Acts of Parliament relating to the Post Office

This page is a list of Acts of Parliament that have a Post Office connection – from the earliest such Act known, passed during the Commonwealth period, up to the present day. Unless otherwise stated, the Acts are Public General Acts of the Parliament of England up to Union in 1707, the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801. Acts of the Scottish Parliament before 1707 are marked, and Acts of the Irish Parliament of 1783-1800 are marked.

The core of the list was taken from the schedules in the Post Office (Repeal of Laws) Act 1837. This was one of a group of five Acts passed on that day to consolidate the confusing mess of postal Acts that were still in force, some passed over a century earlier. It repealed nearly 100 old Acts. Other texts and references have been drawn from a variety of places including original printed copies of the Acts, digitised versions in Google Books, and of course Wikipedia and other online sources.

In the listing below, hyperlinks, where given, are to the copy of the text on this site (if there is one yet). Note that while some of the titles may seem to have no obvious postal connection, in a fair number of cases this is only a small part of a longer Act, sometimes one dealing with multiple issues. These tend to be the ones that are merely mentioned instead of the text being supplied. If the link has a after it, only the relevant part(s) of the Act are quoted.

For an explanation of the referencing conventions for Acts as used below see this short guide.

What counts as a "Post Office connection"?

A good question! A very large number of Acts mention the Post Office or postal matters in some way, but often only as an incidental reference. For example, many Acts relating to public works include mentions of how they relate to various clauses in Post Office Acts. So the general principles for inclusion in the list are:

1. Acts with the words "Post Office" in the title of the Act
2. Acts that have a clear Post Office connection, such as Telegraph or Savings Bank related Acts
3. Any Act specifically mentioned in a postal Act as having been repealed by it (in whole or part)
4. Any other Act that seems relevant ...

What are generally omitted are:

1. Public works Acts as described above (unless for Post Office purposes)
2. General public finance Acts such as the annual Appropriations Acts
3. General Statute Law Revision Acts that formally repeal superseded Acts and sections
4. Acts that amend or repeal small sections of postal Acts
5. Acts that merely refer to the use of post offices for some other purpose (such as the sale of National Insurance stamps)

It is of course entirely possible, and indeed likely, that Acts that should be included have been inadvertently (or deliberately) omitted. So information on and suggestions about anything we don't have listed here would be very welcome!

Commonwealth, 1649-60

(9th June 1657)Act 1657 c.30

Postage of England, Scotland, and Ireland setled.

King Charles II, 1660-85

(December 1660)Post Office Act 1660

12 Cha 2 c.35
AN ACT for Erecting and Establishing a Post Office.

Settlement on Duke of York Act 1663

15 Cha 2 c.14
AN ACT for setling the Proffitts of the Post Office and Power of graunting Wyne Lycences on his Royall Highnes the Duke of Yorke and the Heires Males of his Body.

Post Office Revenues Act 1670

22 & 23 Cha 2 c.27
An Act for explaining of a Proviso conteyned in an Act, entituled An Act for setling the Profitts of ye Post-Office and Power of granteing Wine-Licences on His Royall Highnes ye Duke of Yorke and the Heyres Males of his Body.

King James II, 1685-88

James II of England was James VII of Scotland

Post Office, etc., Revenues Act 1685

1 Ja 2 c.12
An Act for Consolidating the Estates Tail and Reversion in Fee which His Majestie hath in the Post-Office and Twenty foure thousand pounds per Annum of the Hereditary Excise.

King William III and Queen Mary II, 1689-94

William III of England was William II of Scotland, but Mary was Mary II in both countries

(13th September 1690)1 Will & Mar, s.3 c.3

An Act against robbing of the Packet.

King William III, 1694-1702

William III of England was William II of Scotland

(5th July 1695)7 and 8 Will 2, s.5 c.31

Act anent the post-office.

Queen Anne, 1702-14

Annuity, Duke of Marlborough Act 1706

5 Anne c.4
An Act for settling upon John Duke of Marlborough and his Posterity a Pension of Five thousand Pounds per Annum for the more honourable Support of their Dignities, in like Manner as his Honours and Dignities, and the Honour and Manor of Woodstock and House of Blenheim, are already limited and settled.

(25th November 1710)Post Office (Revenues) Act 1710

9 Anne c.10
An Act for establishing a General Post Office for all Her Majesty's Dominions, and for settling a weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of the War and other Her Majesty's Occasions.

King George I, 1714-27

1 Geo 1 st.2 c.78

An Act to enable His Majesty to grant Letters Patent to supply a Defect in a Grant made by His Majesty King William the Third unto Maynard Duke of Schomberg and Leinster, of the annual Sum of Four thousand Pounds out of the Revenue of the Post Office, until the Sum of One hundred thousand Pounds be paid.

National Debt Act 1716 (c.9)

3 Geo 1 c.9
An Act for redeeming the Duties and Revenues which were settled to pay off Principal and Interest on the Orders made forth on Four Lottery Acts passed in the Ninth and Tenth Years of Her late Majesty's Reign; and for redeeming certain Annuities payable on Orders out of the Hereditary Excise, according to a former Act in that Behalf; and for establishing a General yearly Fund, not only for the future Payment of Annuities, at several Rates, to be payable and transferrable at the Bank of England, and redeemable by Parliament, but also to raise Monies for such Proprietors of the said Orders as shall choose to be paid their Principal and Arrears of Interest in ready Money; and for making good such other Deficiencies and Payments as in this Act are mentioned; and for taking off the Duties on Linseed imported and British Linen exported.

Excise Act 1719

6 Geo 1 c.21
An Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the Public Revenues of Excise, Customs, Stamp Duties, Post Office and House Money.

King George II, 1727-60

Skerries Lighthouse Act 1729

3 Geo 2 c.36
An Act for confirming a Patent granted by Her late Majesty Queen Anne to William Trench, Esquire, deceased, for erecting a Lighthouse upon the Island or Rock called Skerries, and for the better Maintenance of the said Lighthouse, and for making the Duties granted for maintaining the same perpetual.

Postage Act 1730

4 Geo 2 c.33
An Act for obviating a Doubt which hath arisen concerning the usual Allowance made upon the Delivery of Letters sent by the Penny Post to Places out of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, and the respective Suburbs thereof.

(25th March? 1748)Post Office Act 1748

22 Geo 2 c.25
An Act to explain and amend so much of an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled An Act for establishing a General Post Office for all Her Majesty's Dominions, and for settling a weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of the War and other Her Majesty's Occasions, as relates to Horses or Furniture to be let to Persons riding Post.

Tobacco Trade, etc. Act 1753

26 Geo 2 c.13
An Act for the more effectually preventing the fraudulent Removal of Tobacco by Land or Water, and for the Ease of the fair Trader in Tobacco; and for ascertaining the Rates payable for the Portage of certain Letters; and for amending and explaining the Laws relating to the Sale of Spirituous Liquors by Retail.

King George III, 1760-1820

(1st January 1763)Postage Act 1763

4 Geo 3 c.24
An Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage.

(10th October 1765)Postage Act 1765

5 Geo 3 c.25
An act to alter certain rates of postage, and to amend, explain, and enlarge several provisions in an act made in the ninth year of the reign of Queen Anne, and in other acts relating to the revenue of the post office.

(1st January 1767)Post Office Offences and Isle of Man Postage Act 1767

7 Geo 3 c.50
An Act for amending certain Laws relating to the Revenue of the Post Office; and for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between Great Britain and the Isle of Man, and within that Island.

Customs, etc. Act 1769

9 Geo 3 c.35
An Act for discontinuing, upon the Exportation of Iron imported in Foreign Ships, the Drawback of such Part of the Duties payable thereon as exceeds the Duties payable upon Iron imported in British Ships; to prohibit the Exportation of Pig and Bar Iron, and certain Naval Stores, unless the Preemption thereof be offered to the Commissioners of the Navy; to repeal so much of an Act made in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign as discontinued the Drawback upon Foreign Rough Hemp exported; for providing a Compensation to the Clerks in the Offices of the Principal Secretaries of State for the Advantages such Clerks enjoyed before the Commencement of an Act made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage; and to explain and amend the said Act.

