came into force on 27 July 1981.
Section 91(1) of, and schedule 3 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.
The whole act was repealed by section 127(6) of, and schedule 9 to, the Postal Services Act 2000, which came into force on 26 March 2001.
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