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Transfer of consumer advice scheme function
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6.—(1) Section 51 of the Postal Services Act 2011() (Consumer protection conditions) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (2)(c) for “or the Office of Fair Trading” substitute “, Citizens Advice or Citizens Advice Scotland”.
(3) In subsection (4)—
(a)for “or the Office of Fair Trading” substitute “, Citizens Advice or Citizens Advice Scotland”;
(b)in paragraph (b), for the words from “the Office” to “advice scheme” substitute “Citizens Advice or Citizens Advice Scotland incurred in connection with its support of a qualifying public consumer advice scheme”.
(4) After subsection (4) insert—
“(4A) A qualifying public consumer advice scheme is a scheme that is supported by Citizens Advice or Citizens Advice Scotland, or by them jointly, in a manner that the Office of Fair Trading is prohibited from using by section 8A of the Enterprise Act 2002.”.
(5) In subsection (8), after “In this section” insert—
“—
“Citizens Advice” means the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux;
“Citizens Advice Scotland” means the Scottish Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux; ”.
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