Parliament Act 1782 (c.41)

22 Geo 3 c.41
An Act for better securing the Freedom of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, by disabling certain Officers employed in the Collection or Management of His Majesty's Revenues from giving their Votes at such Elections.

Postage Act 1782

22 Geo 3 c.70
An Act to enable the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces and the Secretary to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage.

Postage Act 1783 (c.69)

23 Geo 3 c.69
An Act to enable the Adjutant General of His Majesty's Forces and the Comptrollers of Army Accounts to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage.

Postage Act 1783 (c.6)

24 Geo 3 s.1 c.6
An Act for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between Great Britain and Ireland.

Postage Act 1784

24 Geo 3 s.2 c.8
An Act for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between Great Britain and Ireland.

(14th May 1784)23 & 24 Geo 3 c.17

An Act for establishing a Post Office within this Kingdom.

This Act (along with a number of other Acts relating to the granting of duties) was worded so that the rates, penalties etc that it authorised expired after one year. Each year until 1800 (the last year of the Parliament of Ireland) a new Act, with the current wording as modified by any subsequent Acts, was passed early in the session - hence the subsequent very similar-sounding annual Acts below.

(18th May 1784)National Debt Act 1784

24 Geo 3 s.2 c.37
An Act for granting to his Majesty certain additional Rates of Postage for Conveyance of Letters and Packets, by the Post, within the Kingdom of Great Britain; for preventing Frauds in the Revenue, carried on by the Conveyance of certain Goods in Letters and Packets; and for further preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets free from Postage.

This title seems to be a misnomer

(24th March 1785)25 Geo 3 c.19

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors certain duties and rates upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom, and for explaining and amending an Act passed in the 23rd and 24th years of his Majesty's reign entitled An Act for establishing a Post Office within this Kingdom.

(15th July 1785)Turnpike Toll Act 1785

25 Geo 3 c.57
An Act to exempt Carriages, carrying the Mail, from paying Tolls at any Turnpike Gate in Great Britain.

Appropriation, etc. Act 1785

25 Geo 3 c.60
An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund; and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-five; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and for providing a Compensation to the Clerks in the Offices of the Principal Secretaries of State, for the Advantages such Clerks enjoyed before the Commencement of an Act made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between Great Britain and Ireland.

(21st March 1786)26 Geo 3 c.12

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, certain rates and duties upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom, and for the purposes therein mentioned.

(23rd January 1787)Postage Act 1787

27 Geo 3 c.9
An act for granting rates of postage for the conveyance of letters and packets, between Great Britain and the port of Waterford, in the kingdom of Ireland, by way of Milford Haven

(16th March 1787)27 Geo 3 c.11

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, certain rates and duties upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom, and for the purposes therein mentioned.

Customs and Excise Act 1787

27 Geo 3 c.13
An Act for repealing the several Duties of Customs and Excise, and granting other Duties in lieu thereof; and for applying the said Duties together with the other Duties composing the Public Revenue; for permitting the Importation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize the Produce or Manufacture of the European Dominions of the French King into this Kingdom; and for applying certain unclaimed Monies remaining in the Exchequer for the Payment of Annuities on Lives to the Reduction of the National Debt.

(20th March 1788)28 Geo 3 c.12

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, certain rates and duties upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom, and for the purposes therein mentioned.

(20th February 1788)28 Geo 3 c.13

An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for establishing a Post Office within this Kingdom.

(23rd March 1789)29 Geo 3 c.8

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, certain rates and duties upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom.

(17th March 1790)30 Geo 3 c.15

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, certain rates and duties upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom.

(19th March 1791)31 Geo 3 c.10

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, certain rates and duties upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom.

(15th March 1792)32 Geo 3 c.10

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors certain duties and rates upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom.

(18th April 1792)32 Geo 3 c.30

For improving and keeping in repair the post roads of this Kingdom upon which mail coaches are or shall be established.

(23rd March 1793)33 Geo 3 c.17

An Act for granting to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, certain Duties and Rates upon the Portage and Conveyance of all Letters and Packets within this Kingdom.

(17th June 1793)Mail to Spain Act 1793

33 Geo 3 c.60
An Act to enable the Postmaster General to send the Mail to the Dominions of His Catholick Majesty, on board of any Vessels authorised by His Catholick Majesty to carry the same.

(25th March 1794)34 Geo 3 c.2

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, certain rates and duties upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom.

(28th March 1794)Penny Post Act 1794

34 Geo 3 c.17
An Act for regulating the portage and conveyance of letters by the carriage called The Penny Post.

(28th March 1794)Postage Act 1794

34 Geo 3 c.18
An Act for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between Great Britain and the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, and within those Islands.

(24th March 1795)35 Geo 3 c.11

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, certain rates and duties upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom.

(5th May 1795)Postage Act 1795

35 Geo 3 c.53
An Act for further regulating the sending and receiving Letters free from the Duty of Postage; for allowing Non-commissioned Officers, Seamen, and private Men, in the Navy and Army, whilst on Service, to send and receive Letters at a low Rate of Postage; and for permitting Patterns and Samples of Goods to be transmitted by the Post at an easier Rate than is now allowed by Law.

(19th May 1795)Post Office Act 1795

35 Geo 3 c.62
An Act to enable His Majesty's Postmaster General to open and return certain Letters, contained in the Mails made up at the General Post Office in London, for the United Provinces, on the thirteenth, sixteenth and twentieth Days of January One thousand seven hundred and ninety five, and now remaining in the said General Post Office.

(5th June 1795)35 Geo 3 c.38

For further improving post roads in this Kingdom.

(24th March 1796)36 Geo 3 c.7

An Act to further explain and amend an Act passed in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act for establishing a Post Office within this Kingdom; and also to explain and amend an Act passed in the Twenty-eighth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled 'An Act for establishing a Post Office within this Kingdom.'

(24th March 1796)36 Geo 3 c.11

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, certain rates and duties upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom.

(28th December 1796)Postage Act 1796

37 Geo 3 c.18
An Act for altering certain Rates of Postage for Conveyance of Letters in England and Scotland respectively, and of Packets to and from Great Britain, from and to Portugal and the British Colonies in America respectively; and for setting apart, at the Receipt of the Exchequer, for a certain Period, out of the Revenues of the Post Office, the Annual Sum of forty thousand Pounds, towards defraying the increased Charge occasioned by any Loan raised, or Stock created, by any Act or Acts passed in the thirty-fifth Year of the Reign of his present Majesty.

(25th March 1797)37 Geo 3 c.11

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, certain duties and rates upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom.

(24th April 1797)37 Geo 3 c.23

To extend to presentments exceeding £200 to be expended on mail coach roads, the regulations of an Act passed in the 35th year of the king, entitled, An Act for the regulation of presentments, for the purpose of levying money to be expended in erecting court-houses, gaols and other expensive buildings.

(24th March 1798)38 Geo 3 c.15

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, for one year from 25 March 1798 certain duties and rates upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom.

(4th June 1798)38 Geo 3 c.28

To amend the mail coach road leading from Banbridge to Belfast.

(6th October 1798)38 Geo 3 c.47

An Act for the further Amendment of the Acts relating to the Post Office, and for further facilitating Prosecutions under the said Acts.

(25th March 1799)38 Geo 3 c.15

For granting to his Majesty, his heirs and successors, certain duties and rates upon the portage and conveyance of all letters and packets within this Kingdom.

(12th July 1799)Postage Act 1799

39 Geo 3 c.76
An Act for the more secure Conveyance of Ship Letters, and for granting to His Majesty certain Rates of Postage thereon.

(24th March 1800)40 Geo 3 c.8

An Act for granting to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, certain Duties and Rates upon the Portage and Conveyance of all Letters and Packets within this Kingdom.

(24th March 1801)Postage Act 1801

41 Geo 3 c.7
An Act for repealing the Rates and Duties of Postage in Great Britain, and granting other Rates and Duties in lieu thereof, and on Letters conveyed to or from any Part of the United Kingdom from or to any Place out of the said Kingdom, and by Packet Boats from or to the Ports of Holyhead and Milford Haven.

