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Why bother paying attention to all this legal mumbo-jumbo?

Just have someone exfiltrate the file and post it on Anna's Archive. Or extract them from Open Street Map.

Just bypass the Royal Mail altogether.

Or just ignore the postcodes. For most private individuals an ordinary street address works perfectly well and is needed anyway even if the postcode is provided.

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It's mostly used to get clean address data on form inputs. The user thinks they are being given an easier way to enter their address, but really it's so that the PAF can be used to ensure the address lines are used consistently and there are no typos or other rubbish. If the person has to pick their address from a list after entering the post code it's also a data input check of sorts.

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