Postal Services Act 2011

House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975

99 (1) Schedule 1 to the House of Commons Disqualification Act 1975 is amended as follows.

(2) In Part 2 (bodies of which all members are disqualified), omit the entry relating to the Postal Services Commission.

(3) In Part 3 (other disqualifying offices), for the entry relating to a director of the Post Office company substitute—

• “Director of any of the following, being a director appointed or nominated by a Minister of the Crown or by a person acting on behalf of the Crown—

  (a)

  a Post Office company,

  (b)

  a Royal Mail company,

  (c)

  the original holding company, and

  (d)

  a parent company of a company within any of paragraphs (a) to (c).

  Expressions used in paragraphs (a) to (d) have the same meaning as in Part 1 of the Postal Services Act 2011.”