The Postal Administration (Scotland) (Amendment) Rules 2017

This Statutory Instrument corrects errors in S.I. 2016/900 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.

Statutory Instruments

2017 No. 441

Insolvency, Scotland

The Postal Administration (Scotland) (Amendment) Rules 2017

Made

15th March 2017

Laid before Parliament

20th March 2017

Coming into force

13th April 2017

The Secretary of State makes the following Rules, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 411 of the Insolvency Act 1986(1) and section 73(3) of the Postal Services Act 2011(2).

Citation and commencement

1.  These Rules may be cited as the Postal Administration (Scotland) (Amendment) Rules 2017 and shall come into force on 13th April 2017.

Amendments to the Postal Administration (Scotland) Rules 2016

2.—(1) The Postal Administration (Scotland) Rules 2016(3) are amended as follows.

(2) In Rule 4(2)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “Set” substitute “set”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b), for “Assess” substitute “assess”;

(c) in sub-paragraph (c), for “Assess” substitute “assess”.

(3) In the heading to Rule 5, for “Application” substitute “application”.

(4) In Rule 10(3)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (i), omit “to”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (j), omit “to”.

(5) In Rule 16(3)(g), for “paragraph” substitute “sub-paragraph”.

(6) In the heading to Rule 23, for “Adjournment” substitute “adjournment”.

(7) In the heading to Rule 35, for “Reports” substitute “reports”.

(8) In the heading to Rule 53, for “Dividends” substitute “dividends”.

(9) In Rule 62—

(a) in sub-paragraph (c), omit “to”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (d), omit “to”.

(10) In Rule 65(1), omit the second full stop at the end of the paragraph.

(11) In each of the provisions listed in column A of the following table, for the reference to the provision listed in the corresponding entry in column B substitute a reference to the provision listed in the corresponding entry in column C—

A. Provision	B. Provision currently referred to	C. Replacement reference
The definition of “pre-postal administration costs” in Rule 2(1)	Rule 15(2)(a)	Rule 16(2)(a)
Sub-paragraph (a) of the definition of “standard content” in Rule 2(1)	Rule 97(2)	Rule 98(2)
Sub-paragraph (b) of the definition of “standard content” in Rule 2(1)	Rule 98(2)	Rule 99(2)
Rule 9	Rule 6	Rule 7
Rule 12	Rule 12	Rule 13
Rule 16(3)(h)	Rule 48	Rule 49
Rule 16(4)(c)	Rule 57	Rule 58
Rule 17(1)	Rule 15(1)(h) and (i)	Rule 16(1)(h) and (i)
Rule 18(2)	Rule 23	Rule 24
Rule 19(1)	Rule 19	Rule 20
Rule 19(3)	Rule 28	Rule 29
Rule 19(6)(d)	Rule 29	Rule 30
	Rule 31	Rule 32
Rule 24(6)	Rule 36	Rule 37
Rule 24(11)	Rule 17	Rule 18
Rule 26(1)	Rule 26	Rule 27
	Rule 27	Rule 28
Rule 26(3)	Rule 27	Rule 28
Rule 28(7)(b)	Rule 26	Rule 27
Rule 29(1)	Rule 15(1)(l)	Rule 16(1)(l)
	Rule 33(1)(h)	Rule 34(1)(h)
Rule 30(1)	Rule 37(2) and (3)	Rule 38(2) and (3)
Rule 34(1)(h)	Rule 57	Rule 58
Rule 37(4)	Rule 37(2)	Rule 38(2)
The words before sub-paragraph (a) of Rule 39(1)	Rule 39(5)	Rule 40(5)
Rule 39(1)(a)	Rule 39(1)	Rule 40(1)
Rule 39(1)(b)	Rule 39(2)	Rule 40(2)
	Rule 46	Rule 47
Rule 40(1)	Rule 38	Rule 39
Rule 42(1)	Rule 36	Rule 37
Rule 43(1)	Rule 30	Rule 31
	Rule 37	Rule 38
	Rule 43	Rule 44
Rule 47(3)	Rule 47	Rule 48
Rule 48(1)(g)	Rule 50	Rule 51
Rule 49	Rule 15	Rule 16
Rule 50(2)	Rule 51(1)	Rule 52(1)
Rule 50(4)(a)	Rule 47(1)(a)	Rule 48(1)(a)
Rule 50(6)	Rule 39(5)	Rule 40(5)
Rule 50(7)(a)	Rule 40(1)	Rule 41(1)
Rule 52(1)	rule 50(6)	Rule 51(6)
Rule 52(2)(b)	Rule 49(6) or (7)	Rule 50(6) or (7)
Rule 52(5)	Rule 47(1)	Rule 48(1)
Rule 53(1)	Rule 51(2)	Rule 52(2)
Rule 53(3)	Rule 51	Rule 52
Rule 55(a)	Rule 34(2)	Rule 35(2)
The words before sub-paragraph (a) of Rule 58(3)	Rule 15(1)(l)	Rule 16(1)(l)
	Rule 33(1)(h)	Rule 34(1)(h)
Rule 58(3)(b)	Rule 28	Rule 29
Rule 66(2)	Rule 6	Rule 7
Rule 77(3)	Rule 73(3)	Rule 74(3)
Rule 91(1)	Rule 91	Rule 92
Rule 91(3)	Rule 91	Rule 92
Rule 97(1)	Rule 94	Rule 95
Rule 100	Rule 97	Rule 98
Rule 101	Rule 97	Rule 98
	Rule 98	Rule 99