(24th March 1801)Duties Continuance Act 1801

41 Geo 3 c.17
An Act for continuing, until the twenty-fifth Day of March one thousand eight hundred and two, certain Acts of the last Session of the Parliament of Ireland, for granting Duties to his Majesty.

(24th March 1802)Duties Continuance Act 1802

42 Geo 3 c.31
An Act for continuing, until the twenty-fifth Day of March One thousand eight hundred and three, several Acts of the last Session of Parliament, for continuing and granting Duties to his Majesty in Ireland.

(22nd June 1802)Postage Act 1802 (c.63)

42 Geo 3 c.63
An Act to authorize the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets, Votes, Proceedings in Parliament, and printed Newspapers by the Post free from the Duty of Postage by the Members Of the Two Houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom, and by certain public officers therein named; and for reducing the Postage on such Votes, Proceedings, and Newspapers when sent by any other Persons.

(22nd June 1802)Post Office Act 1802

42 Geo 3 c.81
An Act for amending so much of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign of His present Majesty as relates to the secreting, embezzling, or destroying any Letter or Packet sent by the Post; and for the better Protection of such Letters and Packets; and for more effectually preventing Letters and Packets being sent otherwise than by the Post.

(26th June 1802)Postage Act 1802 (c.101)

42 Geo 3 c.101
An Act for repealing the Rates and Duties of Postage upon Letters to and from France and the Batavian Republick from and to London, and for granting other Rates and Duties in lieu thereof; and for exempting from the Duty of Tonnage the Ships and Vessels to be employed in conveying the Mails of Letters from France to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

(24th March 1803)Parliamentary Elections (Ireland) Act 1803

43 Geo 3 c.25
An Act for better securing the Freedom of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament for any Place in Ireland, by disabling certain Officers employed in the Collection or Management of His Majesty's Revenues in Ireland from giving their Votes at such Elections.

(25th March 1803)Postage Act 1803

43 Geo 3 c.28
An Act for granting to His Majesty certain Rates and Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post within Ireland.

(7th April 1803)Woods and Forests Act 1803

43 Geo 3 c.31
An Act for establishing certain Regulations in the Office of Surveyor General of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases.

(29th July 1803)The Chest at Chatham Act 1803

43 Geo 3 c.119
An Act for improving the Funds of the Chest at Chatham, and for transferring the Administration of the same to Greenwich Hospital; and for ameliorating the Condition of the Pensioners on the said Funds.

(20th July 1804)Postage Act 1804

44 Geo 3 c.84
An Act to permit certain Persons in the Office of Ordnance and the Quarter Master General to send and receive Letters free from the Duty of Postage; and to enable the Board of Ordnance, the Adjutant General, the Quarter Master General, and the Barrack Master General to authorize Persons in their Offices in to send Letters free from the said Duty.

(12th March 1805)Postage Act 1805 (c.11)

45 Geo 3 c.11
An Act for granting certain additional Rates and Duties in Great Britain, on the Conveyance of Letters.

(25th March 1805)Postage Act 1805 (c.21)

45 Geo 3 c.21
An Act for repealing certain Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post within Ireland, and granting other Duties in lieu thereof.

(17th May 1805)Highways (Ireland) Act 1805

45 Geo 3 c.43
An Act to amend the Laws for improving and keeping in repair the Post Roads in Ireland, and for rendering the Conveyance of Letters by His Majesty's Post Office more secure and expeditious.

(27th June 1805)Manning of the Navy Act 1805

45 Geo 3 c.72
An Act for the Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually manning His Majesty's Navy during the present War.

(9th June 1806)Postage Act 1806 (c.61)

46 Geo 3 c.61
An Act to authorize certain Public Officers to send and receive Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.

(3rd July 1806)Postage Act 1806 (c.73)

46 Geo 3 c.73
An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Receiver General of the Stamp Duties in England.

(12th July 1806)Post Office Act 1806

46 Geo 3 c.83
An Act for the better Regulation of the office of Receiver General of the Post Office in England.

(16th July 1806)Postage Act 1806 (c.92)

46 Geo 3 c.92
An Act to amend Three Acts made in the Thirty-fifth, Forty-first, and Forty-second Years of His present Majesty, relating to the Conveyance of Letters and packets by the Post.

(22nd July 1806)Highways (Ireland) Act 1806 (c.134)

46 Geo 3 c.134
An Act to provide for the Security and Expedition of the Conveyance of Letters by the Post in Ireland.

(22nd July 1806)Woods and Forests Act 1806

46 Geo 3 c.142
An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Surveyor General of Woods and Forests.

(8th August 1807)Post Office Act 1807 (c.53)

47 Geo 3 s.2 c.53
An Act to enable His Majesty's Postmaster General to open and return Letters directed to Hamburgh or other Places abroad, and which have been or shall have been returned or not sent.

(13th August 1807)Post Office Act 1807 (s.2 c.59)

47 Geo 3 s.2 c.59
An Act to amend an Act of the Forty-sixth Year of His Majesty, for the better Regulation of the Office of Receiver General of the Post Office in England.

(27th May 1808)Dublin General Post Office Act 1808

48 Geo 3 c.48
An Act to enable His Majesty's Postmaster General of Ireland to purchase Premises for the Enlargement of the General Post Office in the City of Dublin

(23rd June 1808)Postage Act 1808 (c.90)

48 Geo 3 c.90
An Act to enable the Commissioners for auditing Public Accounts, and the Commissioners for the Affairs of Barracks respectively, to send and receive Letters and Packets on the Business of their Office free of Postage.

(30th June 1808)Postage Act 1808 (c.116)

48 Geo 3 c.116
An Act for granting to His Majesty Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters and Packets to and from the Island of Madeira, and to and from the Portuguese Territories on the Continent of South America.

(30th June 1808)Dublin Police Magistrates Act 1808

48 Geo 3 c.140
An Act for the more effectual Administration of the Office of a Justice of the Peace, and for the more effectual Prevention of Felonies, within the District of Dublin Metropolis.

(28th April 1809)Pensions for Naval Officers' Widows Act 1809

49 Geo 3 c.35
An Act for the more convenient payment of Pensions to Widows of Officers of the Navy.

(12th May 1809)Compassionate List of the Navy, etc. Act 1809

49 Geo 3 c.45
An Act for more conveniently paying of Allowances on the Compassionate List of the Navy and of Half Pay to Officers of the Royal Marines.

(15th June 1809)Wages and Prize Money, etc., in the Navy Act 1809

49 Geo 3 c.108
An Act to amend the several Acts respecting the Payment of Wages and Prize Money and Allotment of Wages to Persons serving in His Majesty's Royal Navy.

(20th June 1809)Prize Money Act 1809

49 Geo 3 c.123
An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the Forty-fifth Year of His present Majesty, for the Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually manning His Majesty's Navy during the present War; and for the further Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually providing for the Interests of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich and the Royal Hospital for Soldiers at Chelsea; and to extend the Provisions of the said Act to Cases arising in consequence of Hostilities commenced since the passing of the said Act.

(9th June 1810)Crown Lands Act 1810

50 Geo 3 c.65
An Act for uniting the Offices of Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown and Surveyor General of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases.

(9th June 1810)Postage Act 1810 (c.66)

50 Geo 3 c.66
An Act to authorize the Judge Advocate General to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage.

(15th June 1810)Postage Act 1810 (c.74)

50 Geo 3 c.74
An Act to grant to His Majesty certain additional Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post within Ireland.

(9th July 1812)Postage Act 1812 (c.88)

52 Geo 3 c.88
An Act for granting to His Majesty certain additional Rates of Postage in Great Britain.

(18th July 1812)Unclaimed Prize Money, etc. Act 1812

52 Geo 3 c.132
An Act for explaining, amending, and extending the several Laws relative to the Payment of forfeited and unclaimed Shares of Army Prize Money to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea; and for directing the Mode of making up the Accounts of Pensions paid to the Widows of Officers of the Army.

