Part III Other functions of the Commission and the Council

The Council

57 Power of the Council to investigate other matters.

1

The Council may investigate—

a

any matter (not being a matter which it is under a duty to investigate under section 56) which it considers to be a matter relating to the interests of users of relevant postal services, and

b

any matter relating to the number and location of public post offices.

2

The Council may send a report on any matter investigated under this section to—

a

the Commission,

b

the Secretary of State,

F1c

the Office of Fair Trading,

d

any other public authority whose functions appear to the Council to be exercisable in relation to that matter.

3

Subject to subsection (4), the Council may also—

a

send a report on any such matter to any person who appears to the Council to have an interest in the matter, and

b

publish any such report in such manner as the Council considers appropriate.

4

So far as practicable the Council shall secure the exclusion from any report under subsection (3) of any matter relating to the affairs of a person if the Council considers that its inclusion would or might seriously and prejudicially affect the person’s interests.

5

Subsection (4) does not apply if the person concerned consents to inclusion of the matter in the report.