The Postal Administration (Scotland) Rules 2016

Remote attendance at meetings

25.—(1) This Rule applies to a request to the postal administrator under section 246A(9) of the 1986 Act (remote attendance at meetings)(1) to specify a place for the meeting.

(2) The request must be accompanied by—

(a) in the case of a request by creditors, a list of the creditors making or concurring with the request and the amounts of their respective debts in the postal administration proceedings in question;

(b) in the case of a request by members, a list of the members making or concurring with the request and their voting rights; and

(c) from each person concurring, written confirmation of that person’s concurrence.

(3) The request must be made within 7 business days of the date on which the postal administrator sent the notice of the meeting in question.

(4) Where the postal administrator considers that the request has been properly made in accordance with the 1986 Act and this Rule, the postal administrator must—

(a) give notice (to all those previously given notice of the meeting)—

(i) that it is to be held at a specified place; and

(ii) whether the date and time are to remain the same or not;

(b) specify a venue for the meeting, the date of which must not be more than 28 days after the original date for the meeting; and

(c) give at least 14 days’ notice of the venue of the meeting to all those previously given notice of the meeting,

and the notices required by sub-paragraphs (a) and (c) may be given at the same or different times.

(5) Where the administrator has specified a place for the meeting in response to a request to which this Rule applies, the chair of the meeting must attend the meeting by being present in person at that place.

(1)

Section 246A was inserted by S.I. 2010/18, Article 3 and amended by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, Schedule 9(1), paragraph 54(4) (not yet in force).