shp2pgsql -c -I -s 27700 admin_font_point strategi_point | psql -d opendata

Shapefile type: MultiPoint
Postgis type: MULTIPOINT[2]
SET
SET
BEGIN
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE will create implicit sequence "strategi_point_gid_seq" for serial column "strategi_point.gid"
NOTICE:  CREATE TABLE / PRIMARY KEY will create implicit index "strategi_point_pkey" for table "strategi_point"
CREATE TABLE
                         addgeometrycolumn
-------------------------------------------------------------------
public.strategi_point.the_geom SRID:27700 TYPE:MULTIPOINT DIMS:2
(1 row)

ERROR:  new row for relation "strategi_point" violates check constraint "enforce_geotype_the_geom"
ERROR:  current transaction is aborted, commands ignored until end of transaction block

SET CLIENT_ENCODING TO UTF8;
SET STANDARD_CONFORMING_STRINGS TO ON;
BEGIN;
CREATE TABLE "strategi_point" (gid serial PRIMARY KEY,
"code" int4,
"legend" varchar(42),
"file_name" varchar(16),
"number" numeric(11,0),
"name" varchar(180),
"number0" varchar(64),
"admin_name" varchar(50),
"type" varchar(40),
"ferry_from" varchar(50),
"ferry_to" varchar(50),
"ferry_time" varchar(10),
"ferry_type" varchar(20),
"restrictio" varchar(20),
"access" varchar(30),
"amended" date,
"usage" varchar(64),
"location" varchar(30),
"gis" varchar(80),
"owner" varchar(60),
"north" varchar(60),
"south" varchar(60),
"east" varchar(60),
"west" varchar(60),
"clockwise" varchar(60),
"anticlockw" varchar(60),
"imperial" int4,
"metric" int4);
SELECT AddGeometryColumn('','strategi_point','the_geom','27700','MULTIPOINT',2);
INSERT INTO "strategi_point" ("code","legend","file_name","number","name","number0","admin_name","type","ferry_from","ferry_to","ferry_time","ferry_type","restrictio","access","amended","usage","location","gis","owner","north","south","east","west","clockwise","anticlockw","imperial","metric",the_geom) VALUES ('5734','Administrative Detached Attribute Point','gb_north','5307',NULL,NULL,'ISLE OF MAN',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'20000413',NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,NULL,'-9999','-9999','0101000020346C000000000000302A0A4100000000304F1C41');

Check constraints:
    "enforce_dims_the_geom" CHECK (st_ndims(the_geom) = 2)
    "enforce_geotype_the_geom" CHECK (geometrytype(the_geom) = 'MULTIPOINT'::text OR the_geom IS NULL)
    "enforce_srid_the_geom" CHECK (st_srid(the_geom) = 27700)

Check constraints:
    "enforce_dims_the_geom" CHECK (st_ndims(the_geom) = 2)
    "enforce_srid_the_geom" CHECK (st_srid(the_geom) = 27700)

select geometrytype('0101000020346C000000000000302A0A4100000000304F1C41');
--POINT

-S     Generate simple Geometries instead of MULTIgeometries. Shape files don't differ between LINESTRINGs and MULTILINESTRINGs, so shp2pgsql generates MUL‐
          TILINESTRINGs  by  default. This switch will produce LINESTRINGs instead, but shp2pgsql will fail when it hits a real MULTILINESTRING. The same works
          for POLYGONs vs. MULTIPOLYGONs.

SELECT AddGeometryColumn('','strategi_point','the_geom','27700','POINT',2);

shp2pgsql -p -s 27700 admin_font_point strategi_point | psql -d opendata

$ psql -d opendata
psql (8.4.6)
Type "help" for help.

opendata=# ALTER TABLE strategi_point DROP CONSTRAINT enforce_geotype_the_geom;
ALTER TABLE

shp2pgsql -a -s 27700 admin_font_point strategi_point | psql -d opendata