This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2020/583 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
Statutory Instruments
2020 No. 1036
Exiting The European Union
Postal Services
The Cross-border Parcel Delivery Services (Amendment) (No.2) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
Sift requirements satisfied
28th July 2020
Made
24th September 2020
Laid before Parliament
25th September 2020
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1
The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018( 1 ) (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of that Act( 2 ).
Citation and commencement
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Cross-border Parcel Delivery Services (Amendment) (No.2) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.
(2) Regulations 2, 3 and 4 of these Regulations come into force on IP completion day and Regulation 5 comes into force twenty-one days after the day on which these Regulations are laid before Parliament.
Amendments to the Postal Services Act 2011
2.The Postal Services Act 2011( 3 ) is amended as follows.
3. In section 55(2)(b), omit “and certain other requirements deriving from EU law”.
4. —(1) Schedule 8 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1(3) (information required for purposes of OFCOM’s functions in relation to postal services)—
(a) in paragraph (g), insert “and” at the end;
(b) in paragraph (h), omit “and”;
(c) omit paragraph (i).
(3) In paragraph 4 (manner in which information may be required), omit sub-paragraph (1A).
(4) In paragraph 5(1) (notification of contravention of information requirements), omit paragraph (b).
(5) In paragraph 8(4) (suspending service provision for contravention of information requirements), omit “or by or under Article 4, 5 or 6 of the EU parcel services regulation”.
(6) Omit paragraph 16 (interpretation) and the italic heading before it.
Revocation of the Cross-border Parcel Delivery Services (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
5.The Cross-border Parcel Delivery Services (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020( 4 ) are revoked.
Paul Scully
Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
24th September 2020
See section 20(1) for the definition of the term “Minister of the Crown”.