Commentary on Sections Postal services Section 27: Postal services, postal packets and postal operators
136.This section defines terms which are used in Part 3 of the Act: “postal services”, “postal packet” and “postal operator”.
137.Subsection (4) excludes from the definition of “postal operator” a person who only receives packets on behalf of another (either as agent or otherwise), and subsection (5) confers a power on the Secretary of State to prescribe by regulations circumstances in which that exclusion does not apply.
138.Subsection (6) provides that the regulations made by the Secretary of State under subsection (5) are subject to affirmative resolution procedure.