Post Office Act 1953

Post Office Act 1953[a]
Act of Parliament
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long titleAn Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the Post Office with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949.
Citation1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 36
Territorial extent United Kingdom[b]
Dates
Royal assent31 July 1953
Commencement31 August 1953[c]
Repealed26 March 2001
Other legislation
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
Repeals/revokesSee § Repealed enactments
Amended by
Repealed byPostal Services Act 2000
Status: Repealed
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

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.[1]

Provisions

Repealed enactments

Section 91(1) of the act repealed 19 enactments, listed in the third schedule to the act.[2]

Citation Short title Extent of repeal
1 & 2 Vict. c. 98 Railways (Conveyance of Mails) Act 1838 The whole act.
7 & 8 Vict. c. 85 Railway Regulation Act 1844 Section eleven.
10 & 11 Vict. c. 85 Post Office (Duties) Act 1847 The whole act.
31 & 32 Vict. c. 119 Regulation of Railways Act 1868 Sections thirty-six and thirty-seven.
36 & 37 Vict. c. 48 Regulation of Railways Act 1873 Sections eighteen to twenty.
45 & 46 Vict. c. 74 Post Office (Parcels) Act 1882 The whole act.
54 & 55 Vict. c. 38 Stamp Duties Management Act 1891 Section seven.
56 & 57 Vict. c. 38 Conveyance of Mails Act 1893 The whole act.
61 & 62 Vict. c. 46 Revenue Act 1898 Paragraph (i) of section one.
8 Edw. 7. c. 48 Post Office Act 1908 The whole act.
3 & 4 Geo. 5. c. 11 Post Office Act 1913 The whole act.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 40 Post Office and Telegraph Act 1920 The whole act.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 17 Finance Act 1922 Section forty-eight.
12 & 13 Geo. 5. c. 49 Post Office (Parcels) Act 1922 The whole act.
16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 9 Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1926 Section seventeen.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 43 Road Traffic Act 1930 Section one hundred and four, subsection (3).
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 15 Post Office (Amendment) Act 1935 The whole act.
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 49 Transport Act 1947 Section sixty-five, subsection (2).
15 & 16 Geo. 6. & 1 Eliz. 2. c. 36 Post Office (Amendment) Act 1952 The 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Sections 3 and 4 of the act were repealed by section 89(1) of, and part I of schedule 6 to, the British Telecommunications Act 1981, which came into force on 27 July 1981.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Section 92(1).
  2. ↑ Section 88.
  3. ↑ Section 92(2).

References

  1. ↑ "[R]Post Office Act 1953 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2026.
  2. ↑ "Post Office Act 1953", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, Eliz2/1-2 c. 36
  3. ↑ "British Telecommunications Act 1981", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1981 c. 38
  4. ↑ "Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 1974 c. 22
  5. ↑ "Postal Services Act 2000", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2000 c. 26
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