HC Deb 27 June 1968 vol 767 c121W
Rear-Admiral Morgan Giles

asked the Postmaster General by what authority the Post Office open letters from Rhodesia addressed to the hon. Member, for Winchester.

Mr. Mason

Regulation 7 of the Postal Packets (Customs and Excise) Regulations, 1966, made under Section 16 of the Post Office Act, 1953, and which obliges officers of the Post Office, in such cases as the Commissioners of Customs and Excise may require, to produce postal packets arriving in the United Kingdom to officers of Customs and Excise, and to open them for customs examination if the officers of Customs and Excise require.