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.