(23rd July 1812)Land Tax Certificates Forgery Act 1812

52 Geo 3 c.143
An Act for amending and reducing into one Act the Provisions contained in any Laws now in force imposing the Penalty of Death for any Act done in breach of or in resistance to any Part of the Laws for collecting His Majesty's Revenue in Great Britain.

Although this act is listed in the Chronological Table of Statutes as the Land Tax Certificates Forgery Act, 1812, this is only one section of the Act

(28th July 1812)Parochial Registers Act 1812

52 Geo 3 c.146
An Act for the better regulating and preserving Parish and other Registers of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in England.

(22nd December 1812)Postage Act 1812 (c.13)

53 Geo 3 c.13
An Act for authorizing the Assistant Secretary to the Postmaster General to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty on Postage.

(3rd June 1813)Postage Act 1813

53 Geo 3 c.58
An Act to repeal certain Rates and Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post from or to Dublin to or from the several Post Towns in Ireland, and to grant other Rates and Duties in lieu thereof; and to make further Regulations for securing the Duties on Letters and Packets sent by the Post in Ireland.

(3rd June 1813)Postage, etc. Act 1813

53 Geo 3 c.68
An Act to repeal the Exemption from Toll granted for or in respect of Carriages with more than Two Wheels, carrying the Mail in Scotland; and for granting a Rate for Postage, as an Indemnity for the Loss which may arise to the Revenue of the Post Office from the Payment of such Tolls.

(2nd July 1813)Parliamentary Writs Act 1813

53 Geo 3 c.89
An Act for the more regular Conveyance of Writs for the Election of Members to serve in Parliament.

(20th July 1813)Highways (Ireland) Act 1813 (c.146)

53 Geo 3 c.146
An Act to amend an Act made in the Forty-fifth Year of His present Majesty, intituled An Act to amend the Laws for improving and keeping in repair the Post Roads in Ireland, and for rendering the Conveyance of Letters by His Majesty's Post Office more secure and expeditious.

(27th May 1814)Dublin Record Office Act 1814

54 Geo 3 c.63
An Act to amend several Acts for enabling His Majesty's Postmaster General of Ireland to purchase Premises for the Enlargement of the General Post Office in the City of Dublin.

'The Chronological Table of the Statutes 1235-2009, Part 1 describes this statute as the Dublin Record Office Act 1814, but this seems to be a misnomer. The preamble to the Act speaks only of "the General Post Office in Dublin". In Ireland, where the 1814 Act remains live on the statute book, the statute is described as the General Post Office Dublin (Amendment) Act 1814.' (Statute Law Repeals Nineteenth Report)

(23rd July 1814)Postage Act 1814 (c.119)

54 Geo 3 c.119
An Act to repeal certain Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post within Ireland, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof.

(30th July 1814)Postage Act 1814 (c.169)

54 Geo 3 c.169
An Act for making certain Regulations respecting the Postage of Ship Letters and of Letters in Great Britain.

(28th June 1815)City of London and Westminster Streets and Post Office Act 1815

55 Geo 3 c.91 (Local Act)
An Act for enlarging and improving the West End of Cheapside in the City of London, also Saint Martin's-le-Grand, Aldershot Street, Saint Anne's Lane, and Foster Lane; and for providing a Site for a new Post Office between Saint Martin's-le-Grand and Foster Lane aforesaid.

(22nd June 1815)Postage Act 1815 (c.103)

55 Geo 3 c.103
An Act to regulate the Postage of Ship Letters to and from Ireland.

(28th June 1815)Census (Ireland) Act 1815

55 Geo 3 c.120
An Act to provide for the taking an Account of the Population of Ireland, and for the ascertaining the Increase or Diminution thereof.

(6th July 1815)Postal Service Act 1815

55 Geo 3 c.145
An Act to increase the Allowance to the Post Office in Ireland in respect of Packet Boats to Great Britain.

(11th July 1815)Postage Act 1815 (c.153)

55 Geo 3 c.153
An Act for granting certain Rates on the Postage of Letters to and from Great Britain, The Cape of Good Hope, The Mauritius, and The East Indies; and for making certain Regulations respecting the Postage of Ship Letters, and of Letters in Great Britain.

(1st July 1816)Consolidated Fund Act 1816

56 Geo 3 c.98
An Act to unite and consolidate into One Fund all the Public Revenues of Great Britain and Ireland, and to provide for the Application thereof to the general Service of the United Kingdom.

(17th March 1817)Comptroller of Barrack Department Act 1817

57 Geo 3 c.9
An Act for vesting all Estates and Property occupied for the Barrack Service in the Comptroller of the Barrack Department, and for granting certain Powers to the said Comptroller.

(7th July 1817)Board of Trade Act 1817

57 Geo 3 c.66
An Act to amend an Act of the Twenty-second Year of His present Majesty, for suppressing or regulating certain Offices therein mentioned, so far as relates to the Board of Trade; and for enabling the Vice-President of the Board of Trade to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage.

(30th May 1818)Church Building Act 1818

58 Geo 3 c.45
An Act for building and promoting the building of additional Churches in populous Parishes.

(2nd July 1819)Roads Between London and Holyhead Act 1819

59 Geo 3 c.48
An Act to amend an Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of His present Majesty, for granting to His Majesty the Sum of Twenty thousand Pounds towards repairing Roads between London and Holyhead by Chester, and between London and Bangor by Shrewsbury; and for giving additional Powers to the Commissioners therein named, to build a Bridge over the Menai Straits, and to make a new Road from Bangor Ferry to Holyhead, in the County of Anglesea.

()Post Office (Ireland) Act 1819

59 Geo 3 c.108
An Act to amend several Acts relating to the Post Office and Conveyance of Letters in Ireland.

(12th July 1819)Postage Act 1819

59 Geo 3 c.111
An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Fifty fifth Year of His present Majesty, as relates to the Postage and Conveyance of Letters to and from the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, the Mauritius, and the East Indies; and to make other Regulations respecting the Postage of such Letters and Packets, and other Letters and Packets sent by the Post.

King George IV, 1820-30

(24th July 1820)Postage Act 1820

1 Geo 4 c.89
An Act for imposing additional Rates and Duties on the Conveyance of Letters between Port Patrick in Scotland and Donaghadee in Ireland.

(28th May 1821)Conway Bridge Act 1821

1 & 2 Geo 4 c.35
An Act for applying a certain Sum of Money out of the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for the Purpose of building a Bridge over the River Conway, in the County of Carnarvon, and for imposing additional Rates of Postage on Letters and Packets conveyed over the said Bridge.

(5th August 1822)Postage Act 1822

3 Geo 4 c.105
An Act for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between the Port of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster and the Isle of Man.

(6th August 1822)Turnpike Roads Act 1822

3 Geo 4 c.126
An Act to amend the General Laws now in being for regulating Turnpike Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England.

(4th July 1823)Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Act 1823

4 Geo 4 c.49
An Act for regulating Turnpike Roads in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland.

(18th July 1823)East India Company's Service Act 1823

4 Geo 4 c.81
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East India Company, and to authorize Soldiers and Sailors in the East Indies to send and receive Letters at a reduced Rate of Postage.

(19th July 1823)Turnpike Roads Act 1823

4 Geo 4 c.95
An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, to amend the General Laws now in being for regulating Turnpike Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England.

(5th March 1824)Post Office Buildings Act 1824

5 Geo 4 c.5
An Act for enabling a Conveyance to be made of Part of a House in Lombard Street, vested in the Right Honourable Henry Frederick Lord Carteret formerly His Majesty's Postmaster General.

(16th March 1824)Postage Act 1824

5 Geo 4 c.10
An Act for granting to His Majesty Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters and Packets to and from Buenos Ayres, or any other Port or Ports on the Continent of South America.

(12th April 1824)Conveyance by Post of Bank Notes, etc. Act 1824

5 Geo 4 c.20
An Act to regulate The Conveyance of Packets containing re-issuable Country Bank Notes by the Post, and to charge Rates of Postage thereon; to prevent Letters and Packets being sent otherwise than by the Post; to punish Persons embezzling printed Proceedings in Parliament, or Newspapers; and to allow the President of the Commissioners of Revenue Enquiry to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage

(21st June 1824)Gaols, etc. (England) Act 1824

5 Geo 4 c.85
An Act for amending an Act of the last Session of Parliament, relating to the building, repairing, and enlarging of certain Gaols and Houses of Correction; and for procuring Information as to the State of all other Gaols and Houses of Correction in England and Wales.

