SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12Minor and consequential amendments

Part 3Other enactments

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975

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1

Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 is amended as follows.

2

In Part 2 (bodies of which all members are disqualified), omit the entry relating to the Postal Services Commission.

3

In Part 3 (other disqualifying offices), for the entry relating to a director of the Post Office company substitute—

Director of any of the following, being a director appointed or nominated by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown—

a

a Post Office company,

b

a Royal Mail company,

c

the original holding company, and

d

a parent company of a company within any of paragraphs (a) to (c).

Expressions used in paragraphs (a) to (d) have the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Postal Services Act 2011.