Part 1

Restructuring of Royal Mail group

Ownership of the Post Office

Meaning of “Post Office company”
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1
In this Part “Post Office company” means a company that—
a
is engaged in the provision of post offices,
b
is or has at any time been—
i
a subsidiary of the original holding company, or
ii
in the same group as a company that is or (as the case may be) was at that time designated under this section, and
c
is designated for the purposes of this subsection by order made by the Secretary of State.
2
A company may be designated only if, immediately before it is designated, it is wholly owned by the Crown.
3
An order under subsection (1) may not be amended or revoked.
4
An order under section 93 that appoints a day for the commencement of section 1 (removal of restrictions on ownership of Royal Mail Holdings plc etc) may not be made unless Post Office Limited (registered number 02154540) has been designated under subsection (1).