Postal Services Act 2000

Postal Services Act 2000
Act of Parliament
Long titleAn 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.
Citation2000 c. 26
Introduced byStephen Byers
Territorial extent England and Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Dates
Royal assent28 July 2000
Commencement2000
Repealed
Other legislation
Repeals/revokes
Amended byPostal Services Act 2011
Repealed by
Relates toPost Office Act 1969
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Text of statute as originally enacted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 with the goal of modernisation.