(10th June 1825)Postage Act 1825 (c.28)

6 Geo 4 c.28
An Act for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between Great Britain and Ireland by way of Liverpool.

(22nd June 1825)Postage Act 1825 (c.44)

6 Geo 4 c.44
An Act for granting to His Majesty Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters and Packets to and from Columbia and Mexico.

(22nd June 1825)Postage Act 1825 (c.68)

6 Geo 4 c.68
An Act to regulate the Conveyance of printed Votes and Proceedings in Parliament, and printed Newspapers, by Packet Boats between Great Britain and Ireland and the British Colonies, and also in the United Kingdom.

(27th June 1825)Currency Act 1825

6 Geo 4 c.79
An Act to provide for the Assimilation of the Currency and Monies of Account throughout the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

(11th April 1826)Chelsea and Kilmainham Hospitals Act 1826

7 Geo 4 c.16
An Act to consolidate and amend several Acts relating to the Royal Hospitals for Soldiers at Chelsea and Kilmainham.

(21st March 1827)Postage Act 1827 (c.6)

7 & 8 Geo 4 c.6
An Act for granting to His Majesty Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters and Packets to and from Saint Domingo and Cuba.

(28th May 1827)Postage Act 1827 (c.21)

7 & 8 Geo 4 c.21
An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Duties of Postage in Great Britain and Ireland.

(2nd July 1827)Average Price of Corn Act 1827

7 & 8 Geo 4 c.58
An Act to make Provision for ascertaining from Time to Time the Average Prices of British Corn.

(15th July 1828)Church Building Society Act 1828

9 Geo 4 c.42
An Act to abolish Church Briefs, and to provide for the better Collection and Application of voluntary Contributions for the Purpose of enlarging and building Churches and Chapels.

(1st June 1829)Greenwich Hospital Outpensions, etc. Act 1829

10 Geo 4 c.26
An Act for transferring the Management of Greenwich Out-pensions, and certain Duties in Matters of Prize, to the Treasurer of the Navy.

King William IV, 1830-37

(11th March 1831)Postmaster-General Act 1831

1 Will 4 c.8
An Act for enabling His Majesty to appoint a Postmaster General for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

(22nd April 1831)Sale of Post Office Buildings Act 1831

1 Will 4 c.27
An Act for enabling His Majesty's Postmaster General to sell the Premises lately used as the Post Office in Lombard Street, Abchurch Lane, and Sherborne Lane, in the City of London.

(15th October 1831)Public Works (Ireland) Act 1831

1 & 2 Will 4 c.33
An Act for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland.

(15th October 1831)Turnpike Roads (Scotland) Act 1831

1 & 2 Will 4 c.43
An Act for amending and making more effectual the Laws concerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland.

(13th February 1832)Embezzlement Act 1832

2 Will 4 c.4
An Act for more effectually preventing Embezzlements by Persons employed in the Public Service of His Majesty.

(24th March 1832)Post Office Act 1832

2 Will 4 c.15
An Act to enable His Majesty's Postmaster General to extend the Accommodation by Post, and to regulate the Privilege of Franking, in Ireland; and for other Purposes relating to the Post Office.

(23rd June 1832)Army Prize Money Act 1832

2 & 3 Will 4 c.53
An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the Payment of Army Prize Money.

(3rd August 1832)Post Roads (Ireland) Act 1832

2 & 3 Will 4 c.86
An Act to amend an Act of the Forty-fifth Year of His Majesty King George the Third, relating to Post Roads in Ireland.

(11th August 1832)Officers and Persons on the Compassionate List, etc. Act 1832

2 & 3 Will 4 c.106
An Act to enable to Officers in His Majesty's Army, and their Representatives, and the Widows of Officers and Persons on the Compassionate List, and also Civil Officers on retired or Superannuation Allowances payable by the Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces, to draw for and receive their Half Pay and Allowances.

(26th March 1834)Postage in North American Colonies Act 1834

4 Will 4 c.7
An Act to repeal, at the Period within mentioned, so much of an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled An Act to alter certain Rates of Postage; and to amend, explain, and enlarge several Provisions in an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, and in other Acts relating to the Revenue of the Post Office, as authorizes the taking of certain Rates of Inland Postage within His Majesty's Dominions in North America.

(13th August 1834)Postage Act 1834

4 & 5 Will 4 c.44
An Act to regulate the Conveyance of printed Newspapers by Post between the United Kingdom, the British Colonies, and Foreign Parts.

(21st August 1835)Post Office Act 1835

5 & 6 Will 4 c.25
An Act to extend the Accommodation by the Post to and from Foreign Parts and for other Purposes relating to the Post Office.

(21st June 1836)Letter Stealing (Scotland) Act 1836

6 Will 4 c.21
An Act to provide that Persons in Scotland accused of Letter Stealing shall not be entitled to Liberation on Bail unless in certain Cases.

(21st June 1836)Postage Act 1836

6 Will 4 c.25
An Act for granting an additional Rate of Postage on Letters between Great Britain and Ireland by way of Milford and Waterford.

(13th August 1836)Post Office, Newspapers Act 1836

6 & 7 Will 4 c.54
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Conveyance of Newspapers by the Post.

(20th August 1836)Grand Jury (Ireland) Act 1836

6 & 7 Will 4 c.116
An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws relating to the Presentment of Public Money by Grand Juries in Ireland.

Queen Victoria, 1837-1901

(12th July 1837)Post Office (Repeal of Laws) Act 1837

1 Vict c.32
An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Post Office.

(12th July 1837)Post Office (Management) Act 1837

1 Vict c.33
An Act for the Management of the Post Office.

(12th July 1837)Postage Act 1837 (c.34)

1 Vict c.34
An Act for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage.

(12th July 1837)Postage Act 1837 (c.35)

1 Vict c.35
An Act for regulating the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.

(12th July 1837)Post Office (Offences) Act 1837

1 Vict c.36
An Act for consolidating the Laws relative to Offences against the Post Office of the United Kingdom, and for regulating the judicial Administration of the Post Office Laws, and for explaining certain Terms and Expressions employed in those Laws.

(17th July 1837)Post Office Act 1837

1 Vict c.76
An Act to impose Rates of Packet Postage on East India Letters, and to amend certain Acts relating to the Post Office.

(17th July 1837)Parliament Documents Deposit Act 1837

1 Vict c. 83
An Act to compel Clerks of the Peace for Counties and other Persons to take the Custody of such Documents as shall be directed to be deposited with them under the Standing Orders of either House of Parliament.

(14th August 1838)Postage Act 1838

1 & 2 Vict c.97
An Act for imposing Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters by Packet Boats between Places in the Mediterranean and other Parts.

(14th August 1838)Railways (Conveyance of Mails) Act 1838

1 & 2 Vict c.98
An Act to provide for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railways.

(17th August 1839)Postage Act 1839

2 & 3 Vict c.52
An Act for the further Regulation of the Duties on Postage until the Fifth Day of October One thousand eight hundred and forty.

(10th August 1840)Post Office (Duties) Act 1840

3 & 4 Vict c.96
An Act for the Regulation of the Duties of Postage.

(31st May 1843)Parliamentary Voters Registration Act 1843

6 & 7 Vict c.18
An Act to amend the Law for the Registration of Persons entitled to vote, and to define certain Rights of voting, and to regulate certain Proceedings in the Election of Members to serve in Parliament for England and Wales.

(29th July 1844)Post Office (Duties) Act 1844

7 & 8 Vict c.49
An Act for the better Regulation of Colonial Posts.

(6th August 1844)Post Horse Licence Duties (Ireland) Act 1844

7 & 8 Vict c.67
An Act to transfer the Collection of the Duty on Licences to let Horses for Hire in Ireland from the Commissioners of Stamps to the Commissioners of Excise.

