Postal Services Act 2011
Postal Services Act 2011 (2011 c. 5)
- Postal Services Act 2011 (2011 c. 5)
- Part 1 Restructuring of Royal Mail group
- Removal of existing statutory restrictions on ownership
- 1 Removal of restrictions on ownership of Royal Mail Holdings plc etc
- Ownership of the Royal Mail
- 2 Report on decision to dispose of shares in a Royal Mail company etc
- 3 Employee share scheme
- Ownership of the Post Office
- 4 Restrictions on issue and transfer of shares and share rights in a Post Office company etc
- 5 Report on transfer of interest in a Post Office company to a relevant mutual
- 6 Meaning of “Post Office company”
- 7 Meaning of “relevant mutual”
- Transfer of property etc
- 8 Transfer schemes
- 9 Transfer of employees otherwise than under transfer scheme
- 10 Taxation provisions relating to re-structuring
- Supplementary provisions
- 11 Annual report on post office network
- 12 Annual report on postal museum collection and archive
- 13 Directions
- Interpretation
- 14 Ownership of companies
- 15 Part 1: general interpretation
- Part 2 Royal Mail Pension Plan
- Introduction
- 16 Introduction
- Powers exercisable
- 17 Transfer of qualifying accrued rights to new public scheme
- 18 Division of the RMPP into different sections
- 19 Amendments of the RMPP
- 20 Protection against adverse treatment
- 21 Transfer of assets of the RMPP
- 22 Restriction on power to transfer assets
- Supplementary provisions
- 23 Taxation
- 24 Information
- 25 Orders and regulations
- 26 Interpretation of Part 2
- Part 3 Regulation of postal services
- Postal services
- 27 Postal services, postal packets and postal operators
- 28 General authorisation to provide postal services
- The universal postal service
- 29 Duty to secure provision of universal postal service
- 30 The universal postal service
- 31 Minimum requirements
- 32 Section 31: definitions
- 33 Exceptions to minimum requirements
- 34 Review of minimum requirements
- Universal service providers
- 35 Designation of universal service providers
- 36 Designated USP conditions
- 37 Publication of information about performance
- 38 USP access conditions
- 39 USP accounting conditions
- Persons providing services within scope of universal postal service
- 40 Services within scope of the universal postal service
- 41 Notification condition
- 42 General universal service conditions
- 43 Recovery of administrative charges incurred by OFCOM
- Financial support for universal postal service
- 44 Review of costs of universal service obligations
- 45 Fairness of bearing burden of universal service obligations
- 46 Contributions for meeting burden
- 47 Report on sharing mechanism
- Postal operators generally
- 48 Notification by postal operators
- 49 Essential conditions
- 50 General access conditions
- 51 Consumer protection conditions
- 52 Provision that may be made by consumer protection conditions
- General provisions
- 53 Imposition, modification or revocation of regulatory conditions
- 54 Enforcement of regulatory requirements
- 55 Information
- 56 General restriction on disclosure of information
- Appeals
- 57 Decisions by OFCOM to impose regulatory conditions, penalties etc
- 58 Appeals from the CAT
- 59 Price control decisions
- 60 Section 59: supplementary
- Supplementary and consequential provisions
- 61 Duties in relation to social and environmental matters
- 62 UK postage stamps bearing image of Her Majesty
- 63 Orders, schemes and regulations made by OFCOM
- 64 Abolition of Postal Services Commission etc
- 65 Interpretation of Part 3 etc
- 66 Transitional provisions for Part 3
- 67 Review of Part 3
- Part 4 Special administration regime
- Postal administration orders
- 68 Postal administration orders
- 69 Objective of a postal administration
- 70 Applications for postal administration orders
- 71 Powers of court
- 72 Postal administrators
- 73 Conduct of administration, transfer schemes etc
