Post Office (Parcels) Act, 1882

Definitions.

13 & 14 Vict. c. xxxiii.

17. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

The expression “British possession” does not include the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man, but includes all other territories and places forming part of Her Majesty's dominions:

The expression “parcel” means all such postal packets as by the regulations of the Treasury made in pursuance of the Post Office Acts are defined to be parcels:

The expression “inland parcels” means parcels posted within the United Kingdom and addressed to some place in the United Kingdom:

The expression “foreign parcels” means parcels either posted in the United Kingdom and sent to a place out of the United Kingdom, or posted in a place out of the United Kingdom and sent to a place in the United Kingdom, or in transit through the United Kingdom to a place out of the United Kingdom:

The expression “railway company” means any person or body of persons corporate or unincorporate working a railway:

The expression “London Railway Clearing Committee” means the Clearing Committee mentioned in the Railway Clearing Act, 1850.