(9th August 1844)Railway Regulation Act 1844

7 & 8 Vict c.85
An Act to attach certain Conditions to the Construction of future Railways authorized or to be authorized by any Act of the present or succeeding Sessions of Parliament; and for other Purposes in relation to Railways.

(22nd July 1847)Post Office (Duties) Act 1847

10 & 11 Vict c.85
An Act for giving further Facilities for the Transmission of Letters by Post, and for the regulating the Duties of Postage thereon, and for other Purposes relating to the Post Office.

(31st August 1848)Post Office (Money Orders) Act 1848

11 & 12 Vict c.88
An Act for further regulating the Money Order Department of the Post Office.

(4th September 1848)Post Office Act 1848

11 & 12 Vict c.117
An Act for rendering certain Newspapers published in the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man liable to Postage.

(28th July 1849)Colonial Inland Post Office Act 1849

12 & 13 Vict c.66
An Act for enabling Colonial Legislatures to establish Inland Posts.

(10th August 1854)Public Revenue and Consolidated Fund Charges Act 1854

17 & 18 Vict c.94
An Act to alter the Mode of providing for certain Expenses now charged upon certain Branches of the Public Revenues and upon the Consolidated Fund.

(30th July 1855)Inland Revenue Act 1855

18 & 19 Vict c.78
An Act to reduce certain Duties payable on Stage Carriages, and to amend the Laws relating to Stamp Duties, and to Bonds and Securities to the Inland Revenue.

(23rd July 1858)New General Post Office, Edinburgh, Act 1858

21 & 22 Vict c.40
An Act to confer Powers on the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Works and Public Buildings to acquire the Theatre Royal Edinburgh, and adjacent Property, for the Erection of a new General Post Office; and for other Purposes.

(6th August 1860)Post Office (Duties) Act 1860

23 & 24 Vict c.65
An Act to authorize the Commissioners of the Treasury to further regulate the Postage on re-directed Letters of Commissioned and Warrant Officers, Seamen, and Soldiers whilst on actual Service.

(17th May 1861)Post Office Savings Banks Act 1861

24 & 25 Vict c.14
An Act to grant additional Facilities for depositing small Savings at Interest, with the Security of the Government for due Repayment thereof.

(4th May 1863)Post Office Savings Bank Act 1863

26 & 27 Vict c.14
An Act to amend the Law relating to Post Office Savings Banks.

(13th July 1863)Post Office Lands Act 1863

26 & 27 Vict c.43
An Act to enable Her Majesty's Postmaster General to sell and otherwise dispose of Land.

(5th July 1865)Post Office Extension Act 1865

28 & 29 Vict c.87
An Act to enable Her Majesty's Postmaster General to acquire a Site for the Extension of the General Post Office in St. Martin's-le-Grand in the City of London.

(30th July 1866)Post Office (Postmaster-General) Act 1866

29 & 30 Vict c.55
An Act to enable the Postmaster General to sit in the House of Commons.

(31st July 1868)Telegraph Act 1868

31 & 32 Vict c.110
An Act to enable Her Majesty's Postmaster General to acquire, work, and maintain Electric Telegraphs.

(31st July 1868)Regulation of Railways Act 1868

31 & 32 Vict c.119
An Act to amend the Law relating to Railways.

(9th August 1869)Telegraph Act 1869

32 & 33 Vict c.73
An Act to alter and amend 'The Telegraph Act, 1868.'

(9th August 1870)Post Office Act 1870

33 & 34 Vict c.79
An Act for further regulation of Duties of Postage, and for other purposes relating to the Post Office.

(29th June 1871)Post Office (Duties) Act 1871

34 & 35 Vict c.30
An Act for the further regulation of the Duties on Postage.

(21st July 1873)Regulation of Railways Act 1873

36 & 37 Vict c.48
An Act to make better provision for carrying into effect the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854, and for other purposes connected therewith.

(7th August 1874)Post Office Savings Bank Act 1874

37 & 38 Vict c.73
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Payment to and Repayment by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt of Moneys received in and to the accounts relating to the Post Office Savings Bank.

(14th June 1875)Post Office Act 1875

38 & 39 Vict c.22
An Act for the further regulation of the Duties on Postage, and for other purposes relating to the Post Office.

(15th August 1876)Superannuation Post Office and War Office Act 1876

39 & 40 Vict c.68
An Act to amend the Law for the payment of Remuneration and the Grant of Superannuation Allowances and Gratuities to certain persons employed under Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the War Department and Her Majesty's Postmaster General.

(7th September 1880)Post Office (Money Orders) Act 1880

43 & 44 Vict c.33
An Act relating to Post Office Money Orders.

(7th September 1880)Savings Banks Act 1880

43 & 44 Vict c.36
An Act to amend the Savings Banks Acts.

(3rd June 1881)Customs and Inland Revenue Act 1881

44 & 45 Vict c.12
An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue, to alter other Duties, and to amend the Laws relating to Customs and Inland Revenue.

(18th July 1881)Post Office (Newspaper) Act 1881

44 & 45 Vict c.19
An Act for further regulating the Transmission of Newspapers.

(18th July 1881)Post Office (Land) Act 1881

44 & 45 Vict c.20
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Acquisition of Land and the Execution of Instruments for the purposes of the Post Office.

(13th March 1882)Post Office (Reply Post Cards) Act 1882

45 Vict c.2
An Act to authorise the use of Reply Post Cards.

(18th August 1882)Post Office (Parcels) Act 1882

45 & 46 Vict c.74
An Act to amend the Post Office Acts with respect to the Conveyance of Parcels.

(25th August 1883)Post Office (Money Orders) Act 1883

46 & 47 Vict c.58
An Act to amend the Post Office (Money Orders) Acts, 1848 and 1880, and extend the same to Her Majesty's Dominions out of the United Kingdom.

(14th August 1884)Post Office (Protection) Act 1884

47 & 48 Vict c.76
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Protection of the Post Office and to Offences committed in relation to the Post Office.

(14th August 1885)Telegraph Act 1885

48 & 49 Vict c.58
An Act to amend the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1878.

(31st July 1885)Post Office (Sites) Act 1885

48 & 49 Vict c.45
An Act to enable Her Majesty's Postmaster General to acquire lands in London, Birmingham, Bristol, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the public service.

(16th September 1887)Savings Banks Act 1887

50 & 51 Vict c.40
An Act to amend the Acts relating to Savings Banks and to the Purchase of Small Government Annuities, and to assuring Payments of Money after Death.

(12th August 1889)Telegraph (Isle of Man) Act 1889

52 & 53 Vict c.34
An Act to amend the Telegraph Acts, 1863 to 1885, and the Post Office Acts in relation to the Isle of Man.

(30th August 1889)Interpretation Act 1889

52 & 53 Vict c.63
An Act for consolidating enactments relating to the Construction of Acts of Parliament and for further shortening the Language used in Acts of Parliament.

(3rd July 1891)Savings Banks Act 1891

54 & 55 Vict c.21
An Act to amend the Law relating to Savings Banks.

(21st July 1891)Stamp Duties Management Act 1891

54 & 55 Vict c.38
An Act to consolidate the Law relating to the Management of Stamp Duties.

(5th August 1891)Post Office Act 1891

54 & 55 Vict c.46
An Act to amend the Post Office Acts and to make provision for the Service of the Post Office.

(27th June 1892)Post Office Act 1892

55 & 56 Vict c.24
An Act to amend the Post Office Act, 1891, in relation to its application to Scotland, and to apply that Act to the Isle of Man and to the Channel Islands.

(24th August 1893)Conveyance of Mails Act 1893

56 & 57 Vict c.38
An Act to make further provision for the Conveyance of Her Majesty's Mails.

(21st December 1893)Savings Bank Act 1893

56 & 57 Vict c.69
An Act to amend the Law relating to Savings Banks.

(27th June 1895)Post Office Amendment Act 1895

58 & 59 Vict c.18
An Act to amend the Post Office Act, 1891.

