Post Office (Parcels) Act, 1882

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Mode of acting by Postmaster-General and Clearing Committee.

12. (1.) Every agreement under this Act by the Postmaster-General shall, in accordance with the Post Office Acts, be made with the consent of the Treasury.

(2.) Any notice or document required for the purposes of this Act to be served on the Postmaster-General may be served by the delivery thereof to the Postmaster-General or to any of the secretaries or assistant secretaries to the Post Office, or by sending the same by post addressed to the Postmaster-General at the General Post Office.

(3.) For any purpose connected with railway remuneration in pursuance of the arrangement under this Act, any notice or document to be given or served to, on, or by the railway companies parties to the arrangement under this Act shall be given or served to, on, or by the secretary to the London Railway Clearing Committee, and the railway companies parties to the arrangement under this Act may collectively sue and be sued in the name of the said secretary; and during the continuance of the arrangement under this Act, the Postmaster-General in dealing (for the purposes of railway remuneration) with the railway companies parties to the arrangement under this Act may deal only with such companies collectively through the medium of the London Railway Clearing Committee, and shall not be required to deal, as regards railway remuneration, with any of such companies individually.

(4.) All accounts to be rendered or notices given to or served on the railway companies with reference to railway remuneration shall be rendered, given, or served by sending the same through the post to, or leaving the same at, the office of the London Railway Clearing Committee, addressed to the secretary to such committee.