Postal Services Act 2000


The Postal Services Act 2000 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, relating to the postal industry. It established an industry regulator, Postcomm, a consumer watchdog, Postwatch, required a "universal service" of post to be provided and set up rules for licensing postal services operators. 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.

Background

of the Bill, and debate, introduced by Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Stephen Byers.
Alan Johnson summed up the Bill before the House divided.

Liberalisation

The Postal Services Regulations 1999
The Postal Services Regulations 2002, r.8
s.11 Allows PostComm to grant licences that would otherwise contravene s.6, the general prohibition on conveying a letter from one place to another. s.7 stated that s.6 would not be contravened by carrying letters under £1 value.

Regulations

Postal Services Act 2000 Order 2007 S.I. 2007/1181
Postal Packets Regulations 2007 S.I. 2007/2195