(6th August 1897)Post Office and Telegraph Act 1897

60 & 61 Vict c.41
An Act to make provision with respect to the Delivery of Telegrams, Guarantees by Parish Councils in Scotland, and the Pensions of certain Persons employed in the Telegraph Service.

(25th July 1898)Post Office (Guarantee) Act 1898

61 & 62 Vict c.18
An Act to make better provision for the guarantee of Postal Facilities by Local Authorities.

(12th August 1898)Local Government (Ireland) Act, 1898

61 & 62 Vict c.37
An Act for amending the Law relating to Local Government in Ireland, and for other purposes connected therewith.

(12th August 1898)Revenue Act 1898

61 & 62 Vict c.46
An Act for amending the Law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue and for other purposes connected with Finance.

(12th August 1898)Post Office Guarantee (No. 2) Act 1898

61 & 62 Vict c.59
An Act to extend to Borough and Urban District Councils the powers to guarantee Postal and Telegraphic Facilities already possessed by Rural Councils.

King Edward VII, 1901-10

(21st July 1903)Post Office (Money Orders) Act 1903

3 Edw 7 c.12
An Act to enable the Postmaster General to issue Postal Orders of the value of Twenty-one Shillings.

(11th August 1903)Post Office (Sites) Act 1903

3 Edw 7 c.clvi
An Act to enable His Majesty's Postmaster-General to acquire lands in London and Bristol for the public service and for other purposes.

(15th August 1904)Post Office Act 1904

4 Edw 7 c.14
An Act to amend the Post Office Acts with respect to cumulative commissions on Money Orders and the use of embossed and impressed stamps.

(15th August 1904)Post Office (Sites) Act 1904

4 Edw 7 c.clviii
An Act to enable His Majesty's Postmaster-General to acquire lands in London Southgate Blackpool Leeds and Newcastle-upon-Tyne for the Public Service and for other purposes.

(29th May 1906)Post Office (Money Orders) Act 1906

6 Edw 7 c.4
An Act to extend certain provisions of the Post Office (Money Orders) Acts to Money Orders transmitted to and from Foreign States and British Protectorates.

(4th August 1906)Post Office (Literature for the Blind) Act 1906

6 Edw 7 c.22
An Act to facilitate the transmission by Post of Books and Papers impressed for the use of the Blind.

(4th August 1906)Post Office (Sites) Act 1906

6 Edw 7 c.cxviii
An Act to enable His Majesty's Postmaster-General to acquire lands in London Birmingham Blackburn Bromley Torquay Carnforth and Walton-on-Thames for the Public Service and for other purposes.

(21st August 1907)Post Office (Sites) Act 1907

7 Edw 7 c.cxxxii
An Act to enable His Majesty's Postmaster-General to acquire lands in London Chester Bournemouth Eastbourne and Southgate for the Public Service and for other purposes.

(1st August 1908)Post Office Savings Bank Act 1908

8 Edw 7 c.8
An Act to amend section eleven of the Savings Banks Act, 1904.

(21st December 1908)Post Office Act 1908

8 Edw 7 c.48
An Act to consolidate Enactments relating to the Post Office.

(21st December 1908)Post Office Savings Bank (Public Trustee) Act 1908

8 Edw 7 c.52
An Act to amend the Post Office Savings Bank Acts, 1861 to 1908, with respect to deposits by the Public Trustee.

(21st December 1908)Post Office (Sites) Act 1908

8 Edw 7 c.clxi
An Act to enable His Majesty's Postmaster-General to acquire lands in London Glasgow Bolton Devonport Dover Ilford and Stroud for the Public Service and for other purposes.

King George V, 1910-36

(16th December 1911)Shops Act 1911

1 & 2 Geo 5 c.54
An Act to amend and extend the Shops Regulation Acts, 1892 to 1904.

(15th August 1913)Post Office Act 1913

3 & 4 Geo 5 c.11
An Act to enable Newspapers published in British Possessions or Protectorates to be registered and be treated as Registered Newspapers under the Post Office Act, 1908.

(15th August 1913)Post Office (London) Railway Act 1913

3 & 4 Geo 5 c.cxvi
An Act to enable the Postmaster-General to construct for the purposes of the Post Office certain underground railways and other works in London and for purposes in connexion with such railways and works.

(6th August 1914)Currency and Bank Notes Act 1914

4 & 5 Geo 5, c.14
An Act to authorise the issue of Currency Notes, and to make provision with respect to the Note Issue of Banks.

(28th October 1915)Post Office and Telegraph Act 1915

5 & 6 Geo 5 c.82
An Act to alter certain statutory limits of Postal and Telegraph Rates; and for purposes connected therewith.

(23rd December 1915)Indictments Act 1915

5 & 6 Geo 5 c.90.
An Act to amend the Law relating to Indictments in Criminal Cases, and matters incidental or similar thereto.

(16th May 1918)Post Office Act 1918

8 & 9 Geo 5 c.10
An Act to alter the statutory limits of Postal Rates.

(16th August 1920)Post Office and Telegraph Act 1920

10 & 11 Geo 5 c.40
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the statutory limits on Postal and Telegraph Rates, and with respect to the remuneration to be paid to railway companies for the conveyance of Postal Parcels, and otherwise to amend the Post Office Acts, 1908 to 1915.

(20th July 1922)Finance Act 1922

12 & 13 Geo 5 c.17
An Act to grant certain Duties of Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise), to alter other Duties, and to amend the Law relating to Customs and Inland Revenue (including Excise), and the National Debt, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.

(4th August 1922)Post Office (Pneumatic Tubes Acquisition) Act 1922

12 & 13 Geo 5 c.43
An Act to confirm an agreement made between the Pneumatic Despatch Company, Limited, and the Postmaster-General for the acquisition by the Postmaster-General of a certain tube running between St. Martin's-le-Grand in the City of London and Eversholt Street, in the Metropolitan Borough of St. Pancras, and for purposes connected therewith.

(4th August 1922)Post Office (Parcels) Act 1922

12 & 13 Geo 5 c.49
An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Remuneration of Railway Companies for the conveyance of Parcels.

(16th June 1926)Economy (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1926

16 & 17 Geo 5 c.9
An Act to make provision for reducing in respect of certain services the charges on public funds and for increasing, by means of the payment into the Exchequer of certain sums and otherwise, the funds available for meeting such charges, and to amend accordingly the law relating to national health insurance, unemployment insurance, the registration of electors and the holding of elections, education, bankruptcy and companies winding-up fees and certain other fees, and postmarks, and for purposes related or incidental to the matters aforesaid.

(1st August 1930)Road Traffic Act 1930

20 & 21 Geo 5 c.43
An Act to make provision for the regulation of traffic on roads and of motor vehicles and otherwise with respect to roads and vehicles thereon, to make provision for the protection of third parties against risks arising out of the use of motor vehicles and in connection with such protection to amend the Assurance Companies Act, 1909, to amend the law with respect to the powers of local authorities to provide public service vehicles, and for other purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

One sub-clause (section 104, subsection 3) of this long Act refers back to the Conveyance of Mails Act 1893

(28th March 1935)Post Office (Amendment) Act 1935

25 & 26 Geo 5 c.15
An Act to amend the Post Office Act, 1908, and other enactments relating to the Post Office.

King George VI, 1936-52

(13th June 1940)Post Office and Telegraph Act 1940

3 & 4 Geo 6 c.25
An Act to amend the law with respect to the postage rates for newspapers, the rates for press telegrams, and charges under telegraph contracts, to enable special terms, conditions and rates to be prescribed for certain telegrams, and to enable certain contracts for publications at rates including portage to be determined.

(31st July 1947)Crown Proceedings Act 1947

10 & 11 Geo 6 c.44
An Act to amend the law relating to the civil liabilities and rights of the Crown and to civil proceedings by and against the Crown, to amend the law relating to the civil liabilities of persons other than the Crown in certain cases involving the affairs or property of the Crown, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

(6th August 1947)Transport Act 1947

10 & 11 Geo 6 c.49
An Act to provide for the establishment of a British Transport Commission concerned with transport and certain other related matters, to specify their powers and duties, to provide for the transfer to them of undertakings, parts of undertakings, property, rights, obligations and liabilities, to amend the law relating to transport, inland waterways, harbours and port facilities, to make certain consequential provision as to income tax, to make provision as to pensions and gratuities in the case of certain persons who become officers of the Minister of Transport, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

One sub-clause (section 65, subsection 2) of this long Act refers back to the Conveyance of Mails Act 1893

(30th July 1949)Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949

12, 13 & 14 Geo 6 c.54
An Act to amend the law relating to wireless telegraphy.

