R1: Postal Services

CATEGORY S1: POSTAL SERVICES

 

The Statute Law Revision Programme considers the instruments in this category to be suitable for revocation.

 

This category consists of treasury warrants regulating post and postal services in the then-United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and around the British Empire. The instruments were made pursuant to the Post Office (Duties) Act 1840 (3 & 4 Vict.) c. 96.[i]

 

The Statute Law Revision Programme consulted with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications on the instruments in this category. The Department agreed that the instruments were suitable for revocation.

 

Please note that spellings are recorded as they appear in the original print versions of the London Gazette and have not been standardised or modernised. The wording of the subject matter of instruments is not final and is subject to change.

 

Reference No.

Date and Citation

Subject Matter

Digital Version

3105.               

January 31, 1840 [L.G., Issue No. 19819, p. 199]

Treasury warrant regulating the duties of postage

London Gazette Issue No. 19819

3109.               

April 24, 1840 [L.G., Issue No. p. 19850, p. 1073]

Treasury warrant regulating the duties of postage on letters

London Gazette Issue No. 19850

3123.               

August 31, 1841 [L.G., Issue No. 20013, p. 2218]

Treasury warrant fixing the duties of postage on British and foreign letters and newspapers in certain British colonies

London Gazette Issue No. 20013

3158.               

November 22, 1844 [L.G., Issue No. 20415, p. 4702]

Treasury warrant carrying into effect the postage arrangements between the United Kingdom and Belgium

London Gazette Issue No. 20415

3236.               

June 10, 1853 [L.G., Issue No. 21448, p. 1665]

Treasury warrant regulating the transmission of printed prices within the United Kingdom and to and from British colonies and foreign countries

London Gazette Issue No. 21448

3237.               

November 2, 1853 [L.G., Issue No. 21493, p. 3035]

Treasury warrant regulating the transmission and postage of official packets between the United Kingdom and Ceylon, Mauritius, the East Indies and New South Wales

London Gazette Issue No. 21493

3242.               

February 21, 1854 [L.G., Issue No. 21526, p. 642]

Treasury warrant fixing the rates of postage on letters, printed books and newspapers to and from the ports of Uruguay

London Gazette Issue No. 21526

3262.               

March 29, 1855 [L.G., Issue No. 21686, p. 1280]

Treasury warrant regulating the transmission of post to and from commissioned officers in Her Majesty’s Forces, Artillery and Royal Marines in the Baltic Sea

London Gazette Issue No. 21686

3287.               

October 16, 1857 [L.G., Issue No. 22053, p. 3490]

Treasury warrant regulating the duties of postage on books sent by inland post

London Gazette Issue No. 22053

3294.               

June 1, 1858 [L.G., Issue No. 22149, p. 2760]

Treasury warrant fixing the rates of postage on letters transmitted to and from certain French, Dutch and British colonies in the West Indies

London Gazette Issue No. 22149

3295.               

August 16, 1858 [L.G., Issue No. 22175, p. 3868]

Treasury warrant fixing the rates of postage on letters transmitted to and from Barbadoes, Trinidad and St Helena

London Gazette Issue No. 22175

3302.               

March 10, 1859 [L.G., Issue No. 22238, p. 1090]

Treasury warrant repealing part of the treasury warrant of February 16, 1859

London Gazette Issue No. 22238

3318.               

February 8, 1860 [L.G., Issue No. 22356, p. 523]

Treasury warrant fixing the rates of postage on letters transmitted between Egypt and the United Kingdom

London Gazette Issue No. 22356

3325.               

September 19, 1860 [L.G., Issue No. 22428, p. 3516]

Treasury warrant fixing the rates of postage on letters transmitted to and from the Argentine Confederation and Uruguay

London Gazette Issue No. 22428

 

 

[i] Although the Post Office (Duties) Act 1908 (8 Edw. 7) c. 48 repealed the 1840 Act, section 92(a) of the 1908 Act provided that ‘[a]ny letters patent granted, warrant made, or other instrument issued […] in pursuance of any enactment hereby repealed shall continue in force’. This means that, despite the repeal of their parent enactment, the instruments remain in force until expressly revoked.