after the definition of “the appointed day” insert—

““the Companies Acts” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Companies Act 2006,

“company” includes any body corporate,”,

for the definitions of “the Post Office company” and “relevant subsidiary” substitute—

“any reference to a company being in the same “group” as another company is to be read in accordance with section 15(4)of the Postal Services Act 2011,

“the original holding company” has the meaning given by section 15 of the Postal Services Act 2011,

any reference to a company being a “parent” of another company is to be read in accordance with section 1162 of the Companies Act 2006,

“Post Office company” has the meaning given by section 6 of the Postal Services Act 2011,

“relevant company” has the meaning given by section 68(1A) of this Act,

“Royal Mail company” has the meaning given by section 2 of the Postal Services Act 2011,”,

for the definition of “wholly owned by the Crown” substitute—

““wholly owned by the Crown” has the meaning given by section 15 of the Postal Services Act 2011.”