Queen Elizabeth II, 1952-date

(9th July 1952)Post Office (Amendment) Act 1952

15 & 16 Geo 6 & 1 Eliz 2 c.36
An Act to increase to threepence the maximum poundage payable in respect of postal orders for amounts not exceeding twenty-one shillings.

(31st July 1953)Post Office Act 1953

1 & 2 Eliz 2 c.36
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the Post Office with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act, 1949.

(30th July 1954)Post Office (Site and Railway) Act 1954

2 & 3 Eliz 2 c.xxix
An Act to enable the Postmaster-General to acquire lands in London for the purposes of the Post Office and to construct for those purposes certain underground railway works in London, and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

(28th March 1961)Post Office Act 1961

9 & 10 Eliz 2 c.15
An Act to reorganise the financial arrangements of the Post Office; to amend the Post Office Act, 1953, and the Stamp Duties Management Act, 1891; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

(3rd July 1962)Recorded Delivery Service Act 1962

10 & 11 Eliz 2 c.27
An Act to authorise the sending by the recorded delivery service of certain documents and other things required or authorised to be sent by registered post; and for purposes connected therewith.

(6th February 1964)Post Office (Borrowing Powers) Act 1964

1964 c.3
An Act to increase the limits imposed by section 10(2) of the Post Office Act 1961.

(10th March 1966)Post Office Savings Bank Act 1966

1966 c.12
An Act to enable deposits in a post office savings bank to be received for investment in securities, and at rates of interest, other than those authorised by the Post Office Savings Bank Act 1954; to amend the provisions of that Act as to the making and receipt of deposits; and for purposes connected with those matters.

(22nd March 1967)Post Office (Borrowing Powers) Act 1967

1967 c.15
An Act to increase the limits imposed by section 10(2) of the Post Office Act 1961; to provide that nothing in section 10(1) of that Act shall prevent the operation of a giro system; and for connected purposes.

(27th July 1967)Post Office (Data Processing Service) Act 1967

1967 c.62
An Act to authorise the payment out of the Post Office Fund of the expenses of the Postmaster General in providing services and facilities for the processing of data by computer, and to impose an obligation of secrecy in connection with the provision by him of such services and facilities.

(27th July 1967)Wireless Telegraphy Act 1967

1967 c.72
An Act to enable the Postmaster General to obtain information as to the sale and hire of television receiving sets; to enable him to prohibit the manufacture or importation of certain wireless telegraphy apparatus; to make provision for requiring applicants for vehicle excise licences to give information about such apparatus installed in vehicles; to make miscellaneous amendments in the Wireless Telegraphy Act 1949; and for connected purposes.

(25th July 1969)Post Office Act 1969

1969 c.48
An Act to abolish the office of master of the Post Office, distribute the business conducted by the holder thereof amongst authorities constituted for the purpose and make provision consequential on the abolition of that office and the distribution of the business so conducted; to amend, replace or repeal certain provisions of the enactments relating to posts, telegraphs and savings banks; to amend the law relating to stamp duty; and to empower the Treasury to dispose of their interest in the shares of Cable and Wireless Limited.

(12th May 1971)National Savings Bank Act 1971

1971 c.29
An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to the National Savings Bank, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission and the Scottish Law Commission.

(21st December 1972)Post Office (Borrowing) Act 1972

1972 c.79
An Act to increase the statutory limits on the indebtedness of the Post Office and partially to release it from its liability to repay capital debt.

(8th February 1974)Statutory Corporations (Financial Provisions) Act 1974

1974 c.8
An Act to make provision for compensating certain statutory corporations in respect of financial loss due to compliance with the national policy relating to limitation of prices, and for extending the borrowing powers of certain statutory corporations; and for purposes connected with those matters.

(25th March 1976)Post Office (Banking Services) Act 1976

1976 c.10
An Act to extend the powers of the Post Office to provide banking services; to make capital available for the provision of those services; to reduce the capital debt of the Post Office; and for connected purposes.

(27th July 1981)British Telecommunications Act 1981

1981 c.38
An Act to establish a public corporation to be called British Telecommunications; to make provision with respect to its functions and to transfer to it certain property, rights and liabilities of the Post Office; to make further provision with respect to the Post Office; to provide for dealings by the Treasury in the shares of Cable and Wireless Limited; to amend the Telegraph Acts; and for connected purposes.

(27th July 1981)Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981

1981 c.45
An Act to make fresh provision for England and Wales and Northern Ireland with respect to forgery and kindred offences; to make fresh provision for Great Britain and Northern Ireland with respect to the counterfeiting of notes and coins and kindred offences; to amend the penalties for offences under section 63 of the Post Office Act 1953; and for connected purposes.

(12th April 1984)Telecommunications Act 1984

1984 c.12
An Act to provide for the appointment and functions of a Director General of Telecommunications; to abolish British Telecommunications' exclusive privilege with respect to telecommunications and to make new provision with respect to the provision of telecommunication services and certain related services; to make provision, in substitution for the Telegraph Acts 1863 to 1916 and Part IV of the Post Office Act 1969, for the matters there dealt with and related matters; to provide for the vesting of property, rights and liabilities of British Telecommunications in a company nominated by the Secretary of State and the subsequent dissolution of British Telecommunications; to make provision with respect to the finances of that company; to amend the Wireless Telegraphy Acts 1949 to 1967, to make further provision for facilitating enforcement of those Acts and otherwise to make provision with respect to wireless telegraphy apparatus and certain related apparatus; to give statutory authority for the payment out of money provided by Parliament of expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in providing a radio interference service; to increase the maximum number of members of British Telecommunications pending its dissolution; and for connected purposes.

(25th July 1985)Interception of Communications Act 1985

1985 c.56
An Act to make new provision for and in connection with the interception of communications sent by post or by means of public telecommunication systems and to amend section 45 of the Telecommunications Act 1984.

(5th November 1993)Railways Act 1993

1993 c.43
An Act to provide for the appointment and functions of a Rail Regulator and a Director of Passenger Rail Franchising and of users' consultative committees for the railway industry and for certain ferry services; to make new provision with respect to the provision of railway services and the persons by whom they are to be provided or who are to secure their provision; to make provision for and in connection with the grant and acquisition of rights over, and the disposal or other transfer and vesting of, any property, rights or liabilities by means of which railway services are, or are to be, provided; to amend the functions of the British Railways Board; to make provision with respect to the safety of railways and the protection of railway employees and members of the public from personal injury and other risks arising from the construction or operation of railways; to make further provision with respect to transport police; to make provision with respect to certain railway pension schemes; to make provision for and in connection with the payment of grants and subsidies in connection with railways and in connection with the provision of facilities for freight haulage by inland waterway; to make provision in relation to tramways and other guided transport systems; and for connected purposes.

One clause of this Act removed the power of the Post Office to compel railways to convey mail-bags on their trains

(28th July 2000)Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000

2000 c.23
An Act to make provision for and about the interception of communications, the acquisition and disclosure of data relating to communications, the carrying out of surveillance, the use of covert human intelligence sources and the acquisition of the means by which electronic data protected by encryption or passwords may be decrypted or accessed; to provide for Commissioners and a tribunal with functions and jurisdiction in relation to those matters, to entries on and interferences with property or with wireless telegraphy and to the carrying out of their functions by the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service and the Government Communications Headquarters; and for connected purposes.

(28th July 2000)Postal Services Act 2000

2000 c.26
An 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.

(13th June 2011)Postal Services Act 2011

2011 c.5
An Act to make provision for the restructuring of the Royal Mail group and about the Royal Mail Pension Plan; to make new provision about the regulation of postal services, including provision for a special administration regime; and for connected purposes.