SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11Postal transfer schemes

Transfer of regulatory conditions etc

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(1)

A postal transfer scheme may contain provision—

(a)

for a new company to be treated for all purposes as having been designated by OFCOM under section 35 as a universal service provider, and

(b)

for the transfer to a new company of the whole or part of any obligation contained in a regulatory condition to which the old company was subject.

(2)

The reference to the transfer of a part of any obligation includes the transfer of any obligation so far as relating to an area specified or described in provision made by the scheme.

(3)

A postal transfer scheme may, in consequence of provision made under sub-paragraph (1), make modifications of regulatory conditions to which the old company or new company are subject.