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(introduced by section 33)

SCHEDULE 8OTHER BODIES: STANDARDS

Column 1Column 2
Person/CategorySpecified service(s)
Qualifying persons who are licensed gas suppliers.Supply of gas to the public under the relevant gas licence.
Qualifying persons who, by virtue of an appointment under section 6 of the Water Industry Act 1991, or by virtue of a variation of such an appointment under section 7 of that Act, are water undertakers for the whole or any part of Wales.Services provided to the public in the exercise of the functions of water undertaker for the whole or any part of Wales.
Qualifying persons who, by virtue of an appointment under section 6 of the Water Industry Act 1991, or by virtue of a variation of such an appointment under section 7 of that Act, are sewerage undertakers for the whole or any part of Wales.Services provided to the public in the exercise of the functions of sewerage undertaker for the whole or any part of Wales.
Qualifying persons who are licensed electricity suppliers.Supply of electricity to the public under the relevant electricity licence.
Qualifying persons who provide the public with post offices.Providing the public with post offices.
Qualifying persons, other than not for profit organisations, who provide the public with postal services.Providing the public with postal services.
Qualifying persons who provide the public with telecommunications services.Providing the public with telecommunications services.
Qualifying persons who provide the public with bus services.Providing the public with bus services.
Qualifying persons who provide the public with passenger railway services.Providing the public with passenger railway services.
Qualifying persons who provide the public with education, training (where the provider receives public money for its provision), or career guidance.Providing the public with education, training (where the provider receives public money for its provision), or career guidance.
Qualifying persons who provide the public with services to encourage, enable or assist participation in education, training or career guidance.Providing the public with services to encourage, enable or assist participation in education, training or career guidance.
Qualifying persons who provide the public with services to develop or award educational or vocational qualifications.Providing the public with services to develop or award educational or vocational qualifications.
Qualifying persons who provide the public with services (the “related services”) which relate to a service that is within column (2) of any of the preceding entries in this table (the “primary service”), whether or not they are the persons providing the primary service.Providing the public with the related services.

Qualifying persons who provide services to the public under an agreement, or in accordance with arrangements, made with—

(a)

the Welsh Ministers,

(b)

a Minister of the Crown,

(c)

a government department,

(d)

a person exercising on behalf of the Crown functions conferred by or under an Act or Measure, or

(e)

a county borough or county council in Wales.

Providing services to the public under that agreement, or in accordance with those arrangements.

Interpretation

1(1)Expressions used in this Schedule and in Schedule 7 (apart from “related service” and “primary service”) have the same meanings in this Schedule as in Schedule 7.

(2)But that is subject to the following provisions of this Schedule.

2References to the provision of a service to the public include (but are not limited to)—

(a)provision of the service to the public in general or to particular members of the public, and

(b)provision of the service for any purpose (whether it is a domestic, business or other purpose).

Gas

3In this Schedule—

Electricity

4In this Schedule—

Postal services

5In this Schedule “not for profit organisation” means a person or other body that—

(a)is not constituted for the purpose of making a profit, or

(b)is required (after payment of outgoings) to apply the whole of its income, and any capital which it expends, for charitable or public purposes.

Railways

6In this Schedule “passenger railway services” includes (but is not limited to) passenger services provided on a narrow gauge or heritage railway.

Related services

7In this Schedule the references to “related services” do not include services provided in shops, unless those services are—

(a)post office counter services, or

(b)the sale of tickets or the provision of timetables for bus and railway services.