 | |
| Long title | An Act to establish the Postal Services Commission and the Consumer Council for Postal Services; to provide for the licensing of certain postal services and for a universal postal service; to provide for the vesting of the property, rights and liabilities of the Post Office in a company nominated by the Secretary of State and for the subsequent dissolution of the Post Office; to make further provision in relation to postal services; and for connected purposes. |
|---|---|
| Citation | 2000 c. 26 |
| Territorial extent | England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 28 July 2000 |
| Commencement | 2000 |
| Repealed | — |
| Other legislation | |
| Repeals/revokes | |
| Amended by | ... |
| Repealed by | — |
| Relates to | Postal Services Act 2011 |
Status: Amended | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Postal Services Act 2000 (c. 26) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, relating to the postal industry. It established an industry regulator, Postcomm (s.1), a consumer watchdog, Postwatch (s.2), required a "universal service" of post to be provided (ss.3-4) and set up rules for licensing postal services operators (ss.6-41). It also converted the public branch of the postal industry, the Post Office, from a statutory corporation to a public limited company, wholly owned by the government.