http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/5/section/75/notesPostal servicesLegislationCommunicationTrade unionsConsultationExplanatory Notes to Postal Services Act 2011Department for Business, Innovation and SkillsKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2020-04-21 5 13 June 2011 327 This section prevents a universal service provider passing a resolution for voluntary winding up without the permission of the court and sets out conditions on which the court could give permission to allow the voluntary winding up of the company. 328 Subsection (3) stipulates that the court is not to grant permission unless: notice of the application has been served on the Secretary of State and OFCOM, and a period of at least 14 days has elapsed since the service of the last of those notices to be served. 329 If an application for a postal administration order is subsequently made before permission is granted, subsection (4) allows the court to exercise its powers under section 71 to make a postal administration order (instead of granting permission).