SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8 Amendments of enactments

Part II Other amendments

Representation of the People Act 1983 (c.2)

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1

Section 91 of the Representation of the People Act 1983 (candidate’s right to send election address post free) shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)—

a

for the words “Post Office regulations” there shall be substituted “ such reasonable terms and conditions as the universal service provider concerned may specify ”,

b

after the word “of”, where it first appears, there shall be inserted “ any ”,

c

after the word “postage” there shall be inserted “ which would otherwise be made by a universal service provider ”, and

d

for the words “regulations” in paragraph (a) there shall be substituted “ terms and conditions ”.

3

In subsection (2)—

a

after “any” there shall be inserted “ such ”, and

b

after “postage” there shall be inserted “ as mentioned above ”.

4

In subsection (3) for “the Post Office” there shall be substituted “ the universal service provider concerned ”.

5

After subsection (4) there shall be inserted—

5

In this section “universal service provider” has the same meaning as in the Postal Services Act 2000.