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Index to Postal Services Bill

INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND PURPOSE OF THE BILL STRUCTURE OF THE BILL TERRITORIAL EXTENT COMMENTARY ON CLAUSES Ownership of the Post Office Clause 2: Meaning of “Post Office Company” Ownership of the Royal Mail Clause 4: Meaning of “Royal Mail company” Securities Clause 6: Government investment in certain securities Transfer of property etc Clause 8: Transfer of employees other than under transfer scheme Clause 9: Taxation provisions relating to re-structuring Interpretation Clause 11: Indirect ownership of companies Clause 12: Ownership of a company Part 2: Royal Mail Pension Plan Clause 13: Employee share schemes Clause 14: Report on agreement to dispose of shares in a Royal Mail company etc Clause 15: Annual report on post office network Clause 16: Directions Introduction Clause 19: Transfer of qualifying accrued rights to new public scheme Clause 20: Division of the RMPP into different sections Clause 21: Amendments of the RMPP Clause 22: Protection against adverse treatment Clause 23: Transfer of assets of the RMPP Clause 24: Restriction on power to transfer assets Supplementary provisions Clause 26: Information Clause 27: Orders and regulations Part 3: Regulation of postal services Postal services Clause 30: General authorisation to provide postal services The universal postal service Clause 32: The universal postal service Clause 33: Definitions for purposes of section 32 Universal service providers Clause 35: Designated USP conditions Clause 36: Publication of information about performance Clause 37: USP access conditions Clause 38: USP accounting conditions Persons providing services within scope of universal postal service Clause 40: General universal service conditions Clause 41: Recovery of administrative charges incurred by OFCOM Financial support for universal service Clause 43: Sharing of burden of universal service obligations Clause 44: Report on sharing mechanism Postal operators generally Clause 46: Essential conditions Clause 47: General access conditions Clause 48: Consumer protection conditions Clause 49: Provision that may be made by consumer protection conditions General provisions Clause 51: Appeals against price control decisions Clause 52: Appeals under section 51: supplementary Clause 53: Enforcement of regulatory requirements Clause 54: Information Clause 55: General restriction on disclosure of information Supplementary and consequential provisions Clause 57: Orders, schemes and regulations made by OFCOM Clause 58: Abolition of Postal Services Commission etc Clause 59: Interpretation of Part 3 Clause 60: Transitional provisions for Part 3 Part 4: General Clause 62: Meaning of “enactment” Clause 63: Consequential amendments and repeals Clause 64: Short title, commencement and extent Schedule 1: Transfer schemes Schedule 2: Taxation provisions relating to re-structuring etc Schedule 3: Further provision about access conditions Schedule 4: Recovery of administrative charges incurred by OFCOM Schedule 5: Approval of redress schemes Schedule 6: Imposition, modification or revocation of regulatory conditions Schedule 7: Enforcement of regulatory requirements Schedule 8: Information provisions Schedule 10: Minor and consequential amendments and repeals FINANCIAL EFFECTS & PUBLIC SECTOR MANPOWER SUMMARY OF THE IMPACT ASSESSMENT CARBON ASSESSMENT COMPATIBILITY WITH THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TRANSPOSITION OF EU DIRECTIVES Articles 3, 4(1) and 5: Provision of the universal postal service Article 4.2: Designation of universal service providers Article 6: Provision of information by universal service providers Article 7 and Parts B and C of Annex I: Financing of universal service Article 9: Conditions governing the provision of postal services: granting of Authorisations Article 11a: Access Article 12: Tariff principles and transparency of accounts Article 14: Accounting of universal service providers Article 15: Financial accounts of universal service providers Articles 16, 17 and 19: Quality of services Article 19: Users complaints Article 22: National regulatory authorities Article 22a: Provision of information Provisions not requiring implementation

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