Part III Other functions of the Commission and the Council

The Council

52 Provision of advice and information to public authorities and licence holders.

1

The Council shall—

a

provide advice and information,

b

represent the views of users of relevant postal services, and

c

make proposals,

about relevant postal issues to any person mentioned in subsection (2).

2

Those persons are—

a

the Secretary of State, the Commission, the Competition Commission and any other public authority,

b

any universal service provider,

c

any licence holder under Part II who is not a universal service provider, and

d

any other person whose activities may affect the interests of users of relevant postal services.

3

So far as practicable the Council shall secure that no information relating to the affairs of a person is disclosed under this section to a person mentioned in subsection (2)(b) to (d) if the Council considers that its disclosure would or might seriously and prejudicially affect the interests of the person to whom it relates.

4

Subsection (3) does not apply to any disclosure of information to which the person to whom the information relates consents.