- Restrictions on other insolvency procedures
- 74 Winding-up orders
- 75 Voluntary winding up
- 76 Making of ordinary administration orders
- 77 Administrator appointments by creditors etc
- 78 Enforcement of security
- Financial support for companies in administration
- 79 Grants and loans
- 80 Indemnities
- 81 Guarantees where postal administration order is made
- Modifications of regulatory conditions etc
- 82 Regulatory powers exercisable during postal administration
- 83 Regulatory conditions to secure funding of postal administration order
- Supplementary provisions
- 84 Modification of Part 4 under Enterprise Act 2002
- 85 Interpretation of Part 4
- 86 Partnerships
- 87 Northern Ireland
- 88 Review of Part 4
- Part 5 General
- 89 Orders and regulations made by Ministers of Crown
- 90 Minor definitions
- 91 Minor and consequential amendments
- 92 Financial provisions
- 93 Short title, commencement and extent
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Transfer schemes
- Introduction
- Identification of property etc to be transferred
- Property, rights and liabilities that may be transferred
- Dividing and modifying transferor's property, rights and liabilities
- Obligation to effect transfers etc
- Effect of transfer scheme: general
- Effect of transfer scheme on right to terminate or modify interest etc
- Supplementary provisions of schemes
- Proof of title by certificate
- Staff
- Modification of scheme
- Disapplication of certain company law provisions etc
- SCHEDULE 2 Taxation provisions relating to re-structuring etc
- Transfer of securities of subsidiaries of original holding company to Crown etc
- Transfers of property, rights and liabilities by transfer schemes
- Transfers of securities of original holding company or its subsidiaries
- SCHEDULE 3 Further provision about access conditions
- Part 1 Provision that may be made by access conditions
- Introduction
- Terms of access
- Price controls etc.
- Arrangements for provision of services by others
- Separation for accounting purposes
- Restriction on use of information obtained in connection with giving access
- Periods for compliance
- Dealing with requests for access
- Non-discrimination
- Transparency
- Part 2 Resolution of access disputes by OFCOM
- Reference of disputes to OFCOM
- OFCOM to decide whether to handle dispute
- Resolution of disputes by OFCOM
- Resolution of disputes: OFCOM's powers
- Resolution of disputes: procedure
- Reference not to affect legal proceedings or OFCOM's powers
- Information
- SCHEDULE 4 Recovery of administrative charges incurred by OFCOM
- Fixing of charges
- Meaning of OFCOM's postal services functions
- Procedure for fixing of charges
- Notification of non-payment of charges
- Penalties for non-payment of charges
- Suspending service provision for non-payment
- Enforcement of directions under paragraph 7
- SCHEDULE 5 Approval of redress schemes
- Approval of redress schemes
- Approval of redress schemes: supplementary
- Procedure for refusing or withdrawing approval
- SCHEDULE 6 Imposition, modification or revocation of regulatory conditions
- General test for imposing or modifying regulatory conditions
- Provision which may be contained in regulatory conditions
- Procedure for imposing, modifying or revoking conditions
- Directions and approvals for purposes of conditions
- Delivery of copies of notifications etc.
- SCHEDULE 7 Enforcement of regulatory requirements
- Introduction
- Notification of contravention of regulatory requirements
- Enforcement notification for contravention of regulatory requirements
- Penalties for contravention of regulatory requirements
- Power to deal with urgent cases
- Suspending service provision for contravention of regulatory requirements
- Enforcement of directions under paragraph 8 or 11
- Civil liability for breach of regulatory requirements etc.
