Post Office Act 1953
Act
ParliamentParliament of the United Kingdom
Year1953
Citation1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 36
Territorial extentUnited Kingdom[a]
Royal assent31 July 1953
Commencement31 August 1953[b]
Repeal date26 March 2001
AmendsSee § Repealed enactments
ReplacesSee § Repealed enactments
Repealing legislationPostal Services Act 2000
StatusRepealed
Original texthttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/36/contents/enacted
Revised texthttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/1-2/36/contents
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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Repealed enactments

Section 91(1) of the act repealed 19 enactments, listed in the third schedule to the act.[2]

CitationShort titleExtent of repeal
1 & 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

The whole act was repealed by section 127(6) of, and schedule 9 to, the Postal Services Act 2000, which came into force on 26 March 2001.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Section 88.
  2. ^ Section 92(2).

References

  1. ^ "[R]Post Office Act 1953 | LexisNexis". www.lexisnexis.co.uk. Retrieved 2026-04-20.
  2. ^ "36" (act). Eliz2/1-2.
  3. ^ "26" (act). 2000.