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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2001 No. 3617

POSTAL SERVICES

Postal Services Act 2000 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2001

  Made 6th November 2001 
  Laid before Parliament 9th November 2001 
  Coming into force 1st December 2001 

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 to the Postal Services Act 2000[1], hereby makes the following Order:

Citation and Commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Postal Services Act 2000 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 1 December 2001.

Modifications to Schedule 7
    
2.  - (1) Paragraph 3 (other permitted disclosures) of Schedule 7 to the Postal Services Act 2000 is modified as follows.

    (2) In sub-paragraph (1)(c), for "the Financial Services Act 1986[
2]" substitute "the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000[3]".

    (3) In sub-paragraph (2), delete paragraphs (h) and (l) and, at the end, add - 

      " (s) the Financial Services Authority,

      (t) the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority,

      (u) the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council.".

    (4) For sub-paragraph (3), substitute - 

        " (3) The enactments and instruments are - 

      (a) the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965[4],

      (b) the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1967[5],

      (c) the Trade Descriptions Act 1968[6],

      (d) the Friendly and Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1968[7],

      (e) the Fair Trading Act 1973[8],

      (f) the Consumer Credit Act 1974[9],

      (g) the Friendly Societies Act 1974[10],

      (h) the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1975[11],

      (i) the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1978[12],

      (j) the Estate Agents Act 1979[13],

      (k) the Credit Unions Act 1979[14],

      (l) the Competition Act 1980[15],

      (m) the Telecommunications Act 1984[16],

      (n) the Airports Act 1986[17],

      (o) the Gas Act 1986[18],

      (p) the Insolvency Act 1986[19],

      (q) the Building Societies Act 1986[20],

      (r) the Consumer Protection Act 1987[21],

      (s) the Electricity Act 1989[22],

      (t) the Broadcasting Act 1990[23],

      (u) the Property Misdescriptions Act 1991[24],

      (v) the Water Industry Act 1991[25],

      (w) the Water Resources Act 1991[26],

      (x) the Friendly Societies Act 1992[27],

      (y) the Railways Act 1993[28],

      (z) the Coal Industry Act 1994[29],

      (aa) the Broadcasting Act 1996[30],

      (bb) the Competition Act 1998[31],

      (cc) the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000[32],

      (dd) the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000[33],

      (ee) the Utilities Act 2000[34],

      (ff) Part I of the Transport Act 2000[35],

      (gg) the Insolvency Act 2000[36],

      (hh) the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973[37],

      (ii) the Audit (Northern Ireland) Order 1987[38],

      (jj) the Consumer Protection (Northern Ireland) Order 1987[39],

      (kk) the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989[40],

      (ll) the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992[41],

      (mm) Part IV of the Airports (Northern Ireland) Order 1994[42],

      (nn) the Gas (Northern Ireland) Order 1996[43],

      (oo) the Water (Northern Ireland) Order 1999[44],

      (pp) the EC Competition Law (Articles 84 and 85) Enforcement Regulations 2001[45],

      (qq) any subordinate legislation made for the purpose of securing compliance with the Directive of the Council of the European Communities of 10th September 1984 (No. 84/450/EEC) on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the member States concerning misleading advertising.".


Douglas Alexander
Minister of E-Commerce and Competitiveness in Europe, Department of Trade and Industry

6th November 2001



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order modifies paragraph 3 of Schedule 7 to the Postal Services Act 2000. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 7 prohibits the disclosure of certain information obtained under the Act. Paragraph 2 permits the disclosure of that information with the consent of the person to whom it relates. Paragraph 3 sets out other circumstances in which disclosure is permitted.


Notes:

[1] 2000 c. 26.back

[2] 1986 c. 60.back

[3] 2000 c. 8.back

[4] 1965 c. 12.back

[5] 1967 c. 48.back

[6] 1968 c. 29.back

[7] 1968 c. 55.back

[8] 1973 c. 41.back

[9] 1974 c.39.back

[10] 1974 c. 46.back

[11] 1975 c. 41.back

[12] 1978 c. 34.back

[13] 1979 c. 38.back

[14] 1979 c. 34.back

[15] 1980 c. 21.back

[16] 1984 c. 12.back

[17] 1986 c. 31.back

[18] 1986 c. 44.back

[19] 1986 c. 45.back

[20] 1986 c. 53.back

[21] 1987 c. 43.back

[22] 1989 c. 29.back

[23] 1990 c. 42.back

[24] 1991 c. 29.back

[25] 1991 c. 56.back

[26] 1991 c. 57.back

[27] 1992 c. 40.back

[28] 1993 c. 43.back

[29] 1994 c. 21.back

[30] 1996 c. 55.back

[31] 1998 c. 41.back

[32] 2000 c. 8.back

[33] 2000 c. 23.back

[34] 2000 c. 27.back

[35] 2000 c. 38.back

[36] 2000 c. 39.back

[37] S.I. 1973/70 (N.I. 2).back

[38] S.I. 1987/460 (N.I. 5).back

[39] S.I. 1987/2049 (N.I. 20).back

[40] S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19).back

[41] S.I. 1992/231 (N.I. 1).back

[42] S.I. 1994/426 (N.I. 1).back

[43] S.I. 1996/275 (N.I. 2).back

[44] S.I. 1999/662 (N.I. 6).back

[45] S.I. 2001/2916.back



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