- SCHEDULE 8 Information provisions
- Part 1 Requirements to provide information to OFCOM
- Information required for purposes of OFCOM's functions in relation to postal services
- Restrictions on imposing requirements in case of conditions of general application
- Information required for related purposes
- Manner in which information may be required
- Part 2 Enforcement
- Notification of contravention of information requirements
- Penalties for contravention of information requirements
- Suspending service provision for contravention of information requirements
- Enforcement of directions under paragraph 8
- Offences in connection with information requirements
- Part 3 Supplementary provisions
- Statement of policy on information gathering
- Provision of information by OFCOM
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- SCHEDULE 9 Transitional provisions for Part 3
- Introduction
- The universal postal service
- Provisional designation of universal service providers
- Regulatory conditions applicable as from appointed day
- Recovery of administrative charges incurred by OFCOM
- Power to extend operation of time-limited licence condition
- Anticipatory exercise of powers
- Reliance by OFCOM on work done by Postcomm
- Consultation on exercise of existing regulatory functions
- Enforcement action by Postcomm etc
- References to universal service provider
- Saving
- SCHEDULE 10 Conduct of postal administration
- Part 1 Modifications of Schedule B1 to 1986 Act
- Introductory
- General modifications of the applicable provisions
- Specific modifications
- Part 2 Further modifications of Schedule B1 to 1986 Act: foreign companies
- Introductory
- Modifications
- Part 3 Other modifications
- General modifications
- Modifications of 1986 Act
- Power to make further modifications
- Interpretation of Part 3 of Schedule
- SCHEDULE 11 Postal transfer schemes
- Application of Schedule
- Making of postal transfer schemes
- Approval and modification of scheme by Secretary of State
- Identification of property etc to be transferred
- Property, rights and liabilities that may be transferred
- Dividing and modifying the old company's property, rights and liabilities
- Transfer of regulatory conditions etc
- Transfer etc of statutory functions
- Effect of postal transfer scheme: general
- Effect of postal transfer scheme on right to terminate or modify interest etc
- Supplementary provisions of postal transfer schemes
- Proof of title by certificate
- Staff
- Transfers in case of foreign companies
- Transfers by two or more postal transfer schemes
- SCHEDULE 12 Minor and consequential amendments
- Part 1 Postal Services Act 2000
- Part 2 Communications Act 2003
- Part 3 Other enactments
- Commissioners Clauses Act 1847
- Improvement of Land Act 1864
- Bills of Exchange Act 1882
- Congested Districts (Scotland) Act 1897
- Law of Property Act 1925
- Execution of Diligence (Scotland) Act 1926
- Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947
- London County Council (General Powers) Act 1957
- Opencast Coal Act 1958
- Public Records Act 1958
- City of London (Various Powers) Act 1967
- Forestry Act 1967
- Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967
- National Loans Act 1968
- Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1969
- Post Office Act 1969
- Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1970
- Pensions (Increase) Act 1971
- Control of Pollution Act 1974
- Solicitors Act 1974
- House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975
- Northern Ireland Assembly Disqualification Act 1975
- Welsh Development Agency Act 1975
- Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976
- Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979
- Highways Act 1980
- Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980
- Acquisition of Land Act 1981
- Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981
- Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1981
- New Towns Act 1981
- Civil Aviation Act 1982
- Mental Health Act 1983
- Representation of the People Act 1983
- Building Act 1984
- Administration of Justice Act 1985
- Insolvency Act 1986
- Housing (Scotland) Act 1987
- Housing Act 1988
- ...
- Planning (Hazardous Substances) Act 1990
- Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
- Town and Country Planning Act 1990
- Coal Mining Subsidence Act 1991
- Land Drainage Act 1991
- Water Industry Act 1991
- Water Resources Act 1991
- Social Security Administration Act 1992
- Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992
- Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992
- Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995
- Local Government and Rating Act 1997
- Planning (Hazardous Substances) (Scotland) Act 1997
- Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) (Scotland) Act 1997
- Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997
- Competition Act 1998
- Northern Ireland Act 1998
- Regional Development Agencies Act 1998
- Greater London Authority Act 1999
- Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
- Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000
- Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001
- Enterprise Act 2002
- Office of Communications Act 2002
- Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003
- Water Act 2003
- London Local Authorities Act 2004
- Gambling Act 2005
- Railways Act 2005
- Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006
- Consumer, Estate Agents and Redress Act 2007
- Legal Services Act 2007
- London Local Authorities Act 2007
- Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Act 2008
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