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(1)No proceedings shall lie or, in Scotland, be competent against [F1a Post Office company] for any loss or damage as a result of—
(a)a reasonable refusal by [F2the company] to pay a postal or money order which has been issued by it or a foreign postal administration, or
(b)a reasonable delay by [F3the company] in paying any such order.
(2)Where a postal or money order issued by [F4a Post Office company] is presented for payment in the United Kingdom by a banker to whom it has been delivered for collection, payment of the order to the banker discharges it.
(3)Where a relevant uncrossed order issued by [F4a Post Office company] is presented for payment in the United Kingdom otherwise than by a banker to whom it has been delivered for collection, payment of the order to the person by whom it is presented discharges it.
(4)A postal or money order issued by [F5a Post Office company] is discharged by the payment of the order outside the United Kingdom in accordance with arrangements made by [F6the company] in that regard.
(5)Where a postal or money order issued by a foreign postal administration is paid by [F7a Post Office company] to a banker to whom it has been delivered for collection on behalf of a person other than the true owner of the order, [F8the company] shall not be liable to the true owner of the order by reason of having paid it to the banker.
(6)Where a relevant uncrossed order issued by a foreign postal administration is presented to [F9a Post Office company] for payment otherwise than by a banker to whom it has been delivered for collection or the true owner of the order, payment of the order by [F10the company] to the person presenting it shall not make [F10the company] liable to the true owner of the order.
(7)Any person acting as a banker in the United Kingdom who, in collecting in that capacity for any principal, has received payment from [F11a Post Office company] in respect of any postal order, or any document purporting to be a postal order, shall not incur liability to anyone except the principal by reason of having received the payment or having held or presented the order or document for payment.
(8)Subsection (7) does not relieve any principal for whom any such order or document has been so held or presented of any liability in respect of his possession of the order or document or of the proceeds of the order or document.
[F12(8A)In this section and sections 112 to 114 “Post Office company” has the meaning given by section 6 of the Postal Services Act 2011.]
(9)In this section “relevant uncrossed order” means—
(a)an uncrossed postal or money order which—
(i)is expressed to be payable to a person specified or described in the order, and
(ii)is signed by or on behalf of that person or purports to be so signed, or
(b)an uncrossed postal order which is not expressed to be payable to a person specified or described in the order.
(10)In this section and section 113 “banker” includes a body which carries on the business of banking.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 111(1) substituted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(2)(a); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
F2Words in s. 111(1)(a) substituted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(2)(b); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
F3Words in s. 111(1)(b) substituted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(2)(b); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
F4Words in s. 111(2)(3) substituted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(3); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
F5Words in s. 111(4) substituted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(4)(a); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
F6Words in s. 111(4) substituted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(4)(b); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
F7Words in s. 111(5) substituted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(5)(a); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
F8Words in s. 111(5) substituted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(5)(b); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
F9Words in s. 111(6) substituted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(6)(a); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
F10Words in s. 111(6) substituted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(6)(b); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
F11Words in s. 111(7) substituted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(7); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
F12S. 111(8A) inserted (23.4.2012) by Postal Services Act 2011 (c. 5), s. 93(2)(3), Sch. 12 para. 38(8); S.I. 2012/1095, art. 3(1) (with art. 4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 111-114 modified (temp.) (15.9.2011) by The Postal Services Act 2011 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/2329), art. 4
C2S. 111(1)-(4) modified (22.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1148, art. 31 (with art. 34)
Commencement Information
I1S. 111 wholly in force at 26.3.2001, see s. 130 and S.I. 2001/1148, art. 2, Sch. (subject to arts. 3-42)
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