(12) In the Schedule, in each of the Forms listed in column A of the following table, for the reference to the provision listed in the corresponding entry in column B, wherever it appears, substitute a reference to the provision listed in the corresponding entry in column C—

A. Form	B. Provision currently referred to	C. Replacement reference
PA1(S)	Rule 5	Rule 6
	Rule 65(1)	Rule 66(1)
PA2(S)	Rule 6(1)	Rule 7(1)
PA3(S)	Rule 8	Rule 9
PA4(S)	Rule 9(1)	Rule 10(1)
PA5(S)	Rule 9(4)	Rule 10(4)
PA6(S)	Rule 10(2)	Rule 11(2)
	Rule 14	Rule 15
PA7(S)	Rule 11(1)	Rule 12(1)
PA8(S)	Rule 11(2)	Rule 12(2)
PA9(S)	Rule 11(7)(a)	Rule 12(7)(a)
PA10(S)	Rule 15(5)	Rule 16(5)
PA11(S)	Rule 15(6)	Rule 16(6)
PA12(S)	Rule 33(2)	Rule 34(2)
PA13(S)	Rule 34(1)	Rule 35(1)
PA14(S)	Rule 35(4)	Rule 36(4)
PA15(S)	Rule 36(2)(a)	Rule 37(2)(a)
	Rule 30	Rule 31
PA16(S)	Rule 56(1)	Rule 57(1)
PA17(S)	Rule 57(1)	Rule 58(1)
PA18(S)	Rule 58(1)	Rule 59(1)
PA19(S)	Rule 58(4)	Rule 59(4)
PA20(S)	Rule 61	Rule 62
PA21(S)	Rule 62	Rule 63
PA22(S)	Rule 63(2)(b)	Rule 64(2)(b)
	Rule 64(1)	Rule 65(1)
	Rule 64(4)	Rule 65(4)
PA23(S)	Rule 67(2)	Rule 68(2)
PA24(S)	Rule 70(1)(b)	Rule 71(1)(b)
PA25(S)	Rule 72(1)	Rule 73(1)
	Rule 72(3)	Rule 73(3)
	Rule 94(2)	Rule 95(2)
	Rule 73(2)	Rule 74(2)
	Rule 71(4)	Rule 72(4)
	Rule 73(4)	Rule 74(4)
	Rule 73(5)	Rule 74(5)
	Rule 73(6)	Rule 74(6)
	Rule 76(1)	Rule 77(1)

Margot James

Minister for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

15th March 2017

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)

The purpose of these Rules is to make certain corrections to the Postal Administration (Scotland) Rules 2016 (S.I. 2016/900). Rules 2(1)–(10) correct minor typographical errors identified by the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments. Rules 2(11) and (12) correct various cross-referencing errors.

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.

(1)

1986 c.45. Section 411 has been amended on a number of occasions, but those amendments are not relevant for present purposes.

(2)

2011 c.5.

(3)

S.I. 2016/900.