Part VII Miscellaneous and supplementary
Inviolability of mails etc.
I1104 Inviolability of mails.
C11
Subsection (2) applies to—
a
a postal packet,
b
anything contained in a postal packet, and
c
a mail-bag containing a postal packet,
which is not the property of the Crown but which is in the course of transmission by post.
C12
Anything to which this subsection applies shall have the same immunity from—
a
examination, or seizure or detention, under a relevant power conferred by virtue of this Act or any other enactment,
b
seizure under distress or in execution,
F3ba
in England and Wales, being taken control of under Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007,
c
in Scotland, any diligence, and
d
retention by virtue of a lien,
as it would have if it were the property of the Crown.
C13
In subsection (2) “relevant power” means any power other than—
F1a
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F1b
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F2ba
a power conferred by section 104A,
c
a power conferred by an enactment relating to customs or excise in its application, by virtue of section 105 or any regulations made under that section, to goods contained in postal packets, F5...
e
a power conferred by paragraph 9 of Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (port and border controls).
F7, or
F7f
a power conferred by paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (border security).
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The Secretary of State may by order modify subsection (3).