Part III

Other functions of the Commission and the Council

The Council

Provision of advice and information to public authorities and licence holders
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1
The Council shall—
a
provide advice and information,
b
represent the views of users of relevant postal services, and
c
make proposals,
about relevant postal issues to any person mentioned in subsection (2).
2
Those persons are—
a
the Secretary of State, the Commission, the Competition Commission and any other public authority,
b
any universal service provider,
c
any licence holder under Part II who is not a universal service provider, and
d
any other person whose activities may affect the interests of users of relevant postal services.
3
So far as practicable the Council shall secure that no information relating to the affairs of a person is disclosed under this section to a person mentioned in subsection (2)(b) to (d) if the Council considers that its disclosure would or might seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of the person to whom it relates.
4
Subsection (3) does not apply to any disclosure of information to which the person to whom the information relates consents.