Statutory Instruments
2002 No. 200
POSTAL SERVICES
The Postal Services Act 2000 (Modification of Section 7) Order 2002
Made
4th February 2002
Coming into force
5th February 2002
Whereas the Postal Services Commission has made a recommendation in accordance with section 8(2) of the Postal Services Act 2000( 1 ) that section 7 of that Act should be modified;
And whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 122(12) of that Act;
Now, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by section 8 of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Postal Services Act 2000 (Modification of Section 7) Order 2002 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
Modification of section 7
2. —(1) Section 7 of the Postal Services Act 2000 is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2)(d), after the words “United Kingdom” are inserted the words “, and the collection of letters for that purpose”.
(3) In subsection (3) for the words “(a) to (g)”, are substituted the words “(a) to (c) and (e) to (g)”.
Sainsbury of Turville,
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Science and Innovation,
Department of Trade and Industry
4th February 2002